- no-bread BLT(A)s:
- 7 pieces of turkey bacon (5 carbs)
- lettuce (2 carbs)
- tomato, one small (6 carbs)
- mayo (1 carb)
- last of the leftover onion eggs (3 carbs)
- ginger tea (17 carbs) - OOPS, thought it was just like tea!
- water
pre-dinner glucose check - 101!!
Dinner - 9 PM
Dinner - 9 PM
- 1/2 an avocado with salt and lemon (3)
- pea salad
- 3/4 cup peas (15)
- 1 green onion (0)
- 1 egg yolk (1)
- 1 spoonful mayonnaise (1)
- 1 piece of strong soft cheese (0)
- on a cracker (3)
- double portion of tabouleh - cucumbers, tomato, parsley, olive oil, salt, lemon juice (8)
- 1/2 cup of cantaloupe melon (10)
Total carbohydrates for the day: 34 breakfast + 41 dinner = 75 *yikes*
Thoughts: One of the ideals in Islam is to stop eating while you still feel hungry, so as i was eating dinner and tried to do that. It slowed me down a bit, but i definitely could have stopped, in terms of having already eaten enough at one point but my brain/cravings still said to keep eating. Near the end, i got out a rice krispy treat that my aunt had made with peanut butter (topped with chocolate), intending to eat it. I got it out of the cookie jar - and put it in front of me. I smelled it deeply. I smelled it again. I almost started to cry (granted i was watching a particularly teary episode of Glee at the time). Then I put it back.
It has now been over a week since I have had chocolate, milkshakes, cookies, donuts, cupcakes, candy or cake. The cravings are getting weaker and only in moments like those above is it a problem. Walking by the candy jar at work is not an issue - it is the baked goods that call to me (like carrot cake with cream cheese frosting) or a nice, cold, rich, real-ice-cream milkshake. The problem with most items I crave: they never taste quite as great as they seem like they will. Maybe the cravings are better than actually eating them (the wanting is better than the getting).
Thoughts: One of the ideals in Islam is to stop eating while you still feel hungry, so as i was eating dinner and tried to do that. It slowed me down a bit, but i definitely could have stopped, in terms of having already eaten enough at one point but my brain/cravings still said to keep eating. Near the end, i got out a rice krispy treat that my aunt had made with peanut butter (topped with chocolate), intending to eat it. I got it out of the cookie jar - and put it in front of me. I smelled it deeply. I smelled it again. I almost started to cry (granted i was watching a particularly teary episode of Glee at the time). Then I put it back.
It has now been over a week since I have had chocolate, milkshakes, cookies, donuts, cupcakes, candy or cake. The cravings are getting weaker and only in moments like those above is it a problem. Walking by the candy jar at work is not an issue - it is the baked goods that call to me (like carrot cake with cream cheese frosting) or a nice, cold, rich, real-ice-cream milkshake. The problem with most items I crave: they never taste quite as great as they seem like they will. Maybe the cravings are better than actually eating them (the wanting is better than the getting).
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