Dragons are Fruits and the Phrases "I Cheated/Treated Myself"

I had a problem sleeping last night. Maybe it's working out too late at night; but I kept getting up nearly every hour. Luckily I was able to get up out of bed at 6without whining like I usually did before I started on this Mission. :)

I sat on the bus and was going to get off downtown at the Tuesday Open Market so I could buy some apple bananas (the only bananas I will eat), but I saw something that caught my eye as we passed the first stop in Chinatown...DRAGON FRUIT from the Big Island!!! Aaaaaaah I WANT IT! So I got off the bus at the next stop and walked back towards the fruit stand. $3.99/lb. I thumbed through my puny cash supply and figured I had enough for one fruit. After the lady weighed it, I silently gasped at the price and handed over my $6.25. Man, oh man it was worth every penny!

Cereal w/ iced soymilk and mmm Dragonfruit!

I'll eat the other half for breakfast tomorrow. I had just enough money left to buy a bunch of Candy Apple Bananas then i headed off to work.

Did the usual 20x walk w/ my friend; seems like it's easier and faster to walk a mile outside than it is to go around and around. I'll miss the walk tomorrow and probably Thursday as well, so I'll need to make it up after work.

I notice some people have mentioned the phrases "I cheated" or "I treated myself [to not-so-healthy-food"]. By thinking that way, it's as if what we are doing is "suffering" by eating healthy and "depriving" ourselves of not-so-healthy food. I've been trying to tell my team that if you can eat healthy at least 80% of the time during the day, it is okay to have a serving of ice cream or chocolate or what not. Moderation is the key. On a personal note, sure, I could have some ice cream if I wanted to. There's cones and nearly full tub of Magnolia Buko-Pandan ice cream in the backyard freezer. But since I eat so well during the day, and I actually make sure that I am eating foods that are enough to sustain me during the day (and most importantly, I don't mind eating), I choose not to "treat" myself or "reward" myself with that ice cream. My reward for my hard efforts will be a healthier (dare I say SEXY) me! A new wardrobe wouldn't hurt either, since I unloaded half of my closet to charity.

I walked around the mall a bit to get some extra steps in; always taking the stairs where I can:

Stairway to Heaven...not really, unless you count Borders Books as heaven!

I do NOT want to shop at plus size stores anymore. The clothes are mostly UGLY and make fat people look even fatter. UGH...if I could have a second job, it would be to design nice, flattering fashions for fat people. Hey, Insanely Genius, you're mean...you said "fat people". Hey, just calling it like it is. Yes, we are BBW (Big Beautiful Women), however, for a majority of us, the reason why we are big is not because of Amazonian DNA, it's because we have excess FAT on our bodies. So yes, I am fat, not too proud of it, BUT I will not mope about it (leave the past where it is, in the past!) because NOW I am doing something about it.

I refuse to step in this store ever again. I will get healthy so that I CAN'T go to this store because everything will be too BIG on me. THAT is one of my GOALS.

I did about 10 mins of weights and 10 mins of Turbo Kick when I got home, then I realized I had no energy. It was nearly 5 hours since I last ate a meal...no wonder I was wiped out! I needed to eat dinner! :) Sorry Chalene, I'll catch up with you tomorrow I promise!

I am a bit alarmed that I am peeing more often now. Hopefully it's because I'm drinking a lot more. :P

Breakfast: same as yesterday, but 1/2 a dragon fruit instead

Snack:
Boiled Egg
1 C Blueberries

Lunch:
1/2 C white rice
1 1/2 C mixed veggies (broccoli, cauliflower and such)
4 oz. salmon
1/4 whole wheat pita w/ 1 tsp hummus

Snack:
10 green grapes
1 slice oat bread
1 slice mozzarella
1 slice turkey

At dialysis w/ Mom snack:
1 pkg. tomato oregano crackers
6 lychee

Dinner:
I'm too tired to cook or make a sandwich, and besides Mom made some sorta healthy stuff so I'll eat this:

scoop of Asparagus Chicken long rice thingy (I have a funny feeling Mom made it with the leftover KFC chicken Mark bought....aaaagh!!! I just put the chicken skin aside)
1 c quinoa (finally...not mushy and just right)
1 seasoned fish, supposedly pan-fried with mazola spray

Steps: 14,535 Calories Consumed: 1731 Calories Burnt: 2964 Activity: 1 hr., 58 mins