Beast vs. Dragass

So today has been a struggle.  Not with the eating slow stuff though.

Luckily, I scoured the forums and found tips.  I'm setting my iPhone and eating til the thing hits 20 minutes.  If I'm still hungry, I keep eating (hasn't really happened).  If I'm not, I put up my food.  I've heard that eating until you 80% full is a habit we'll get later and I'm wondering if I've been experiencing that. 

Couple of realizations I've had thus far:

• I don't need nearly the quantity of food that I've been putting on my plate.  The timer hits 20 minutes and most of the time, I'm full.
• Eating with your non-dominant hand will make you feel like your 4 again but it flippin works.  I'm left-handed except for when it comes to eating this week.  It trips me out, makes me laugh, and makes me GO SLOW.
• I beasted out my work out yesterday.  Here's a pic!
• I've been working out and hitting it hard until today. 
• I read somewhere on the boards that it is helpful to reframe and call workouts 'training'.  So I started doing that.
• And what I realized is that I have been slacking on my water.  And I didn't eat enough protein at lunch b/c there was a work potluck.  So not enough water, not enough fuel.  I borked during active recovery.  My active recovery is Jazzercise b/c I love to dance and I typically work really hard.  And I wear my heart rate monitor.  And normally hit in the 170s at the top of the Perceived Exertion Chart.  Today I maxed at 158.  Why?  Because I didn't fuel properly and it was flippin hot.
• I've been sleeping a lot this week.  Coming home, taking power naps.  I think the decision to do the Lean Eating program has been the wisest decision I've made in a while but I think my body is still acclimating to working out 6 days a week.  And my active recovery is an hour long, not the 20 minutes suggested b/c the class is an hour long.
• So I'm a tired panda but I'm happy.  I'm a happy, fish oil, probiotic-takin, slow eating panda!