Interesting development....

Greetings! Interesting development on my end. Last night before going to class I had only a small snack (small bowl of my lentil salad). I didn't want an entire dinner because it was still too early. I got home so hungry. Normally I would either eat my kitchen top to bottom, or, if I was wise enough to have a meal prepared, eat that and move on to the next thing. Instead, as I had nothing planned, but plenty of good food in the house, I got quiet for a moment and thought about what I would really really like.

I decided to have a piece of spinach pie. I thought that would be my downfall, but I managed to eat a small quantity, enjoying every bit of it, and then I was done. I ALSO had two bites of strudel (my husband was in a baking-with-filo-dough mood). Unbelievable. I took a bite out of the apple and decided it wasn't sweet enough to make it worth my while, then took a bite of the sour cherry and decided I didn't care for that at all. I took a look around the kitchen, closed the light and left for the evening. OMG this has never happened.

This morning I was in the mood for one of my unusual sandwiches: Whole wheat pita bread (we get the very thin large ones so I cut the loaf in half) wrapped with FF cheese, romaine lettuce, and a 1/2 of a banana. Weird I know - but oh so filling - and satisfying.

For lunch at work I packed a tri-part tupperware: in the two small portions I put butternut squash (nothing on it - not even salt - and it was delicious!) and poached salmon. In the large part I put the sweet and sour red cabbage that I made the other day (from the Ornish cookbook). I also packed some of my cabbage/beet soup and an apple. I'll be topping that off with some microwave popcorn.

For dinner I will have the ziti and a salad.

I'm beginning to think that this "eat what I feel like when I feel like it and how much I feel like" is actually going to work. Someone came into my office this morning that has not seen me since my surgery in December and did a quick double take. She said it looks like I have lost so much weight. I told her to tell me that again! lol

Signing off for today, but I may be back later!

Samida