Dinner, Day Two

• 3-1/2 oz. broiled steak, marinated with garlic, balsamic vinegar, oregano, black pepper & olive oil
• "healthy fries" - 1 potato baked with Mrs Dash seasoning
• 1 C salad greens with 1 tbsp fat-free Italian dressing
• 1/2 C crushed pineapple packed in juice

I had more Diet Dr Pepper to drink.

I've been in a sort of pissy mood because of a project I'm working on and an impending presentation I have to give tomorrow... so I wasn't really as patient with food preparation as I maybe should have been.

The cooking spray I used on the potatoes started smoking a bit and set off our smoke detector several times. Not realizing it was the spray, I used the same baking sheet to broil the steak, causing even more smoke and a much more urgent alarm. Fortunately for the second portion I realized what was going on and used aluminum foil instead... but as I scrubbed the burnt-up pan with much aggravation, I negelected the steak and overcooked it some.

I was getting kind of annoyed with the amount of ingredients I had to purchase, as well as my repeated burning of food or sloppy preparations. I'm certain that my irritability was more to do with this project than the cooking.

I also found myself wanting to eat to procrastinate work, which is a dangerous tendency of mine. Particularly after having tortilla chips at lunch, I found myself wanting to snack on them later, but I resisted and waited until my assigned snack instead.