Monday Blues

The sleep pattern is returning, got in about 6 hours of sleep last night and I was fine this morning, with a spring in my step too. The scales reveal a loss of 1kg for the past week and that's a good feeling bringing the total loss to 5.7kg at the end of 4 weeks. Considering that I've been on Duromine for 5 days only so I'm thinking that in combination with a healthy diet, this may work?
I've been feeling really really blue today, and I'm hoping that it's a combination of factors other than the Duromine that may be causing it...

It's been a hectic Monday work wise, as I leave the office for two weeks tomorrow, suddenly everything is urgent and being escalated to "must do now" status! So I envisage the next few hours being critical in ensuring that all is attended to as remote access is sometimes unreliable.

Breakfast today was two slices crushed wheat and bran bread with cucumber, lettuce and tomato and a cup of green tea. My green tea quota was about 7 cups for the day and my water intake as 1.5 litres. Lunch was a chicken breast and green beans stir fry and I'm in the process of steaming a baby cabbage to accompany my lentils and brinjal. Red meat has lost all appeal so I'm gravitating towards chicken, fish and lentils to ensure my protein supply is covered. The hunger is non existent at this stage but I do believe it returns....something that I'm not looking forward to.

I had an interesting visit to the bank this afternoon when I went to collect my foreign currency...the rand has weakened considerably to the US dollar, with a dollar cost R 8.79 at 3.20pm. This doesn't bode well for the country right now and bank reps are attributing this to the uncertainty of current South African politics. We can only hope that this situation improves soon. I therefore guess that I will watch my spending in the US and only spend on what I think is necessary...

A refreshing new addition to our family today lifted my blue spirits somewhat. Our son arrived home from school with a little 4 week old cross Rottweiler puppy, adorable little guy, with a white patch on his black chest and dusty white paws. The name game is proving a bit of a challenge right now but the kids are enjoying this little fluff-ball and I sense a certain amount of jealousy from our youngest boy....he's suddenly become very demanding and attention seeking all in the space of two hours! LOL

So I am continuing with finding my way through this journey that I know may prove daunting at times, but I'm committed to the cause and I can only hope that I have the strength to make the correct food choices when I'm away from home....right now although this happens on Wednesday, it seems too far away....I suppose it's one day at a time and time will tell?