I'm working on this accountability thing. I'm trying. I really am. It just doesn't come naturally to me. But here are the meals that I took photos of from yesterday. And I realized something. I do great in the morning right on through lunch. I mean I do awesome...super awesome. But once the afternoon hits, I start sliding. Then once it's dinner time, I just go "off the grid." No accountability whatsoever. I know I'm overeating for my diet at dinnertime. I am also not eating the right foods at dinnertime. I've got to give myself a swift kick in the ass and get it in gear. I'm struggling, but I can do this. I've got to do this.
You've seen this breakfast before. Two slices of Nature's Own Honey Wheat toast, one wedge of strawberry Laughing Cow cream cheese spread and 3/4 cup of fresh strawberries. All this with water and my plethora of supplements in the upper left hand corner there. This is a very simple breakfast and it follows the rules on the diet from the weight loss clinic. I can also change it up by using cottage cheese instead of cream cheese. I could also use any other type of fruit, such as bananas, kiwis, cherries, orange, apple, etc. Easy breakfast to make and easy to change up if it gets boring. I like it.
Next was my mid-morning snack. I usually start getting hungry around 10 or 11 in the morning. It is close to my lunch time, so a small snack works out perfectly. I had a whole small Granny Smith apple and I cut it into small, thin slices. I then laid them out on a microwaveable plate and sprinkled them with pumpkin pie spice. If you want, you can eat them like that and they taste great. I wanted a little warmth, however. So I microwaved them for about thirty seconds, just until they were a little warm, but not super soft. It was delicious! I think this snack will be repeated.
This was lunch. I had 3/4 cup of rice. It should be brown rice, but I'm still getting used to the taste, so I mixed half white rice and half brown rice. I'll keep increasing the proportions until I have all brown rice. I also had some bean sprouts sauteed in a little bit of low sodium soy sauce and garlic. I poured some of that sauce over my rice as well. On the side is 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese and 3/4 cup of fresh sliced strawberries. This lunch was easy and filling. See, I do awesome from breakfast through lunch. Now to tell the horrors of the afternoon snack and dinner. I did not take photos of that disaster.
Well, the afternoon started with the kids wanting a snack. We had some rice krispie type snacks that we make with marshmallows and Trix. So, I cut a couple of pieces to give the children. My son ate it and was good. My daughter did not like it and gave it back to me. I have real trouble throwing away perfectly good food. I ate it...ugh! Then they asked if they could have a piece of the Symphony bar they have had since Easter. I said sure. I broke each of them off a piece...and then I smelled the chocolate, and I couldn't resist. I had a very small piece...but still. Then I ate like 10 Starburst jellybeans. Then came time to prepare dinner. I wanted to make some tofu, some Korean pancakes with vegetables and edamame. The pancakes I had never made before, and I ended up making them too thick and so they were super oily. My daughter asked if I could fry the tofu, so I did. I shouldn't have fried anything. I should have sauteed the tofu in sauce with a touch of olive oil. But instead it was fried in vegetable oil. So were the pancakes. I should have done those in a thin layer of olive oil too. I then proceeded to eat entirely too much food. I'm not even sure how much I ate, but I am sure that it was too much. Especially of oily, fried foods. I am going to do better today. Writing this is kind of embarrassing, but I need to be accountable for myself and my choices. Here's to that.
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