TT W10, D6 - EARTH HOUR

Turbulence Training challenge – WEEK 10, DAY 6

I write this we are just about to start ‘earth hour’. I think that we are the only city in NZ doing this, although the Aussies are well involved – not surprising considering they started it. At 8pm everyone in Christchurch switches off their lights, including most businesses. It will be interesting to see what this does to the grid. Because NZ is the first place to see the new day, we are also the first to do earth hour. That’s pretty cool.

This morning my niece woke me up at some hour that shouldn’t exist on a Saturday. I managed to get her to snooze a bit longer, but eventually I could not ignore the little fingers that were trying to physically prize my eyelids open and I asked her what she’d like to do today. She said.. ‘ok, we need to go the supermarket and the organic shop and the sausage shop (the butcher always gives her a saveloy), then we’ll go to the DVD shop and I need some more books from the library and then we need to go to Starbucks, ok??’. Such a full schedule at 2.5 years old. And.. Starbucks? She ‘needs’ to go to Starbucks? …

Anyway, we did all of that and also visited the Christchurch cathedral (it’s in the same square as Starbucks, right in the middle of town). I had no problem filling in my fasting day.

Training

About 1 hour Salsa. I may go out again tonight for some more dancing. It’s a toss up between getting pretty and going out or slobbing around at home…. at the moment I’m 50/50.

Eats.
I fasted until 6pm and now feel fully over yesterdays little splurge. I was not hungry at all today. I’ve begun to notice that sometimes that feeling of ‘hunger’ that I think I feel is just the unfamiliar sensation of not having food in my stomach. When real hunger hits, that is different.
1. Oatwhites with berries and greek yogurt
2. Large chicken breast cooked with carrots and leeks in white wine. Salad, baked kumara, cup of frozen yogurt and peach cubes. I browned the chicken breast first to seal in the juices. I used to have issues with chicken never really being nice and moist. You have to brown it first. That’s the secret.

Calories: 1000
P: 34%
C: 46%
F: 20%

Water: 3L
Supplements:
None. – I’m sure the supplement gods will have to call a meeting about this unusual occurrence.