Day 2, Part Deux, I begin to 'cheat'

Okay, first of all, just so you know, I am not following this 100%; maybe 95?

I've already admitted to the Fuzzy's meat this morning.  Well, speaking of meat, I also did not buy all "grassfed" meat, as Isabel highly suggests.  I did buy Jennie-O turkey products and the beef was "organic", whatever that means for beef.

The next cheat has to do with my morning snack.  You know how I said it was pb and carrots?  Yeah, well, it was kinda supposed to be walnut butter.  I didn't have walnut butter, but what I did have was an unopened jar of "The Bee's Knees" pb.  You can guess what is in this pb besides peanut butter.  Here's a hint:  "bzzzzzz".  Yeah, honey.  And evaporated cane juice.  But no hydrogenated oils!  And no high fructose corn syrup!  And I only had 2 Tbsp!

Anyway, let's move on. . .

Lunch - repeat of last night's dinner, but this time I doubled the batch because I had a friend over and I just put everything on the stove in a covered pot over medium-low heat for about an hour and a half.  I liked last night's version better.  Of course, it might have had something to do with the lemon juice too.  Last night I used the juice of a whole lemon for half of what I cooked today, but today I still only used the juice of one lemon.  I think lemon, garlic, onions, celery, but especially lemon, is a good substitute for salt.  (By the way, this is not a 'cheating' story.  I ate only my portion and refrigerated the other half.)

Now, I don't know if you would really call this cheating, but I'll tell you about it anyway:
First of all, I told you I had a friend over today, right?  Well, we swam for about 45 min.  (leisurely, not lap-ily), so chalk a point up for me, would ya?

Anyway, we were talking about the "no caffeine" thing and I explained that the caffeinated drinks A) messed with my circadian rhythms and B) were located generally in places that also offer sweets.  So, she suggested decaf coffee.  Yes, good idea.  So, even though I was a little concerned about venturing off to Starbucks on Day 2,  I suggested we go.  This is what I ordered:

Grande Iced Decaf Americano with sugar free caramel syrup.

Now, I'm sure that syrup has got some naughty, unnatural ingredients, BUT, that stuff was good!  And, actually, kind of satisfying to a sugar addict like myself.  And, I think I learned a trick. . . If I take a friend with me to hold me accountable, I might be less likely to get a pastry.

My friend and I actually talked a lot about this diet.  (She's very interested in and knowledgeable about nutrition.)  We talked quite a bit about the "cheat days" you are allowed, according to this diet, and whether I would ever eat sugar again.  I told her maybe I would try to schedule my sugar days so that I wouldn't start getting into the habit of allowing myself small bits of sugar all the time, which is kind of where I was recently.

So, anyway, here's the last bit of 'cheating' --- you be the judge:
My 'post-workout' snack was supposed to be half a tomato and 5 egg whites made into some version of egg salad and eaten on spelt bread (you are also allowed rye or sprouted whole grain).  Wellllll. . . instead of 5 egg whites, I kinda used 3 eggs and 3 egg whites.  I'm sorry, there was just no way I was gonna be able to live with plain 'ol boiled egg whites!  The sixth egg was a mistake, though.  I didn't realize I had boiled 7 eggs and I was leaving one in its shell, because 6-1=5.  Of course, 7-1=6, but, uh, yeah, you have to be able to count.  Duh.  Anyway, I loaded that stuff with Mrs. Dash, once I ran out of bread (the bread had plenty of flavor) and even still had to add a tiny bit of salt to finish it off.  Not bad, with the salt.  Maybe next time I will just cook the tomatoes in the eggs and have a fried egg sandwich.  And only use 4 eggs; one whole and 3 egg whites.  1+3=4  Now let's just hope I remember how to count!

:-)

I'm off to prepare dinner.

I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.

btw--- I have been a little sleepy today, but not too bad.  I think having company kept me distracted enough that I didn't fall into the temptation to nap.  Honestly, I kind of want to skip dinner and just go to bed soon.  Have you ever been on a diet that made you feel like THAT???

Emotion-wise, everything has been "hunky-dory"!  No mood swings or depression or fatigue or headaches since Saturday!  Cool!