Lunch, Day Sixty-Two

• 1 flour tortilla
• 1/4 cup spinach
• 1/4 cup salsa
• 2 oz low-fat cheese (blend of cheddar, jack & mozzarella
• 2 oz sliced mushrooms
• 1 orange

I'd so much enjoyed my Mexican pizza yesterday that I decided to recreate it, but this time we'd run out of whole-wheat pitas, and the store didn't have any pitas at all, which (again) annoyed me.

I substituted a flour tortilla instead, which fit with the ingredients better anyway and got deliciously crunchy on the edges where it wasn't covered.

I've discovered a dangerous love of salsa which found me scooping extra-spoonfuls while waiting for this pizza to cook - I probably had at least another 1/4 cup just in snacking (whoops). Often I think the ideal meal would be a giant plateful of nachos with ground beef, melted cheese, vegetables, and tons of salsa.

Sometimes I make promises to myself about the things I'm going to allow myself to eat once I lose all this weight (not all the time, just a one-off treat), and in addition to a thin-crust chicken and mushroom pizza made with pesto instead of sauce, I often find myself adding a giant plate of nachos to the list. I don't know if fantasizing about future pig-outs is a totally unhealthy way to displace cravings for my favorite foods, but at least I'm not letting myself indulge now.