Sunday Dinner

This is my third Sunday Dinner since I began this diet. You would think that I would have this down by now, but I am beginning to get worried about Sundays. Perhaps I should spend them in solitude.

Yesterday's Subsistence

Breakfast - oatmeal, two beef breakfast links
Snack 1 - nothing
Lunch - one fried chicken breast and one wing, collard greens, cold slaw, DESSERT: sweet potato pie (hey, they say this is good for you, but they probably meant sans the sugar!)
Snack 2 - nothing
Dinner - nothing (I felt guilty. This is not healthy. You need food to remind your body that you are not going through a famine.)
Snack 3 (OPTIONAL IF AFTER 7PM) - 8 tortilla chips

Exercise is mandatory.

"Just Keep Swimming"

Sunday Dinner 2

It was a joyous occasion today since my best friend had her first child. A beautiful healthy baby boy! While we were at the hospital, I had a salad while my boyfriend ate a hamburger and fries. I was proud of myself. Between waiting for baby AJ to arrive and his actually arrival, we went to Joseph's mom's house. Today Sunday dinner was unknowingly hosted by Mrs. Byrd. The good thing is that dinner at his mom's house is very informal. So there is less pressure to eat everything or large portions of anything, or anything at all, since we did not plan to eat at her house.

Yesterday's Subsistence

Breakfast - raisins
Snack 1 - raisins
Lunch - spinach salad, asiago bagel
Snack 2 - nothing
Dinner - spaghetti and meatballs
Snack 3 (OPTIONAL IF AFTER 7PM) - nothing

Exercise is mandatory.

"Just Keep Swimming"

Sunday Dinner is ROUGH!

Black folks know that they love to make people break their diets on Sunday. WOW was that rough. Fortunately they did not have my personal weakness, which is fried chicken. But they had a straight smorgasbord of everything else. HOWEVER ... I won against the Sunday Dinner Monster!! I selected amongst the grease and starch a healthy plate of food and I was satisfied UNTIL they broke out the birthday cake with BUTTER CREME ICING!!! Are they secretly trying to sabotage me? I already passed up the to-die-for pound cake! How many times do they want me to say no? OK so I broke and I had a tiny piece of birthday cake BUT I did manage to cut off half the icing. So I feel like I somewhat triumphed.

Yesterday's Subsistence

Breakfast - wheat bran flakes with half banana and raisins
Snack 1 - nothing
Lunch - meat loaf, green beans, collard greens DESSERT-birthday cake
Snack 2 - nothing
Dinner - 1 serving of Tortilla chips and regular salsa
Snack 3 (OPTIONAL IF AFTER 7PM) - Craisins

SO with that said ... the ultimate rule for Sunday dinner is no starchie sides. Eat the meat, vegetables and a tiny slither of dessert (because who can turn down good Sunday Dinner dessert?). The good thing about Sunday dinner, is that it is always early in the day so you have time to run, walk, jog, sleep the effects off before you lay down for bed.

"Just Keep Swimming"