OY! Tuesday through Friday

Things were a little crazy this week and I was a little preoccupied, so it's been a few days.

But I'm here and I must say I did pretty good this week. The new veggie of the week was: radishes. I munched on a handful of em a few days this week and they weren't half bad!

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday...uggh let's hope I can remember it all.

I had a banana every morning with breakfast. Tuesday was just the banana. Then leftovers from the weekend for lunch, BBQ sausage and a few radishes dipped in ranch. Dinner was leftover turkey and broccoli. Wednesday breakfast was a little leftover turkey with a banana. Lunch was with friends at Cafe Brazil. I had an omelette with salsa and fruit. No real dinner, though I did munch on a few veggies in the evening. Thursday was just the banana for breakfast. Lunch was tuna salad, radishes with ranch and some apple slices. Dinner was a sweet potato with some butter, and then a little goop that I mixed up with the leftover turkey and some hominy. Kind of a soup. It was warm and filling. Friday breakfast was some bacon with the banana. Lunch was tuna salad again with some tomatoes. Dinner was italian chicken with some cauliflower and broccoli with butter.

So overall it was a successful week!

Thanksgiving weekend and Monday

Did I make ya think I was gonna stop posting??? Nah, not any time soon! I did take a hiatus from posting over the long 4 day weekend since we were so busy, but I'm right back on the grind. I did let it slip a little bit, and had a few things on the No-no list. It wasn't AWFUL, but I'm back buckling down. On Thanksgiving, I had literally two bites of homemade mac n cheese, and one bite of stuffing. But did good with everything else. Friday, I had some broc rice casserole, which was a really bad idea as I suffered all evening from that!!! Saturday was still ok (I did have a few chips at Chilis, but made sure my meal was good.), up until the Mom's Night In that I hosted. I ended up having a couple of little appetizers that were bread, and a cookie. Blech. And Sunday I did ok for the most part. I had a couple of Dibs (the icecream/chocolate things) and another cookie. But the cookies are gone now out of my house, so no more temptation there!!

Today was back to the daily grind of work. I had some leftover lil smokies sausages and apple slices for breakfast. Lunch was a small piece of cheese and some almonds. I wasn't super hungry. Dinner to be decided later...lol Will likely be pork chops and a sweet potato, and broccoli, but we'll see. I've been slacking the last week on trying a new veggie so I might go by the store and figure out something new.

Day 30

I made it 30 days with no grains!!! Go me!! And now on to the next 30 days...lol

Today was an off day again as we got off work early and I had D with me all day. So, for breakfast, I had a small piece of cheese and some beef jerky, plus a few grapes. I also got a sweet tea, but diluted it by half with unsweetened tea. Lunch was a salad from McDs (I dropped D off there with a friend for a bit to play). In the afternoon, I had half a banana. This evening, we went to go see ICE at the gaylord hotel, and I had a small cup of hot chocolate. Dinner was late and at Outback Steakhouse. I had a dinner salad with ranch, plus a sirloin steak, with veggies and a sweet potato with butter. YUM!!!!

Day 29

Almost to 30! I weighed in this morning as today is the official 4 week mark, and have now lost 17.4 lbs in only 4 weeks! I'll take it!

Today was a lightish day. I had to leave work early to take D to the doctor so I didn't have much all day. A banana for breakfast, and then some almonds and turkey midday. Dinner was cube steak, green beans (a legume, I know...), and leftover cauliflower. And I had a small piece of chocolate in the evening.

Day 28

Monday Monday. We're gearing up for thanksgiving and I'm plotting out what to eat and what I will bring. Wish I could make a decision!

I wasn't super hungry today for some reason, so didn't have a lot. Breakfast was a banana, a can of tuna, and some almonds. That really kept me going strong most of the day though. I did have a small piece of chocolate in the afternoon. Dinner was scrambled eggs with spinach and cauliflower. (But the cauliflower wasn't mixed in with the eggs...lol)

Day 27

Today was another lazy day at the house. AF is still being a PITA so we didn't do much, and you could tell that D was feeling cabin fever. So it was a long day!

I didn't really eat breakfast as we got up late. I had scrambled eggs with spinach and half a banana for lunch. Dinner this evening was left over cube steak, a baked sweet potato with some butter and salt, and cauliflower. Yum! This evening I had a small piece of the chocolate I have stashed away.

I'm not sure why I'm all excited about hitting 30 days here in just a few more days, as I don't plan to change anything, but, i guess it's a mile stone...lol I've never gone this long without bread, pasta, rice...etc. So it's exciting to me, I guess!

Day 25 and 26

Friday was a sparse day. I was running out of groceries and AF started. Urgh. NOT a good combination. I had an apple and a few strips of bacon for breakfast. Lunch was a can of tuna, and a tomato (but it ended up being OVER ripe...blech! so I tossed it.) I did end up having a piece of chocolate at work. Dinner was cube steak, and a baked sweet potato with some butter, plus some broccoli. Later in the evening, I was having some INSANE carb cravings. It was awful, I came so close to blowing the whole no grain thing. I keep a package of spaghetti high up in a cabinet (out of sight, out of mind, right?) in case I need something quick for D, but I just kept thinking about it (and it's been there since BEFORE this diet started)! Finally, a glass of my dark chocolate almond milk killed the craving and I was able to relax. That was crazy though, I was about in full blown anxiety attack mode over that. What the hell?!

Saturday was a better day. AF was still being a total PITA. I had another glass of almond milk for a late breakfast as we slept in. No real lunch, I just wasn't hungry. For dinner, we had the rest of the cube steak, plus a salad with some ranch, and homemade guacamole (the avocado was FINALLY ripe enough!). I made a grocery store run to get some essentials we were lacking and did get a little package of dark chocolate to store in the freezer. I had a small piece of that this evening. Other than that, it was a decent day.

I'm getting so close to the 30 day mark!