Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Garden burger, yam, apple, and a peach. I also have nonfat yogurt mixed with raspberry jam sweetened with pear juice. I’m set.

I bought one at Safeway, of all places, plus it was organic. It’s the best cantaloupe I’ve ever eaten in my life. It’s like a totally different fruit from the usual cantaloupes I’ve bought in the past – bland, yucky texture, just icky in general. I saved the Heritage seeds, and plan to plant them next year.

I cooked it this a.m. and ate it for my mid-morning snack. Unfortunately, I also brought mayo, albeit Smart Balance mayo. I have another artichoke in the fridge for Thursday, and I think I’ll not bring mayo and eat it plain. I am pretty sure it will be fine. I’d like to cut out the extra fat in my diet, and this is a big one because I eat quite a few artichokes. The one I ate today had a delicate flavor that was really lovely and really didn’t need a condiment.

Cold soups. Salads. Sandwiches. Mainly I am looking for fast and easy, little or no cooking (to heat up my house), and that use fairly common ingredients. I recently made a cole slaw with two kinds of chopped cabbage, grated carrots, chopped white onion, two chopped apples, one chopped red bell pepper, a bit of salt, and half a bottle of balsamic dressing. It is good! But we’ve eaten it a lot because it makes a lot, and are ready to try something new.

I picked out the broccoli from the Beef Broccoli, chose green beans, sauted mushrooms and onions, vegetarian egg foo yung, but also had a tiny bit of orange chicken, and a tiny bit of spicy chicken, and a small serving of baked salmon. I like the restaurant because the vegetables are very fresh. So instead I am taking what is good for me, and leaving the rest. It works well.

already under a different goal. I like to be with people on similar goals because there is support and inspiriation. So, changing to be with yall. I’ve cut back on how much food I eat at work, but home is harder since there’s a lot of healthy, tasty food there. It’s harder to monitor portions when it’s healthy because my mind rationalizes it’s okay; of course, too much food is too much. Mongolian chicken is very difficult for me to limit. I’m going to have to figure out a way of keeping seconds out of my mouth, like after putting the serving on the plate, IMMEDIATELY putting the rest into the fridge, before I even start to eat. That way it’s not easily accessible, plus it will be starting to cool down quickly. Just got to trick myself.

I used to be, and got sick. Not enough protein, too many carbs, lack of B12. Anyway, this is a great goal. I used to say that I wouldn’t eat any meat that I hadn’t actually killed myself, but this is an ideal ungrounded in reality. I’ve read entries and there seems to be some good books to read. Get thee to the library.