Well today was GREAT. I began the day feeling exhausted and grumpy but realized I hadn’t drank any water. After drinking four or five glasses I felt much better.
I was surprised that I didn’t encounter any foods I didn’t like today, even though I tried several new ones.
I had so much energy in the after noon that I spent at least 4 hours cleaning my house. How embarrassing that it was so dirty that I could spend 4 hours cleaning it!? I did spend about half of that time folding clothes though. I LOVE cleaning!! 😀
So here is my review of the foods:
Breakfast:
fruit and nut crunch bar – this tasted way better than I anticipated. Most fruit and nut bars are a bit dry and somewhat tasteless with the fruits being mostly apples. However this bar tasted a lot like a marshmallow bar and had much more fruit flavor in the fruit pieces than most bars do. Loved it!
Mid-Morning Snack:
Oatmeal raisin crunch bar – this also tasted totally different than I expected. I generally do not like oatmeal raisin things but this was great. The texture was perfect and the flavor was so much better than any other “oatmeal raisin” flavored things!!
Lunch:
Banana Cream Pudding Shake – I realized that I was eating a lot of the bars and I don’t want to run out of them before the end of the month so I decided to try a new idea. I mixed HALF a package of banana cream pudding with HALF a package of banana cream shake and blended it with ice to make a thick milky shake. It wasn’t awesome and definitely did NOT taste like banana cream PIE but it was good.
Mid-Afternoon Snack:
Peanut Butter Crunch bar – I intended to eat less bars but I was REALLY craving sugar so I decided to eat something I knew was sweet. I made myself savor it and it lasted 30 minutes! I’m proud of myself for making a four inch bar last 30 minutes. I prolonged it by cutting the bar into eight pieces and then sucking on them instead of chewing them. YUM!
Dinner: Lean and Green (details below)
Evening Snack:
Swiss Mocha (Shake) “ice cream” – This was super yummy. I blended the shake ahead of time and tasted it a little at dinner so I knew what it tasted like. Then I put a lid on the “magic bullet” jar and put it in the freezer. Three hours later I took it out, ran it under hot water just to loosen it from the sides and then re-blended it to make a sort of ice cream. It was REALLY good and way better this way. I was glad I tasted it before and after so I could compare the difference. Its amazing how much difference it makes when it is cold or frozen.
Lean and Green Details:
I had something similar to the other night with the Tomato Basil Pizza Burger from Morning Star Farms. I chopped up mushrooms and cooked them a little in garlic and water (no oil or butter). Then I removed the mushrooms being very careful to leave the water and garlic in the pan. I then used the left-over yellow pepper from last night (1/2 cup) and cooked it in the same pan to give the pepper a little garlic taste. The best part about that was that after I was finished there was still water in the pan that tasted like garlic, peppers and mushrooms. I mixed that water with 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar. (I really need to buy more vinegar because that’s the only kind I have right now! I prefer white or apple cider.) This made a sort of dressing and after refrigerating it a bit to cool it down I used it as my salad dressing. It was much better than I expected and I will definitely be experimenting with ways of using a sort of flavored water as a dressing. It would be less fat, taste good and moisten my lettuce. (I HATE a dry salad!!)
Next I sliced my grape tomatoes and chopped the lettuce and made a salad. I refrigerated my peppers and mushrooms a bit and later wished I hadn’t but I didn’t want them to wilt my lettuce. I cooked the patty and chopped it up. I mixed it all together with the dressing and 1/2 cup of finely shredded cheese. It was a very good salad but I preferred having a tomato dressing like the last time. I will have to figure out how to make a sort of tomato vinaigrette using mostly water. hmm…
When I logged the meal it was a little over on the green which was to be expected since I used four veggies instead of three but I was going for variety. I think next time I may try 1/4 c of peppers and tomatoes instead. I want to be able to use more types of veggies but smaller amounts. I wonder if that is allowed…
Well it was a great day and I am so very grateful I started this diet. I would recommend it to anyone!! But I imagine the first few days are way harder for people who usually eat more meat and uppers. I am just missing my sugar a bit…
xox
Way to go! Keep up the good work – we are all cheering you on!
Love you,
Mom W
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