Day 4
I have learned the real difference between needing and wanting something. For example, I truly need something solid each day in my stomach, if not, my stomach just gets full of air and I throw everything inside it, if there's still something there. Un solid thing a day cand make a huge difference, like a toast (you know, the mexican type of tortilla we use for Ceviche), with a slice of cheese. Or half cup of rice with veggies. The sickness goes away and there's no more hunger. And it's just one per day, instead of 2 beers.
So I begun my morning with a beer and everything is going okay. I had the swimming team´s barbeque this afternoon and it was absolutely tempting. The had cookies with this amazing artichoke dip, guacamole, paella, milky way chocolate cheesecake and and chocolate cake, without mentioning all the Valentine's day treats and gifts. It was so easy to cheat and so hard to endure, but I managed myself to do it. I ate half cup of rice, my beers and water.
At dawn, as in every mexican party, tequila shots were necessary, but my friends, (despite the fact that they think I am crazy and this Lent Challenge sounds stupid to them), defended me stayed that I could only drink beer or water. But even so, some others gathered to make me drink a little shot. It was disgusting, I´m not lying, and I love Tequila, but the change of flavor was a really bad idea.
There were several discussions about my lent, and about how bad it was going to be for my training and my health. One of my swimming partners is a nutritionist, and she told me that it was a terrible idea. So we came into the next agreement: if I gather all the money of the challenge before the due date, I´ll stop this fast.
I know I have made some modifications to this challenge, but it is even less food than what one person usually eats as a "light meal". And I do exercise, and this J. Wilson and the monks didn´t.
BTW, I'm still 114.64 pounds.
So I begun my morning with a beer and everything is going okay. I had the swimming team´s barbeque this afternoon and it was absolutely tempting. The had cookies with this amazing artichoke dip, guacamole, paella, milky way chocolate cheesecake and and chocolate cake, without mentioning all the Valentine's day treats and gifts. It was so easy to cheat and so hard to endure, but I managed myself to do it. I ate half cup of rice, my beers and water.
At dawn, as in every mexican party, tequila shots were necessary, but my friends, (despite the fact that they think I am crazy and this Lent Challenge sounds stupid to them), defended me stayed that I could only drink beer or water. But even so, some others gathered to make me drink a little shot. It was disgusting, I´m not lying, and I love Tequila, but the change of flavor was a really bad idea.
There were several discussions about my lent, and about how bad it was going to be for my training and my health. One of my swimming partners is a nutritionist, and she told me that it was a terrible idea. So we came into the next agreement: if I gather all the money of the challenge before the due date, I´ll stop this fast.
I know I have made some modifications to this challenge, but it is even less food than what one person usually eats as a "light meal". And I do exercise, and this J. Wilson and the monks didn´t.
BTW, I'm still 114.64 pounds.
He aprendido la verdadera diferencia entre querer y necesitar. Por ejemplo, de verdad necesito algo sólido en mi estómago al día, o sino es llenarlo de aire y devolver lo poco que consumo en líquidos. Una pequeña cosa sólida al día puede hacer la diferencia, como una tostada (de esas que los mexicanos usamos para el Ceviche) con una rebanada de queso. O media taza de arroz con verduras. Se van los malestares y tampoco se pasa hambre. Y sólo es una al día, en lugar de 2 cervezas.
Así que he empezado la mañana con mi cerveza, y todo ha ido bien. He tenido la comida de la Natación, y qué tentador ha sido todo. Había galletas con dip de alcachofa, guacamole, paella, ensalada, cheesecake de chocolate milky way y pastel de chocolate, además de todos los regalos del día del Amor y la Amistad. Qué fácil era hacer trampa y qué duro fue aguantar, pero lo he conseguido. Me he comido media taza de arroz de la paella con chícharos y mis cervezas y agua.
Al final, entrada la noche, como en cualquier fiesta mexicana, se dieron los temidos shots de tequila entre todos, y aunque hubo compañeros que, pese a tacharme de loca y tratar antes de convencerme de que mi plan es terrible para mi salud, me defendieron diciendo que sólo podían darme agua o cerveza, hubo un acorralamiento para un pequeño shot. No voy a mentir, con lo que me gusta el tequila, me ha dado más asco que todas las cervezas que llevo el reto.
Se dieron varias discusiones por el tema entre los compañeros, que me iba a ser imposible entrenar, que me dañaba mi salud, una compañera nutricionista me dijo que era la peor idea, etc. Así que entre todos llegamos a un acuerdo; si llego a la meta de donaciones antes de terminar el plazo, rompo el reto.
Bien, yo sé que le he hecho modificaciones al reto, como la ingesta de algo sólido una vez al día. Pero vamos, es mucho menos que la comida más leve que tiene uno normalmente al día, y si bien no anula los efectos nocivos del consumo de pura cerveza, al menos me permite retenerla. Además, yo entreno, y por lo que sé, ni J. Wilson ni los monjes del siglo XVII hacían deporte.
Por cierto, me sigo manteniendo en los 62 kg.
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