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Still going strong on the eating and walking thing, still feeling better than I have in ages and ages. I think the most important thing that's coming out of tracking what and when I eat is that I've started learning what signals my body is sending and how to respond to them, because I can look back at the logs and start mapping that on to how I'm feeling. And it's kind of fascinating. Like, I do not experience hunger in the mornings (in fact, the thought of food often sounds downright nauseating). However, when I make sure to eat something anyway my energy levels are up, and I feel better after. I was wrong about what I thought my body was telling me (eating in the morning is gross), because I didn't understand the signal (I feel gross because I haven't eaten yet). And things like...because of tracking I can now pinpoint that on the days when I eat more protein before I walk, I walk stronger and faster and with less wanting to die on the treadmill. A piece of fruit in the afternoon and I don't suffer the afternoon energy blahs. Not enough calories during the day and I wake up a giant ball of pain the next morning. I am learning what foods, in what combinations, help me feel my best and that is kinda cool, because it isn't really anything I've put deliberate thought into before.

I think the only thing missing from what I'm doing now is a complete lack of any kind of strength training, and that's...tricky. I am restricted from lifting anything heavier than 15 pounds with my bad arm (and will be for life), along with a host of other physical limitations that would make injuring myself really, really easy to do. But I know I could be stronger and feel better over all if I could get some core strength. Walking is nice because it's low impact and I can do it for an extended period of time at a slow pace and get the benefits from it. I just don't know how to safely work around my issues in terms of strength stuff. I dunno, maybe I'll look into how much a trainer costs, even if only temporarily so I can have supervision and guidance in figuring out what I can do and the proper form for doing it so I don't end up hurting myself...'cause that would kind of be the opposite of what I'm trying to do.