How Day Eighteen went

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Day 18, Tuesday, 4/29/08

 

I don't know why I plan breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, when that's

not really the way it works for me. It's more like breakfast, small meal

between breakfast and lunch, lunch, small meal between lunch and dinner,

dinner, small meal between dinner and bedtime. :-) This is the way I've

always eaten, but it's even more important for me to eat several small

meals since I started McDougalling, because if I go more than a few

hours between meals, I get SO HUNGRY! :-) Maybe I should plan more like

Breakfast 1, Breakfast 2, Lunch 1, etc.

 

I chose to take a break in the evening and eat what the family was

eating. I was cooking their dinner (I sometimes make one meal for us

all, but I still have non-McDougall foods in the house, so I sometimes

use some of those up by cooking something separate for them), and

feeling stressed and deprived, and I wanted to just relax and not try to

find something for myself to eat. I'm glad I did it, because it relieved

some stress. Still, I want to have more quick foods in the house to eat

so that I don't get so cranky and irritable.

 

Pulse:

Took thyroid meds?: Yes

Other meds: Iron supplement

Walk miles: 1.8

Symptoms: Slight joint pain, lots of heart palpitations after the fatty

dinner

 

Planned food:

 

B: Hot cereal with soymilk and honey

L: Gnocchi w/tomato sauce, salad

D: Potatoes or noodles with chickpea gravy; veggies

S: Fruit, cut-up veggies, toast

 

Actual food:

 

B1: Shredded wheat with soymilk and a banana

B2: Apple

L1: Gnocchi w/tomato sauce, salad with fat-free miso dressing

L2: Brown rice with Thai chili sauce, banana, peach, apple with cheese

D1: Tuna casserole with the family

D2: Sandwich (salami, mayo, lettuce)