Day Twenty Five

As I mentioned at the end of the last post, I didn't get a chance to sleep before my afternoon classes, so I was really bushed. I was almost dozing off in my first class, which bugged the hell out of me - I really hate that kind of thing.

Breakfast

• peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat toast
• green grapes
• skim milk

I ate this shortly before class, hoping it would give enough of an energy burst to see me through. Obviously it didn't work.

Snack

• chocolate-covered peanuts (not pictured)

During the break in my class, I ran down to the school cafeteria to try to find something that would wake me up. I thought the chocolate would give me a quick burst of energy and the protein in the peanuts would keep me going. Unfortunately I read the package wrong in my haste, and what I thought was a one serving 160 calorie pack (which is appropriate for snack meals) was actually double that, making it 320 calories, almost a meal. Bummer.

Lunch

• broiled tenderloin
• steamed spinach
• "Healthy fries" - sliced and broiled potato with seasoning

When I got home in the evening (I stayed to work after my night class), my boyfriend declared that he had gone on the Atkins diet. I was ridiculously exhausted, frustrated with my work, and so hungry I thought I might faint. As I tried to process what it meant for him to be on Atkins, I opened the fridge and found a beautiful steak nicely wrapped up for me. He called from the next room, "I thought you might like a steak for dinner!" What a wonderful man.

I made some mistakes cooking this (overcooking the steak, undercooking the potato), but it didn't matter. It was so good to have real, stick-to-your-ribs food, and I'm sure my body appreciated the iron and protein from the steak.

Dinner
skipped
I ended up falling asleep before I had a chance to make dinner, which is probably just as well, seeing as I'd gone over my snack calories and certainly made a mess of things with pizza the day before.