Hmm. I don't really know how to feel. I broke my fast yesterday, but it was on about 250 cal of raw fruits and vegetables (with the exception of some cooked spinach) I had an apple, stringbeans, tomato, an orange, and some spinach. Oh also two hardboiled egg whites, and less than half of one yolk. Not feeling too bad about it to be honest, I've worked out almost every day since I started. Today is back to clean fasting though, no little bites of veggie for me :)

I haven't weighed myself since I started Wednesday (or Tuesday? I'm getting so old I can't remember)-- I'm kind of excited to see how much I can lose. I just can't fantasize about losing too much weight or I'll just be disappointed haha. Dude... so the italian gym I'm a member at has this machine that KILLS your butt. It's set up sort of like a stair machine, except instead of going straight up and down, your feet go out to the sides. It sort of mimics the actions of a speed skater-- I can feel it in my butt the whole time and I sweat like crazy (my reference point that I'm working hard), I WANT ONE OF THESE FOR MY HOUSE. Or at least convince my gym at home to get one :p

I don't really have a goal for how long I want to keep this up... maybe til my mom gets here for my birthday, and then another week of it before I get home? that'll be a little under three weeks of almost complete fasting (I have to break it up a little and eat some veggies and protein so I don't pass out-- esp for exam week urgh). How much weight do you think I can lose from that? With working out almost every day I feel like I should at LEAST be back to where I was when I got here... a permissible weight at best, but oh well.

When I get home is going to be tough though. I won't be able to fast, and I'll have to eat whatever my mom cooks. She's very very good about cooking healthy, but like every family, we still have "breakfast for dinner" nights (read: pancakes, sausage, and scrapple. EW), lasagna (thinking about all that cheese is giving me a heart attack), and burgers every once in a while. Last time I tried to skimp on the pancakes, eeeeveryone noticed, and EVERYONE said something. Kind of annoying, but I managed to pass it off as feeling sick, so maybe that'll happen again. And for about four days I can blame my "lack of appetite" on jet lag/different meal times :). Oooh. I like that idea. Possibly an extra day or two of fasting heehee.

Ciao ciao!