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It's so nice to make it through a weekend without going overboard.
Saturday, one of my girlfriends wanted to celebrate her birthday but ended up coming down with a cold or something. We had a movie night at my house instead of going out and I set up all the comfy chairs and blow up mattress with tons of pillows and blankets. They brought "healthy" munchies and wine.
While they snacked, I fixed myself a full dinner in the kitchen. Cabbage steaks (which they devoured) and warmed up a red potato that I had already baked. I had some of the fruit that they brought, but none of the wine or other munchies and dips and stuff. They left me with all the raw vegetables which are going to come in handy this week.
It wasn't until I woke up Saturday that I realized that I had successfully navigated a ladies night without consuming or desiring to consume all the junk and wine like everyone else. How unheard of!
Saturday, I had my normal oatmeal with raisins for breakfast, but I doctored it up with nutmeg and cinnamon because I was home and it was available. I bought sunflower seeds and dried fruit mix from the Dollar Tree which became my lunch later in the day when I realized my friend wasn't stopping for food as we shopped. I was starved by the time I got home but still managed just to stick to a cabbage steak and potato for dinner.
Sunday was a little weird. I was cold! So cold! The weather had warmed up to 40 degrees, so they said, I was great until I got to church where it should have been warm. Instead, they either turned off the heat or turned the air on during service. I never warmed up. I had to bike in the cold to Kroger to get fruit for the week, and then back to the train.
Stinking weekend schedule, single tracking, and special events. I had an eighteen minute wait in each cold, unheated train station - there were three, and then I had to bike home in the cold. By that time the temperature had dropped. Needless to say, this was another late lunch and I didn't even care if it tasted good. As long as it was hot! I had the leftover brown rice topped with guacamole topped with leftover slow cooked black beans.
It was like a burrito bowl and it was gooooooooood. I heated up some 100% apple juice with water on the stove and threw in some whole uncooked cranberries for an interesting hot Daniel Fast approved drink. Then I sat right in front of my space heater while I ate and drank everything.
The weird thing about yesterday was when I tried to eat dinner. Even though I was hungry I felt stuffed as I tried to eat. It wasn't a lot of food, so I made myself finish it. But I woke up this morning wondering if I should have just skipped dinner if it was so much hassle to get it down.
I'm happy to report that my usual weekend problem was non-existent as well. The Magnesium and probiotics are doing their job!
Also, without I am over a week without caffeine and I don't feel like I need it.
Had the thought that I don't really need to go back to daily coffee.
Okay, time to have a productive Monday!
Onward...
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