by Trinity » Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:57 am
Wow, Squealcat! I am really impressed. I’m hoping I can quit coffee indefinitely. I really do like tea better. And I’m just not ready to try to get rid of all caffeine though I’ve had phases where I successfully did. Alcohol is actually harder. It’s a little break for my mind in the evenings that I definitely miss. My husband and parents and everyone drinks. Actually, I get the sense that my mom is not too happy I gave it up for Lent now that we’re close by and see each other more often. She’s given it up for Lent before but not this year because she says she doesn’t abuse it. We’re going to their house this weekend but I plan to stay strong. I may eat some (non-McD) sweets instead which I technically did not give up for Lent, but which I try to never eat anyway due to McDougall (not that I succeed very often).
At my doctor’s appointment yesterday the nurse couldn’t figure out how to measure my height—she asked me what it was, and I asked her to measure me, and she never even came up with a number, ha. I was eye-level with 116 cm while she was trying so I have no idea what was going on. Then she wrote my weight on the scale down wrong (even after saying it aloud) and I tried to correct the doctor when he came in but all he cared about was that my BMI was less than 25 which is understandable I guess. And all I cared about was that the doctor’s scale was in line with my scale at home (which it was). I still have a few more pounds to go before my pants fit like they should. Oh yes, my BP was 96/71 so that was pretty wild.
Foodwise, after eating some salty tomato sauce on couscous I almost treated myself to some chocolate when I was distracted by a phone call, then had to go get my daughter from preschool, so I never ate it! This is quite possibly a first. I was definitely going to have some and was even deciding which kinds but managed to be distracted for so long the craving passed. Just like they say will happen! Amazing! Otherwise I also had: tea, 2 oz. unsweetened Silk, a leftover potato, corn with balsamic vinegar, white rice, fruit, maple brown sugar instant oatmeal (for something sweet instead of chocolate, yay), Red Lentil Chili, corn tortillas, vegetables, nutritional yeast, taco sauce, refried beans, gravy, 1 Diet Coke. Most of this stuff was small amounts of leftovers from the fridge. I air-fried the corn tortillas and ate them with the refried beans mixed with taco sauce and nutritional yeast which was pretty good. I definitely feasted and wasn’t that hungry for dinner so I just had some steamed broccoli with (McD) gravy and some salad.