What a long day! I was so hungry all day and I had plenty to eat. My body is definitely adjusting to the difference in food (a.k.a. lack of carbs). I tried snacking on nuts. I tried snacking on veggies. Nothing was getting the job done. Also missed my coffee this morning, but switch it out with some Irish Breakfast tea.
Following my own advice, I started some prep work by toasting up some pecans and walnuts last night. I have never been much of a raw nut person, and guess what? I'm still not. But I can tolerate munching on them here or there. Pistachios are on the list of foods to eat, and those are darn right delish!
Tonight after work I ran to town, because there's a farmer's market Tuesday evenings. I stocked up on peppers, green beans, zucchini and summer squash. I also found some grape tomatoes and broccoli. I also picked up some chicken, because I'm feeling like part of my problem is that I'm not getting enough protein at noon. I got it all cooked up and ready to go for tomorrow. Also baked up some egg cups with Canadian bacon, spinach and green onions.
Last night I tried the vanilla crème out of the South Beach Diet book. It's not bad...I'm not a big fan of the grainy texture of ricotta cheese, but the flavor was decent. I tried it with toasted pecans and that wasn't bad. I put in a little cinnamon, and that wasn't bad. Tonight, I tried putting in a little cocoa powder and that was the magic trick, made even better by a little instant coffee.
Plenty of temptations today, too. Someone at work had chocolate cake with whipped cream frosting, one of my favorite things. He also had caramel flavored coffee. I took a bite of a bite of a bite of a bite of the cake (equivalent to about 1 tsp.) and a few sips of the coffee. It was so hard to turn it down, but I did and I feel good about it. When I got home from town I was feeling so hungry and tired, and I had a headache, and it had been a trying day anyway... I broke down and cried. Just for a minute. But I know...I can do this!
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