Breakfast—coffee with half a cup of ½% milk and one tsp sugar, juice of one grapefruit, one slice whole-grain toast with one tbsp of peanut butter
Lunch—soft taco made with flour tortilla, approximately two ounces lean pork, green chilis, black beans, brown rice, romaine lettuce, salsa, and about two tbsp reduced-
fat cheddar
Snack—fresh pineapple
Snack—coffee as above, one low-
fat oat bran mini-muffin
Dinner—stew of lean pork, green chilis, black beans, and brown rice
Snack—one cup hot ginger milk, with one tsp sugar
Did thirty-two minutes of elliptical today—I'm trying to sneak up to more time as my
body gets used to doing this.
I didn't feel quite pleased with my meals today. Not that I ate anything very bad, for I didn't, but I don't think I got nearly enough produce in. I'd have to say I had somewhere between 3 and 4 servings of fruits and vegetables, which really isn't enough. Never mind—tomorrow I shall do something clever with spaghetti squash, and all shall be well again.
Natalie Jo, thanks for the good advice and good wishes. I know I just have to keep at this and not let myself let go, even when it seems very hard.
Angel, I hear you about the fruit juice! I only let myself have grapefruit, and then only in place of the fruit, so that my choice is basically, "Do I want to eat the grapefruit or drink it?"
Heather, I wish it was to be a happy Friday tomorrow. Sadly, it is the Friday on which I must finish digesting and responding to a four-hundred page book and thus is the unofficial end to my spring break. *sigh*
