Not speeding

I’m becoming increasingly picky regarding my choice of food. This is not a ‘dieting choice’ but just a case of some foods not appealing to me. I wish this were a positive thing, so I could persuade myself to not like stuff that was bad for me, but it turns out that’s not how it works. How it does work, however, is ridiculous. For example, I like apples, well, I like some apples, all right, a few. Apples have to be smallish, very crunchy, unblemished and have a mostly red-but-with-some-bits-of-green colouring. This rule, unfortunately, does not apply to biscuits. I have no prejudice towards any sort of biscuit*.

The other part to this is that I don’t tend to get bored of the foods I do like, so I could eat a million slices of bread (granary from Morrison’s or Sainsbury’s – I don’t like Tescos). Literally, if I were to date someone, Bread would be the way to my heart.

So today’s steps:

-       I walked around a supermarket. It was supersuper cold for which I had not planned in advance so I definitely burnt a million calories trying to warm myself up. It did not help that it was very early in the morning (for a student on vacation). I also lost my parent several times which resulted in more walking but overall I can’t imagine it was all that much exercise.

-       I acquired rice cakes at the shop so most of my nutrition today was in the giant inflatable rice format. However, I then ate more of it than was probably healthy and therefore reversed any potential health benefits of it having lower calories. It was a nice alternative to bread though**. I also, interestingly, found out that my mum has a real aversion to rice cakes. As in she had to LEAVE the room while I was eating them. Maybe she was bitten by a giant rice cake when she was younger?

-       The anxiety related calorie burning via driving made an appearance again today. Unfortunately it was my mother who largely ‘benefited’ from that particular health benefit this time – I maintain that the speed limit WAS 60 and I was not above 50 for very long at all***. I also stalled on a hill at the front of the biggest traffic queue at some road works but I escaped that predicament LIKE A BOSS. Like a Boss who turns the engine back on and then proceeds like nothing happened.

-       I consumed definitely at least two flapjacks. They were tasty. I will go to the gym tomorrow.

I considered today (…the second day) as a ‘day-off’ as I’d gone all the way to the gym yesterday. I had thought about going for a walk or swimming but I napped the hell out of most of this afternoon, on account of the ‘early’ start.

* except, perhaps, rich tea but that is beside the point.

** did I mention I LOVE bread.

***largely due to threats related to slowing down. “40 IS PLENTY” “SLOWWWW DOWNNNN!!!!”