Day 15 - Breakfast & Lunch

Well, it's hard to believe I've already been at this for two weeks.

I don't look any different, I must admit. However, I feel different. I have more energy than before, I don't get the "itis" anymore in the afternoon because of those heavy meals full of saturated fat that I've stopped eating (when I can avoid them, obviously), and I'm sleeping better at night. In fact, I'm sleeping more.

My clothes are starting to fit a little bit better as well.

But still, no one has commented on any changes is appearance, and I have not noticed any myself. I was warned when I did this that the first few months are the toughest during long-term, slow & steady weight loss and I see that is true now. It is indeed tough to get the ball rolling.

However, I don't regret the sacrifices I've made thus far -- In point of fact, I don't even miss the hamburgers and fries because I've become so accustomed to low sodium foods that the few times I've eaten out, such as the Chinese restaurant during Week 1, as soon as the food has hit my tongue I've been a bit revulsed. I'm just not used to salt anymore.

Of course, I have had 6 bad meals in the period of 2 weeks. However, the rest of them have been homecooked with quality ingredients (olive oil, no salt, boiled meats to get rid of all the fats prior) -- in other words exemplary. I have noticed I do manage to consume 5-10 fruits or vegetables, but not many of them are green veggies, those friends to all in good shape. I've decided to try to incorporate them a bit more into my diet at supper time during week days. I won't be having them for lunch because I just don't like 3-hour old salad that I'd be bringing from home, and I can't trust the salad bars in the food court near the office (I've gotten sick on the lettuce there a few times). During week ends, I want try to eat at least 1 serving of greens twice a day (lunch and supper). Starting today.

So, I will add them to my list of staple foods. In case you're wondering, I try to eat, at least a few times in the week, the following items:



-Walnuts or almonds
-Garlic (either in Hummus, or crushed raw into a salad)
-Lemon Juice or Lime Juice
-Milk
-Broccoli or Cauliflower
-Tomato


Anyway, here is what I had for breakfast

-2 eggs fried in PAM canola-oil non-stick cook spray
-2 slices of Dempster's whole wheat stonemilled bread
-1 spoon of Hummus
-1 spoon of Bio Peanut butter
-3 Grissol Whole wheat + Soy Canapés
-2 glasses of Tropicana Orange Juice not from Concentrate

Then, I played Nintendo Wii for awhile, making sure to actually do the motions during Wii Tennis sessions (though I won't count this as today's workout, which will be going down in a few hours at the gym).

I got a bit hungry, and for lunch I had

-2 glasses of Perrier with sprinkled lime juice
-3 or 4 bites of boiled chicken breast

And, quite possibly, the most bizarre salad ever made. Oh here, let me show you: