Level 1 - Day 13

Breakfast With Friends

This morning we had breakfast with our dear friends, Jamie & Robert, at a new restaurant.  It's challenging to find items on the menu when your urges tell you to order the pancakes or crunchy hash browns.  Or, maybe even a fresh, out of the oven, cinnamon roll.

Old habits die hard, and you just have to keep reminding yourself that these kinds of temptations aren't good for you.  Not only do they put on the pounds, they also stress your body.  I think it's okay to cheat once in a while, but we cheated yesterday at Universal Studios.  So, when we agreed to eat breakfast, out, we also make a pack with each other to stay on course.  And, I think we did pretty good.

Breakfast - Breakfast at KeKe's Restaurant in Winter Park.  We both had an omlet.  Mine had spinach, onions, bacon, and swiss cheese ... and it was delicious.  It also came with a stack of thinly sliced potatoes, with lots of brown crusty edges.  I should have asked our waitress to take them off the plate, but didn't think about it until I saw it.  Note to self:  ask to have extra temptations taken off the plate.

I did pretty well, but weaken a bit.  After eating my omlet, I couldn't stand having those little nuggets of temptation looking at me a second longer.  So, I had to try one.  And then I had one more.  They were paper thin and should have tasted heavenly.  But, you know what?  They didn't taste as good as they used to ... maybe my taste buds are changing with all the good food I've been eating.  I couldn't believe how easy it was to push the plate away.  Yeah!

AM Snack - Before breakfast we went to our favorite Farmer's Market to pick up some wonderful veggies for upcoming meals.  The basil was beautiful and came in big bunches, and I can't wait to use it for a recipe tomorrow.  Plus, we found some gigantic, beautiful sweet onions with extra long (and wide) tops similar to scallions.  The vendor told me to chop up the leaves and put them in scrambled eggs.  Can't wait to try that, too!  By the time we ate breakfast, we were still full to eat our snack.  So we skipped it.

Lunch - We were still feeling full from our breakfast, so we had a salad with some of the veggies we picked up at the Farmer's Market.  Skipped the protein.

PM Snack - Organic apple.

Dinner - I didn't get to the grocery store until late, so to make my life easier I picked up a Rotisserie Chicken and opened a can or organic green beans.  We ate the wings and the legs, and I'll make some soup tomorrow with the rest.