Real Food.

It's been a couple days since the doctor told me to eat one meal per day to up my protein intake. Can't say I'm loving it. I finally was at the point where food didn't even look good, now I'm back to weighing and measuring...and doing dishes again. :( 


Last night I went to my friend's house who was having a little dinner party for a couple of our friends. One of our friends is gluten-free, so I made these flourless chocolate souffle cupcakes with white chocolate mint cream for her. I'd been wanting to try the recipe for a while anyway. As a baker, it feels like a cardinal sin to not try one of my creations before feeding it to a group of people, but I managed. It's a little challenging to not lick your finger when you have $28/lb melted chocolate on it, but I wiped it off instead. 


At the party I had mostly meat and veggies. A friend made Baklava and never got around to pouring the syrup over it. I definitely munched on too much of the Phyllo dough, despite knowing it's not the best option. When I was a kid, my mom owned a bakery and she'd make huge sheets of Baklava. I'd go rob the top layers of the crispy Phyllo dough shards. I'll blame my bad decision last night on childhood regression. I had less than 1/4 of my own cupcake, just out of curiosity on whether the recipe was worth making again or not. It is definitely worthwhile.  


I'm not attempting to justify the bad choices made yesterday. I chose some bad stuff. I am also typically asocial and don't go to these dinner parties when invited. So, it was a special occasion and I wasn't really worried about it becoming a regular thing. Not to mention that the food I have at home is not of the carby/sugary/delicious variety. It's all protein and vegetables. 


Today, on the other hand was better, of course. I had a couple shakes. I had about 3.5 ounces of chicken breast that I had braised in chicken stock and spices. About 1/2 cup of roasted Brussels Sprouts. I had planned to eat about double that (6oz of chicken and 1 cup of sprouts) but I got way too full too fast. 


I'm using my calorie counter on my iPhone again. I was using it during my 100% OptiFast program because drinking shakes is a bit monotonous and I'd forget how many I'd had. So, now I'm keeping track of the meal with the goal of not exceeding 800 calories per day. 


I rode my bike for a couple miles (gotta love living at the beach) and I didn't get the amount of dinner in that I had intended, so I'll be sure to have another OptiFast before bed. 


I'm curious to see how this week will go at Tuesdays weigh-in. It's a good motivator to stick to the plan and not give in to the desire to snack and carb.