I fasted twenty four hours, from 2:30 yesterday until 2:30 today.
I did that because Wednesday is not a good day for me to fast and that is our "designated" fast day for the revival. The work I have to do on Wednesday is just too strenuous for me to do without eating.
I did okay with my fast but evidently there is something about eating that keeps me energized. I have wanted to go to sleep ever since I got home from work.
I had already had my lunch break when my fast time was up. (I prayed on my lunch break.) But at 2:30 I took a 15 minute break and ate an apple with yogurt, four snack crackers with peanut butter, some sugar free lemonade, and some kind of strange confection that a co worker had brought in. I don't really know what it was. It was not too sweet. But it was definitely in the pastry "family". Lightweight. Crispy. I wish I did know what it is.
I went by Walmart to buy coffee and also got some lowfat sour cream and nonfat cream cheese. I am trying to get adjusted to the taste of lower fat stuff. I was never willing to even try to do that before.
When I got home, I ate a piece of toast with pimiento cheese spread (and some olive oil spread) and later I had some chicken (the rotisserie chicken Walmart sells) dipped in Hellman's lowfat mayo mixed with Hot sauce.
Also about a half cup of milk.
I'm trying to stay awake long enough to make out a dinner plan.
Well, I guess this is easy enough. I just need to keep my memory jogged. I looked back to my older posts and it looks like I have already tried to set myself up for success.
Two Week Meal Plan
Fish twice a week
Monday (Work 8-4:30) -- fish
Tuesday (Work 12-close)--chicken breast
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Wednesday (Work 8-4:30)--fish
Thursday (Work 8-4:30)-- Vegetable plate (beans, potato, etc)
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Friday (Work 12-Close)
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Saturday (Off)
Sunday (Off--Company for dinner)
Monday (Work 8-4:30)--fish
Tuesday (Off)--chicken breast
Wednesday (Work 8 -4:30)--fish
Thursday (Work 12- Close)
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Friday (Work 12-Close)
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Saturday (Work 9-5:30)--taco salad
Sunday (Off)
***Snacks after working until close (Sandwich at supper time):
low calorie soup, or
salad, or
cottage cheese and pineapple, or
greens and boiled egg, or
Snacks after eating evening meal at home
popcorn and milk
cereal and milk
piece of toast with marmalade and milk
C. Low Calorie Entrees (commercial)
It also wouldn't hurt me, now that I've been doing this a few weeks, to write myself up a two week plan for eating (as a guideline.) Breakfast is a no-brainer... and so is lunch (at work) and my snacks (at work). But meals at home and evening snacks tend to be a pitfall for me. If I knew ahead of time what I was going to eat, it would help.
One way to do this would be to investigate low calorie entrees I could buy and add something to them.
Healthy Choice
Lean Cuisine
* Cafe Classics
* Cafe Classics Bowls
* Casual Eating Classics
* Comfort Classics
* Dinnertime Selects
* One Dish Favorites
* Spa Cuisine Classics
* Casual Eating Favorites
Smart Ones
South Beach
