2ManyCurves's Journal, 12 Apr 17

It's ridiculous how delicious fresh watermelon tastes. I'm taking your all's advice and not bothering with breakfast until I am actually hungry. So for my "brunch" I'm eating watermelon, cantaloupe and a banana. Who knows when I will eat again today. Work tends to run super late on Wednesdays. I may just chalk up today as an IF day if I am not out of work until 8pm. It's a little tough to plan dinners on nights when I have no clue how long I will be working. Usually my husband will grab himself a pizza. I think he likes sometimes when I work late so I won't have to subject him to "twigs and berries." Apparently what I fix for dinner has become quite the topic at his workplace. He won't admit it, but I think he secretly likes it. It adds a whole new level of creativity when you aren't using meat, dairy or eggs. Plus he has dropped close to ten pounds by having to do nothing but show up for the dinners I fix. I still haven't achieved 100% vegan, but it is likely close to 85-90% of my meals now and 40-45% of his meals. My mom babysits my 19 month old. She can't wait to tell me how my baby scarfs down chicken "like he's starving to death" and tell me how the baby needs more protein. Leave it to Grandmas to feed your children to death. I had set a firm rule that he wasn't to have cookies more than once a week as it should be a treat. Then when I picked the little one up, she told me that he had animal crackers and actually tried to argue with me that they were "crackers" and not a cookie as they would be called Animal Cookies otherwise. And this is why I'm fat. Joking, of course. But, having lived the first 18 years of my life with a woman who has never been on a diet and has zero concern for nutrition, I'm sure it played some role in my chunky development.

I think I've almost recovered from the respiratory infection I had been struggling with. I limited myself to 30 min on the elliptical anyway this morning until I am certain that I'm 100%. I am kind of hopeful I can get out of work early enough to go home to knock out a short 5K run. I am planning to get another lipid panel on Friday so I can compare the results of eliminating red meat from my diet. I'm really curious to see the effect, if any.

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491 kcal

Fat: 12.46g | Prot: 25.71g | Carbs: 74.37g.   Lunch: Cantaloupe Melons, Watermelon, Bananas. Dinner: Kroger Raw Small Shrimp, Kroger Mild Cheddar Cheese Shredded, Mission Foods White Corn Tortilla. more...

2057 kcal

Exercise: Elliptical - 30 minutes, Sleeping - 23 hours and 30 minutes. more...