Fridge Makeover

Day 14 - 30.2 to go; Down 9.6 lbs

I discovered that the QFC in UVillage has an entire aisle dedicated to gluten-free food today.  While a good bit of it is chock full o' sugar (and therefore off limits for me)... I did manage to find 3 different kinds of brown rice pasta and a marinara sauce without any sugar.  I'm getting better at spending enough time in the store to actually read labels and find things that work for this type of diet.

I was struck with something when I got home:  my refrigerator and pantry look entirely different -- just in the space of 2 weeks.  The fridge is full of fresh foods -- fruits, veggies, and containers of food that I actually cooked at home.  When the O'Shea-Milinovich's return from Orcas Island, I'm going to take them all of things that remain that are off limits to me now.  While I'm not tempted by any of them, I also don't want to be wasteful and see things spoil that could have been used.

The pantry is also different -- but needs a bit more work in terms of getting rid of the things that I will no longer eat.  Those too can find a home with the neighbors.

One more thing I've figured out:  low-sodium popcorn still has too much salt in it to eat it late at night and not have it have an impact on my weight the next day.  While I'm excited that I can no longer plow through an entire bag of it (in fact, I've been working on this one bag since a week ago Friday), it's something that doesn't necessarily make my body happy. 

So today...
Breakfast -- Rice flour bagel with peanut butter.
Lunch -- brown rice, hummus & avacado
Dinner -- portabello mushroom on the grill, with fresh veggies & rice flour pasta. 

Yummy!