Monday, February 26, 2007

Day Eighteen

Today was a rather exhausting day, as I had not gotten a ton of sleep, had several hours of classes, and then needed to work in my studio almost all night (I got home at 5:30 the next morning).

Breakfast

  • Total with almonds, raisins & skim milk
  • low-fat cottage cheese

Having eaten yesterday's dinner meal very early this morning, I waited until later in the morning to have my real breakfast. This was good, though I still found myself hungry by the time I got home in the evening.

Snack

  • chocolate rice cakes with Smart Balance peanut butter

I was starved when I first got home, but to stave off pigging out, I had my snack right away - what a relief. I love peanut butter and chocolate, and this was intensely wonderful!

Lunch

  • whole wheat fusili with tofu, peppers, tomatoes, spices, and ricotta cheese
  • salad with carrots and lite creamy Parmesan dressing
  • raisins

I had this almost immediately after my snack, but with the edge taken off of my ferocious hunger I found I was able to take my time and enjoy it a lot more. I'm usually a very slow eater, but occasionally when I am very hungry, I'll eat meals at what would probably be considered a normal pace, and then I miss the savoring and pleasure I usually have with food.

I didn't want to shred the carrots, and so instead I dipped them in the dressing before eating the rest of the salad, which was ultimately a lot more satisfying.

This was the last serving I had of this pasta that I'd prepared last week, and I was very pleased with what a success it was. My first thought was to buy ingredients and immediately make more, but I thought I should put that off and concentrate on my work for a while.

Dinner

  • beef and pepper sautée with rice pilaf

Once again, I had my dinner very very early in the morning, when I got home at 5:30. My stomach had been growling while I was working and it was very tempting to go cobble something together out of vending machine food, but I was glad I waited to have something healthy and on the meal plan.

I didn't have the fruit that went with this meal - I had all intentions to but I ended up falling asleep before I decided what I wanted.

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