Day 4: It Is Harder Than It Looks

Wow!  Who'd have thought that the day after a fair food extravaganza would be so hard?  All I wanted to eat today was hamburgers and donuts.  Seriously! I rarely eat either of those in a normal week, but all I wanted today was junk food.

To make matters worse, I had a hair cutting appointment today (bad cut, no pictures will be forthcoming) which meant I had to drive 30 minutes along streets paved with fast food joints to get to my destination. Luckily, I was running late on the way over, so I didn't stop for anything.  Luck stayed in the car while I got my hair cut, then rode with me as I made several wrong turns which led me away from poor food choices.  When I finally got to a place to eat, I was back in control and selected a Veggie Bowl lunch from a "healthy Mex" restaurant called Chevey's.  It was a little high on salt, but it was meat and dairy free.  And, since service was slow (thanks again, girlfriend Luck), I drank so much water that there was no longer room for dessert.

The rest of the day was mixed.  I wasn't really hungry for dinner, so I had a banana/blueberry/mango smoothy with a slice of peanut butter toast.  That worked well until we started watching a movie, then I had 1/2 of a lemon cookie dipped in chocolate and a cup of kettle corn left over from our move from Georgia (it was stale).

In conclusion, it was not a brilliant day, but mostly good choices were made.  And, after a bad hair cut, food therapy is the usual way to go.  So, on the whole, I'll call today a success.

By the way, we ran out of cow milk yesterday, and I replaced it with almond milk. I'm a fan! It tastes great and has a good texture. Last time I did the no milk thing, I tried soy and rice milks, and wasn't terribly happy with either.  Hooray for almond milk.