I'm sitting in George Bush International Airport in Houston, on my way home from Austin. I've had an interesting food weekend, including 2 "cheats" while I was away.
When I travelled in on Saturday morning, I managed to find vegan, no-gluten, no refined sugar energy bars in the magazine shop at the airport. Who knew? That and a banana were breakfast. I had a very bland spinach salad at the airport in Denver for lunch, and an avacado with tomato when I finally got to Mike's house.
The dinner party at Mike and Ben's house was really, really fun... and I managed to NOT eat any of the food cooked on teh grill. I had a huge, delicious salad. But then the wheels fell off the cart. Ben had bought a giant carrot cake for the evening, and after watching EVERYONE else eat it, I also had a piece. A Texas-sized piece (although my state of Texas was half the size they were serving up for everyone else). I love carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, it was truly outstanding.
What I found interesting, though, is that I woke up with an absolutely horrendous headache on Sunday morning. Absolutely head-splitting. I read in the Alicia Silverstone book that it can be an offshoot of eating sugary food after abstaining for a while... really? It's only been 3 weeks! I will definitely put me off sugar for a while though.
We spent Sunday morning on the Lake waterskiing. I had a peach for breakfast, and was starving by the time we made it to fabulous Tex-Mex for lunch. I indulged in chips & salsa (how could I have known that tortilla chips do not have gluten?) and a corn flour tortilla stuffed with roasted mushrooms and red peppers. Delicious. And on-diet!
I met Scott and Renee at her storage place in the afternoon, and hoofed boxes and bags up 2 flights of stairs in 107 degree heat. I have NEVER sweated like I did yesterday afternoon - not even in my most difficult workouts with Michael. Renee's dorm room is small and cozy, and she is in love with it. I think Scott wishes it was bigger - he's worried about how she's going to fit all of her things in. Renee was confident, though, and happy to be getting settled in. She truly LOVES school.
We went to her favorite sushi place for an early dinner, where Renee and I shared a bowl of edenmame and 3 roles. The roles had tuna, white rice and spicy mayo... none of which is on my diet. And my stomach really, really, really hurt for a while post-dinner. We walked all over campus so that Renee could show me her school -- such a beautiful campus. More sweating, and then I was off for the night.
This morning at the airport I'm back on track. I had another vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free energy bar with a banana for breakfast. I had steamed veggies and rice noodles for lunch, and am not happily sipping away on an all-fruit smoothy while I wait for my flight to Seattle.
I'm anxious to see how this weekend affects the scale... but will have to wait to the morning to find out. 3 weeks down; 3 to go... though truthfully I'm already feeling like I'll stay with this beyond the 6-weeks I committed to. I just feel that good. :)
Monday, August 22, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Steady State
Day 18 - 29.2 to go (down 10.6 lbs)
Under the 10lb mark! Perhaps my weekend in the Texas heat will help me sweat it down a bit further. :)
Under the 10lb mark! Perhaps my weekend in the Texas heat will help me sweat it down a bit further. :)
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Cravings
Day 17 - 30.2 to go (down 9.6)
I fully intended to crave sugar, bread and cheese - and discovered tonight that I'm craving completely other things. Tonight, post-workout, for example -- the only thing I wanted was tomatos and avacado. It's a strange dinner, and yet I am completely sated.
Breakfast today was also odd... I forgot to take it with me, so I had carrot sticks and hummus that I had in the fridge at work.
Lunch -- Thai food. The King & I was so accommodating: rice noodles with steamed veggies in veggie broth. It had tons of garlic, and was absolutely delicious. I think the rice noodles were processed rather than brown-rice, but I'm gonna let that one slide for the day.
Hoping to be under 30 lbs to go by tomorrow morning. :)
I fully intended to crave sugar, bread and cheese - and discovered tonight that I'm craving completely other things. Tonight, post-workout, for example -- the only thing I wanted was tomatos and avacado. It's a strange dinner, and yet I am completely sated.
Breakfast today was also odd... I forgot to take it with me, so I had carrot sticks and hummus that I had in the fridge at work.
Lunch -- Thai food. The King & I was so accommodating: rice noodles with steamed veggies in veggie broth. It had tons of garlic, and was absolutely delicious. I think the rice noodles were processed rather than brown-rice, but I'm gonna let that one slide for the day.
Hoping to be under 30 lbs to go by tomorrow morning. :)
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Salt
Day 16. 32 lbs to go (down 7.8 overall / up 2 since yesterday)
Salt may be the death of me yet. Limited it today; hope to see a scale recovery tomorrow.
Salt may be the death of me yet. Limited it today; hope to see a scale recovery tomorrow.
Monday, August 15, 2011
A Fortnight
Day 15. 30 lbs to go (9.8 down)
I had hoped to be down an even 10 lbs at the end of 2 weeks, but am happy that the scale's still heading in the direction I want it to.
Breakfast was a banana and a V8. I also ate part of the lunch I brought -- leftover quinua pasta with tomatoes and mushrooms. I learned today that I should cook Quinua pasta a bit longer so that when eaten cold it's not so crunchy. It was perfect when still warm, though.
Also learned that I cannot even consider eating Ramen, no matter how fancy the container and label that comes with it. I threw it away at lunch... just WAY too salty. Lunch was instead four brown rice cakes, with peanut butter and a V8. Not my finest culinary experience.
Dinner was the rest of the leftover pasta, with an avacado. Avacado makes EVERYTHING taste better.
Now I'm off to the gym... hopefully Michael will go (relatively) easy on me. :-)
I had hoped to be down an even 10 lbs at the end of 2 weeks, but am happy that the scale's still heading in the direction I want it to.
Breakfast was a banana and a V8. I also ate part of the lunch I brought -- leftover quinua pasta with tomatoes and mushrooms. I learned today that I should cook Quinua pasta a bit longer so that when eaten cold it's not so crunchy. It was perfect when still warm, though.
Also learned that I cannot even consider eating Ramen, no matter how fancy the container and label that comes with it. I threw it away at lunch... just WAY too salty. Lunch was instead four brown rice cakes, with peanut butter and a V8. Not my finest culinary experience.
Dinner was the rest of the leftover pasta, with an avacado. Avacado makes EVERYTHING taste better.
Now I'm off to the gym... hopefully Michael will go (relatively) easy on me. :-)
Sunday, August 14, 2011
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!
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!
Saturday, August 13, 2011
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