Day 1 - OS crashed on startup, performing system recovery

Well that was a poor first attempt. I was doing great on the no-sugar challenge... until last night when I auto-piloted to the deepfreeze and devoured two freezies... 

A cheat is a cheat... and now I must roll-back to the start, as I really do want this to be a pure experience. 

In other news, leading up to this challenge I had begun experimenting with the 18:6 intermittent fasting ratio. Having commited to that for several weeks I must say that I rather do enjoy what it does for me. 

I was also surprised at how well I was able to commit to a 20:4 ratio one day and able to fit in a 5 km run at a moderate 5:34/km pace.

Today I was able to extend my run distance to 6.5 km at a 5:32/km pace. Ran at noon and ate 1 hour past my run. Today lunch is roasted salted almonds, a mandarin orange, and a banana. Making sure I am drinking my daily quota of water.

Thinking that I would like to create a template of sorts for my daily posts... something that highlights what I eat, what I do, and what I think.

Think... think.. think...

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