Indian Food

Day 4.  35.2 pounds to go (down 4.6)

The scale did not disappoint this morning, and even though I know in my heart of hearts that this is the "water weight" loss portion of the experiment, it's still thrilling to get on the scale and see it going in the right direction.  Yesterday's diet and the 65 minutes of sadistic Michael later... and the scale actually showed something for the effort.  I'm pleased.

Food was easier today.  Breakfast - hummus & carrots, v8 juice, green grapes.
Lunch - green apple with peanut butter
Dinner - hummus & carrots, brown rice, roasted root vegetables & a glass of white wine.

It kind of broke my heart to go to Taste of India (TOI), and NOT eat the butter chicken.  And not eat Nan.  I thought Indian would be a great choice because there's so much good vegetarian food (hello?!  Aloo Gabi?!), but really not so much.  Turns out almost everything has either cream in it (most of the curries) or cheese... and of course the Nan is chock full o' gluten.  I will say this though:  the roasted root vegetables (from the tandori oven) were AMAZING.  And I'm super full - boarding on uncomfortably full - tonight, though I did not eat all of the brown rice.  There are worse nights out, but I think until I figure out the gluten thing, Indian might also be off the menu.

I can't really avoid eating out -- tonight's dinner was a work dinner, the 4th work-related meal of the week.  I need to have a few go-to things I can get when I eat out... and I have a feeling that amounts to a whole lot of green salads in my near future.