Seriously? This is only Day 3? I would have thought it was about Day 400. It feels like I’ve been hungry for more than a year.<\/p>\n
Which is why I should not have gone to Wal-Mart today, or at the very least I should not have gone before consuming something more than one container of yogurt and one Slim-Fast. Probably, I should have had a peanut butter sandwich. In fact, I don’t think I could go amiss with one now.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, items I did not buy at Wal-Mart today include…<\/p>\n
BBQ ribs potato chips
\nPaula Dean’s butter chewy bars
\nReeses ice cream
\nOreo flavored snack cakes
\nFrozen pizzas of all varieties\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI wouldn’t normally purchase these items. I wouldn’t normally even notice them, but I did today, rendering my feat of not purchasing any of them somewhat heroic.<\/p>\n
What I did purchase were items I considered to be reasonable snacks for dieting people–low fat cheese, and 100 calorie snack packs of nuts–and items I considered to be reasonable ingredients for vegetarian chili.<\/p>\n
The recipe goes something like this.<\/p>\n
Black beans
\nPinto beans
\nTomatoes
\nOnions
\nSpinach
\nCarrots
\nHominy
\nMorningstar Farms Veggie Crumbles
\nChili seasoning<\/p>\nDump it all into a pot and cook it for a few hours. Seriously, this is delicious. It’s also the most sensible food choice I’ve made since embarking on The Diet. It’s low fat, low sugar, low calorie, and I’m not actually still hungry after eating a cup of it. I’m probably hungry again 30 minutes later, but I win for myself a pleasant 30 minute interlude in which I’m not actually feeling starved.<\/p>\n
I’ve also been cooking green beans. They have 44 calories per cup. I could eat four cups of them for the price of one Slim-Fast. I’m thinking of doing that for breakfast tomorrow.<\/p>\n