Day Nineteen and I'm NOT hungry

    Photo from Doug McLellan. Breakfast on the Fly

So - I did my usual flying out the door again this morning.  No breakfast, not even on the fly.  It's now 1:40 p.m. and I have not left for lunch yet but not by chance.  I had to hang around to get hold of my student assistant.  But, now that I've connected with him and message is delivered, I find that I'm not one bit hungry.  Go figure.  I have a boatload of work to do.  I'm going to just keep on working.

Tammy S. - if you see this you can freely yell at me.  I know you are right but I'm just not hungry.

Day Eighteen

Morning - I am feeling so good today.  I am finding that I have more satisfaction with daytime foods without carbs than I felt a couple of weeks ago.  My body seems to be making the shift to not crave carbs so much and I seem to be more naturally tending to proteins and veggies.  I must admit, I miss having fruit in the morning but for now I will leave that for evenings only.  Sadly, I got up late this morning and washing my hair had highest priority so I blew out the door without breakfast.  Not good and a habit from the past that I need to work to not slide back into.

Afternoon - I LOVED my lunch today.  I didn't go home.  Was in the mood for a GOOD salad.  Went to A.J.'s and had something called Choppie's Salad.  It is a mixture of lettuce, cabbages, and carrots for color.  I told them to leave out the tomatoes.  It also had chicken chunks and shaved almonds.  Dressing was some Asian thing.

My big triumph today was sending the bread back.  You have to understand - A.J.'s toasted butter/garlic bread is sublime.  It sat there for a moment on the plate.  Then I moved it to a napkin on the other side of the table.  Then I started fantasizing about the darn thing and creating justification in my head.  Eventually I got the attention of the waitress and she removed it.  Yay!!!!

CINDA - I like the oatmeal with goodies and green tea suggestions.  I think I will have that for dinner one night.  I love chunky oatmeal.

Day Seventeen

I've lost five pounds!!

Later in the morning -

My next goal is to lose 3 lbs.  This will put me under 260.

Afternoon

Today's lunch was two hamburger patties wrapped in lettuce.  Mustard and catsup only.  Tasty.  Also has a handful of mixed nuts.

Day Fourteen

Morning - had two soy sausage patties and ran out the door. Grabbed coffee on the run. It's going to be a busy day.

More to come

Day Thirteen

Omigosh. Where did the day go? I never got in here. Well, this will be a shorty. Breakfast and lunch came and went. All is well. Did lots of shopping last night. Have everything I need to keep food together for a few days. Running (and I don't mean exercise). **sigh**

Day Twelve

Morning as broken and the rain has passed over us. The winds have died down as well. Yesterday was hellacious (well, by our standards anyway).

This morning I had a bowl of cereal. I'm stopping at Raley's after work tonight to stock up again. I have not been losing weight but I expect I'll see something just drop all at once. The big thing I've noticed is that my body hangs on to carbs like white clings to rice. Yesterday wasn't so much about too many carbs as it was about not enough veggies and greens which is why it is essential that I shop tonight.

More later.

Lunch . . .

. . . today was a Chipotle's again. Got their yummy salad with beef, bit of cheese and pico de gallo. Drizzled a bit of sour creme on the top and was set. Oh, and a diet coke. The most interesting part of lunch was when I spent ten minutes staring at this woman on and off who was yapping away on her cell like she was in her office. Hello, lady. You're at lunch and so are other people. Turn the damn phone off. I totally failed to get her attention. She was oblivious.

Anyway - she was also with someone and she did not speak to him at all. I had 15 minutes before I had to leave and I couldn't stand it. So - I packed up and as I left I walked up to their table, ignored her and told the man to please "tell the nice lady that this isn't her office and she is being very disruptive". Then I turned around and walked out. I felt very empowered. We don't have to put up with other people's thoughtless behavior.

Next stop - Raley's

Day Eleven

9:30 a.m.
The day started with bluster and rain and tree limbs flying. The energy level in my little corner of the planet is crazed. I'm loving it and I'm loving my day eleven. All is well. Had eggs and cheese this morning again. I think this is my new favorite breakfast.

More later.

Later and now evening

The whole day was a little off. I lunched at home and finished my last two soy sausage links. I cut them up and warmed them in a bowl of rice from last night. The evening was mixed up to. Left work early and was very hungry. Had a spoonful of peanut butter and then went to Borders at 5:30 to meet up with Elaine. I grabbed a biscuit as I ran out the door and had a coffee with h/h at Borders.

At 7:30 p.m.

I got home and knew I had to have something. I'm out of veggies and greens. Need to shop tomorrow. Finished the deli turkey and had some swiss cheese with the turkey slices.

I'll do better tomorrow.