After yesterday's diversions, there was not much damage at the scale. Since I started a lifestyle change, I haven't had cravings for sweets. I've always had craving for sweets, as long as I can remember. Now when I get a craving, it's for bread really (pizza, pancakes, hamburger bun with a hamburger in it). Come to think of it, I've always loved white bread, since I was kid. My aunts told me that my father used to love white bread too. Perhaps, it's a genetic hand me down. Anyway, I did some internet reading on artificial sweeteners (just simple Google). There is anecdotal evidence that suggests that artificial sweetener may cause an increased desire for sweet food items. I have passed on the artificially sweetened drinks (water, please!) I haven't craved sweet desserts at all.
For breakfast I made everyone a chorizo and spinach omelet. For lunch I got lazy, and decided to eat out instead of prepare a meal. I though falafel sounded good, it's just chick peas. So, I went to a nearby Mediterranean restaurant I had never tried (Parsley). They didn't seem to have falafel by itself, so I order the falafel bowl, which include 6 falafels, a layer of Mediterranean rice and a layer of salad. I wasn't too sure about the rice. I asked the woman behind the counter about the rice, but she wasn't too knowledgeable about what type of rice it was. It was yellow and she just described it as Mediterranean rice. I think she squirted some tzatziki on everything at the end.
My theory is that you can get away with eating half of any meal that's served to you in a restaurant and still be full. So I ate half the falafel, but finished off the rice and salad because they wouldn't age well in the fridge. For dinner I ate my leftover falafel and remaining chicken thigh (leftover from earlier in the week) with half a bag of microwaveable mixed veggies. Dessert was the remaining strawberries that my son didn't eat that day, plus a few baby carrots. Not a bad day.
No gym today.
Breakfast:
Chorizo, spinach and onion omelet
16 oz water
Lunch:
Falafel Bowl: 4 falafel on top of "Mediterranean rice" and Mediterranean salad
16 oz water
Dinner:
Leftover falafels (2)
Leftover chicken thigh
1/2 bag of microwaved frozen green beans
16 oz of water
Dessert:
4 unripe strawberries
2 handfuls of baby carrots
16 oz of water
we'll see what the scale says tomorrow ...
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