Phase 1

Phase 1 hasn't been as tough as I thought it would....although this morning I craved a yeasty fresh hot pastry /breakfast bread. By the time I got to my car, I was over it. However, in a most random turn of events, there was a bun on the ground by my car. I kicked it out of the way and kept on stepping.

The biggest challenge is keeping hydrated at work. I was doing fine until Wednesday...then things got really busy and I didn't get up and refill the water bottle. One of the upsides - I'm eating so many more veggies now. Everyday I have at least 2 huge salads. And for breakfast I also have veggies. This morning was broccoli (with textured vegetable protein, salsa and low fat cheese). Speaking of breakfast, that has been the biggest adjustment. Eggs and canadian bacon got real old real quickly. But I did like the broccoli with TVP, boca burger with grilled peppers and veggie sausage with grilled veggies.

Some changes for next week:
1) explore the wonderful world of eggplant this week.
Some ideas:
- Grilled eggplant pizzas (instead of crust, grilled eggplant is the base) with broccoli, chicken, tomato sauce, low fat cheese
- Roasted eggplant salad: roasted eggplant, roasted red peppers, chickpeas, some kind of protein, tomato, cucumber, basalmic vinegar, olive oil

2) make a ricotta cheesecake...the last attempt was ...interesting

3)veggie snacks with white bean dip

4) 2 bottles to work

5) continue to have fun with it

Exercise? Not so much on that front. I'm trying for 2 kickboxing classes in the next week. Realized today that I need to get new sneakers. My current pair are worn down unevenly and that causes stress/pain to my joints and back.