Day three: getting the hang of things

Caffeine headache is thankfully gone. I still want a coffee more than anything because it's such a part of my daily routine, but I will have to get over it. 

Wednesday nights my husband and I do a bowling league with friends. We are both pretty terrible, but seeing friends and having a few beers is always fun. Not so much this week. I've gone months without ever having a beer or even wanting one, but of course since I can't it was all I wanted! It's like when they told you to not mix pop rocks and soda. You probably hadn't even thought about it ever, but as soon as it was off limits, it was on.

Friends asked how I've been able to do this whole diet thing. Well. I don't really have a choice, but it hasn't been the end of the world. A. It's only three weeks and B. It's just mind over matter. If you have your meals planned in advance and don't let yourself go hungry, you'll be fine. 

Food wise.....

Keeping snacks with me definitely makes a difference. To switch things up I had some dried apple slices which are pretty good! The crunch also helps satisfy that "snacky" craving too.

I decided to try making crockpot oatmeal for breakfast. So last night I threw some ingredients together including brown rice syrup, vanilla bean paste, almond slivers and apple chunks. I really like the consistency of steel cut oats, but don't always like the time it takes to cook. This made it so much easier. I added almond milk in place of water for creaminess which was a nice touch.

I had a diet friendly protein shake a ahoy for lunch and found it was pretty good. So far I'll have to say that the food hasn't been bad at all, just missing the things I can't have that has sucked.

For dinner time I got a little creative. I used a recipe for rice with coconut milk, cashews and peas and had leftover coconut milk. I used the rest of it with the chicken I was preparing. First, I sliced the chicken very thin and sautéed it with olive oil, garlic and fresh ginger. Once the chicken was just about done I added some coconut milk, hot sauce and a little pineapple juice. I let it simmer and cook down. The final result was a creamy type sauce on the chicken. Definitely a successful experiment!