I'm not gonna lie- I can't just have a plain salad. I have to have at least one protein thing in it for me to be happy. It could be a boiled egg, chicken, ham, or tuna, or maybe some cheese and bacon bits- but there has to be something in there that's meat-related, otherwise, I'm hungry within minutes of finishing the salad. Salads like chicken, tuna, or shrimp are my personal faves because they are almost all meat.
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See? Just add a single baby spinach leaf and you have a salad. Total Yum.
This week featured two salads- chicken cobb, and tuna. I love tuna on rye bread, but this week I switched out most of the bread for green peppers. Very crunchy and yummy, and though I get a bit burpish afterward, I don't get that bloated feeling after having bread.
I shortened my weekend windows by an hour and kept portions a bit more reasonable. Doing all of these things really helped me feel much more energetic, and even when I did have bread, it didn't nearly have the bloating effect it normally does.
I feel great!
I also didn't snack as much as before. Yes- I snacked less on chips! Never thought that was possible. I really think the next weigh-in will show better results- as long as I behave myself. And I mean 'behave' as in eating until satisfied- not to restrict what I'm eating.
My workweek eating windows still feature a meal and a snack, and weekends are still two meals. I had at least three chicken cobb salads this past week, and I plan on having more as soon as we get more rotisserie chicken. I tend to stick with a dish until I tire of it, but if I hold off having it every day, I should extend that 'sticktoittiveness' for a longer period.
There. I said it. I want to eat salad. Humph.
I also want to add a few veggie laden snacky things to the menu as well, like carrot coins and hummus. I love the hummus, but it always gets shoved into the back of the fridge and gets forgotten! I've also made meaty snacks in the low-carb past that included thin, baked slices of Italian sausage (also good with hummus), but I might hold off on that and seek out more veggies to polish off the hummus before we need Indiana Jones to spelunk the depths of my fridge.
Exercise still eludes me because my knee is still wonky, though less so since I rested it over the weekend. Hopefully, I won't strain it on steps during work, and maybe I can test out my limberness later this week with one of those Body Groove videos. We shall see.
I'm not gonna lie again. That picture of bacon is making my stomach growl, and it's not even 10:30 yet. I don't eat until after 3:00 pm. Sigh.
*hums* I dream of bacon with the light brown crisp...
This is usually when I drink a lot of water- but I'm holding off because water and laptops don't mix!
Oh man- I need to find something else to do. Ah well, while I go distract myself with non-meaty things, I hope my journey helps you see what life is like the IF way and that there's a lot of good along with the struggles. A lot of good. Good food. Good, meaty food. Meaty goodness.
Okay, I'm so finished with this post. I better get busy decluttering files for my new laptop before I start spelunking the fridge!
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