This morning, Tommy's food plan said two pieces of whole grain toast and although I was going to try to avoid wheat today, I decided I really, really wanted toast, so I had sprouted grain toast (no margarine! I've had far less margarine this week than usual, so that's good) with peanut butter (with sugar; still haven't gone to the grocery store to replace the natural stuff) and a little bit of honey. As a snack, I had some of my leftover coconut breakfast cakes. For lunch, I had a HUGE salad. After I'd already eaten more than half of it, I thought about taking a picture to show:
(Oops: didn't mean to get my hand and my reflection in there. lol)
Super simple to make! I just sort of invented it based on things I've been eating lately:
*6? red leaf lettuce leaves (I didn't really count, I just took as much as I thought I would eat)
*small amount of parsley
*6 or so large red grapes, cut into quarters
*sprinkle of raw sunflower seeds
*sprinkle of raw pumpkin seeds
*splash of lemon juice
*small splash of extra virgin olive oil
Tossed it all together and sprinkled on some hemp seeds (why afterwards? because I remembered I had them). It was delicious! I feel so proud: I created something without following someone else's recipe. lol. I may make a similar salad to accompany supper tonight. (Mmm, corn on the cob as part of supper tonight. I'll try to remember to avoid the margarine!)
I have to say that I'm finding my eating habits this week a little odd. I thought with more exercise, I'd have more of an appetite, but I actually have less of an appetite. It makes me wonder so many things:
- Does cutting things out of my diet this week leave my body better able to process the good stuff?
- Have I been eating more good stuff so my body needs less food?
- Have I had more energy due to the exercise and/or cutting out lots of bad food, so I'm less likely to do the eating-cuz-I'm-tired thing?
- Have I been better at just ignoring little hints of boredom eating?
The program doesn't have you weigh yourself until Day 15, which is another 9 days away. I'd love to see if there's been any change yet weight-wise, but I'll "obey" and wait. Hard to say if my clothes are fitting any different because I bought new jeans last week and have been wearing mostly them. :P I haven't really noticed anything with any of my shirts. I'm not at a point of having a doctor say I'm overweight, so not much weight might come off me (if I lost even 20 lbs, I'd probably be too skinny), but I sure am feeling fitter! If I can stick with this healthier eating, and even improve on it, I know the small amount of excess weight will eventually come off although perhaps not within the 31 days. I'm just starting to feel excited. :D Before, it was kind of an, "I really want to do this," but then I didn't really do it. And now I can say, "I am doing it! I'm working out harder than I have in ages, my diet is getting better, I'm feeling stronger and healthier..." Feels good. :D
I think the best salads are the ones tossed together with whatever you have in the fridge. It's like those combinations were just meant to be.
ReplyDeleteWhen I exercise more, my appetite tends to increase. However, sometimes when I think I'm hungry and I opt to jump around a bit/dance with my kids, etc., I forget about it.
lol, I know what you mean! Being busy definitely can help you forget about eating. My appetite has been just so weird. Even today: had a glass of green smoothie for breakfast, I usually have 2 glasses but didn't want more at that point, my stomach started grumbling later on, but I really didn't feel hungry. When I could tell my blood sugar was dropping, I decided I'd better eat. My body was hungry but I wasn't feeling it!
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