Today's lunch

Okay, so yesterday's dinner actually did fill me up, for quite a long time. And then when I got hungry, around 9 p.m., I was really hungry. I took your suggestion to heart for lunch today, Josie, and added black beans. All I needed was a little salt, and this was actually a really yummy lunch.

In entering yesterday's food intake into the food journal on fitday.com, I came up with 2,688 calories. 74% of that was carbs, 17% of that was fat, and 9% of that was protein. The percentages sound about right for the diet I'm trying to follow, and I'm going to have to trust that the number of calories is okay, too. I mean, it's what I seemed to need to feel satisfied, and, while that number is not a "dieting" number, it is within normal limits, I think, so I will call it good. FYI, the only fats that I intentionally added to my diet yesterday were some butter on two pieces of bread (for my evening snack--remember I got hungry?), and the peanut butter on my PBHoney sandwich for my morning snack. No milk (not even on my oatmeal yesterday morning), no eggs, no meat.

Today, on the other hand, I used the milk that is going sour in the fridge to make our pancakes, and I'd like to say that it helped them be fluffy like buttermilk pancakes, but I can't say that for sure. Anyway, they were good with peaches on top, and a glass of water for a beverage.

As far as having more energy and being able to run and not be weary and walk and not faint, I had a hard time on our walk this morning. Maybe it's because I didn't go to sleep till after 10:30 last night, was up once in the night, and woke up around 4:30 this morning. Or maybe it's because I was hungry from not eating enough protein yesterday. Anyway, I was struggling with my energy level, and was still breathing hard even after we'd been home and showered. Eating breakfast is when I started to feel better. So that's something to be aware of.

Just sharing!