I thought that summer would be easier, but in a way it’s been harder. I don’t think that I eat out of boredom, but when I have more time on my hand I find the hunger signals harder to deal with (or ignore). This morning I was busy, missed my snack, no big deal. Of course I was busy in the crawl space, not in the kitchen.

What I did decide to do today was to ignore the macros a bit. The snack I skipped was beef jerky, and I decided to add a drink to the afternoon snack. So basically I switched protein for carbs and alcohol. However, it was a pretty good trade. With the fruit that will be coming in the future I suspect that it won’t be the last time that I don’t quite hit the macros. I still had 130g of protein, it just wasn’t my 30% as normal.

Definitely doing a maintenance week next week, but keeping the walking in. I’ll decide after that what I plan to do. I’m thinking at that point I’ll have to start the canning, so that may mean a week off lifting anyway.

Nothing much else to add for the day, so just dropping in the food info. It’s definitely about to become about how much fruit I can work into the daily plan very soon. I picked the first two boysenberries today, and yes, I gave my mother one of them. I’d say within a week we’re going to have lots of them. As well, the raspberries won’t be far off. The gooseberries aren’t ready, but they usually come quickly once the first few ripen. As well, the currants are about half ripened and I probably should go pick mulberries (although I haven’t done much with them lately). It’s funny, but as a child I remember picking and enjoying mulberries at an aunt’s house. I remember them as sweet and tasty. The ones we grow just seem to be purple. They don’t seem to taste of much. It could be that I’m now comparing them to the other fruits we have at this time of year.

Food for the day:

Total: 1994 calories (29% fat, 26% protein, 46% carbs)

Breakfast: breakfast bake, citrus bread, jam, orange (367)
AM Snack: none (0)
Lunch: multi-grain tortilla, eye of round, lettuce, mustard, cherries (496)
PM Snack: hummus, flatbread, pisco sour (321)
Dinner: sun-dried tomato meatloaf, mixed veg, butter, salad w/dressing (594)
Evening Snack: fruit salad, protein shake (216)