Things I learned today

1) A half-cup of All Bran doesn't seem like much.



2)A cup of vanilla yogurt seems like a lot (sorry, no picture of that one!).
3) Both go a LONG way.

A little half-cup of All Bran, with a cup of milk on it, along with a banana, one scrambled egg, and a cup of coffee kept me full until lunch (and oh what a lunch! Seared Tuna Salad and a ripe pear). I didn't even need a snack in the morning. When I started getting hungry in the afternoon, I had that cup of yogurt. I keep thinking maybe I measured it wrong (is it considered a fluid cup? Does that make a difference?). Anyway, it was a lot, and it kept me mostly full until dinner. I got dinner started late, but snacked on a few cucumber slices left from lunch to tide me over. Dinner was roasted chicken and asparagus almondine. I am allowed all the nonstarchy vegetables I want, so I had a lot of the asparagus...it was really yummy!

I'm also allowing myself some leeway because I am nursing a baby. I'm letting myself have larger portions of protein than is recommended in the book, and an extra glass of milk. We'll see how that works.

I did good with no sugar, but I was eyeing the buttered bread I gave the four-year-old with her dinner. Oh, I guess at some point this afternoon I was craving something, so I chewed a piece of sugar-free gum. And then this evening...I had six plain Triscuits. That's an extra carb, but it's whole grain, so hopefully that's not cheating too much?

I'm having my extra glass of milk before bed...but oh, I'm wishing I could have a couple of cookies to go with it. Today was not as hard as I thought it might be, but I have a feeling it will catch up with me tomorrow.

I'll leave you with this guy, who cracked me up at breakfast this morning.



Somehow, a stick man made of All Bran exhorting you to "Feel Great...With Fiber!" just seems wrong. If he's not careful, I'm going to rip that raspberry head off and swallow it whole.