Back to the Grind…

I decided to take a week off; not necessarily intentionally, but about halfway through last week I decided that having a week off wouldn’t be such a bad idea.  You see, I started a new diet.  (You’ve inspired me, Sazzy!)  The first week, at 1700 calories per day was pretty intense; my body was definitely not used to the calorie reduction.  By the time I would normally go play, I was too tired to be focused, and thought better of going at all.  I have to be careful to make sure I’m on my “A” game whenever I’m playing, because it’s too easy to lose money otherwise.  By the end of the week my body started to get used to this big change.  By Monday evening I was ready to get back to the grind.

As an aside, I’ve lost enough weight the first week to put me into the 1500 calorie per day zone for the 2nd week.  They seem to step you down gradually.  When I hit my next milestone I’ll go down even more to 1200 calories per day, but that won’t happen for a couple of months.

So it felt great this week to get back into my normal routine.  There’s a noticable lack of deposits into my bankroll for the past week, but I would rather see that than to lose money because I’m not focused enough to pay attention to what I’m doing.