New Plan, Day Five

I slept until about 9 this morning, but I didn't sleep well because I was worried about a family member having surgery today. I spent the morning sipping Coke Cherry Zero and fretting, puttering around doing this and that but nothing really worthwhile.

"Breakfast," 1:30pm

• 1/2 green pepper and 1 egg cooked with fresh black pepper, salt, and red pepper in 1 TBSP olive oil
• 7 reduced fat Triscuits
• 1/4 papaya, sliced, with lime juice
• 24 oz. water
• 12 oz. Coke Cherry Zero (not pictured)

It was silly to wait so long to eat breakfast, as my appetite had kind of dwindled by the time I did. I have been savoring meals lately, and this time I was just kind of "meh" about it. I'm not discouraged about dieting - I'm still loving it actually - I think I'm just in a general malaise from worrying and procrastinating school and work stuff.

Lunch, 4:30pm

• bowl of tomato soup with basil, salt, fresh black pepper, and pecorino Romano
• a few horrible bites of radicchio with balsamic vinegar
• 24 oz. water (not pictured)
• 24 oz. Diet Coke (not pictured)

The soup was fantastic, as usual, but the radicchio was just inedibly gross. A friend of mine grilled some when we were in Italy and drizzled it in balsamic, proclaiming it a heavenly flavor. I wasn't able to recreate that and came up instead with unevenly warm, powerfully bitter dreck that couldn't even be saved by some really tasty balsamic. Blech.

Dinner, 9pm

• leftover chicken with vegetables
• 9 asparagus spears (not pictured)
• 24 oz. water (not pictured)
• 12 oz. Diet Coke (not pictured

I was in a foul mood (I have been really on edge and irritable all day today), and I got annoyed when my mother pawned off her turn at cooking dinner onto my father, who prepared an undercooked hunk of beef and leftover orzo that was about to turn. We bought a special asparagus steamer last week, but somehow he even managed to make that weird - I think he left it on the stove steaming after they served themselves from it, as the bottom halves of the spears resembled his overcooked mushy broccoli. As I pondered the mysteries of a man who can so consistently undercook meats and overcook vegetables, at the same time, I decided I would have leftovers instead.

This was not bad without rice, but probably would have been better with it. I can't say I really enjoyed this meal, since things were a little terse with my parents through it, but at least it was full of vegetables and satisfying.

Snack, 10:30pm

• Yoplait Light fat free yogurt, Red velvet cake flavor
• Yoplait Light Thick n' Creamy, cinnamon bun flavor

I was overjoyed to realize I hadn't had any dairy yet today, so I indulged in two tasty yogurts. I really love these dessert flavors - they're so much more interesting than fruit-flavored yogurts, and the thick kind is such a treat.

Summary

I only reached 6 glasses of water, as I fell asleep before finishing my third bottleful. I was in a junky mood all day, which I think is more stress and hormone-related than anything else, will have to work on keeping that under control.