Day 3

So the one major thing is that it seems that I need a massive amount of more sleep while I'm getting used to this. No hunger pains, no cravings, no feelings of depravation... But by 9:30 pm, I'm ready to fall asleep and I'm dragging myself out of bed (barely!) at 8:30am--and I need to be at work at 9:30. With a 30-35 minute commute. So you see my issue.

This morning I didn't have time to make a smoothie, so I snagged some dehydrated apples and bananas that I made overnight, plus an orange. I discovered that my "cheap pageant diet" of popcorn and oranges has ruined my taste for oranges. I'm totally turned off to them. I think I eat them and think, "I'm poor and on a diet."

Lunch was leftovers from dinner last night (YUM!) and nice romaine and leaf lettuce salad with almonds, alfalfa sprouts, and homemade dressing. I finished everything, but I noticed that it takes me a really long time to eat this type of meal. There's so much chewing involved! Seriously, while I normally wolf down my lunch in about 5-10 minutes, this probably takes me 20+ minutes to eat. I felt full when I was done, but this is the first day that I've actually finished my lunch. Might be because I skipped the smoothie this morning. I have an orange for my afternoon snack.

Tonight I'll be making "meatloaf" which is really a puree of soaked nuts mixed in with spices, onions, peppers, etc. There's also a chili barbecue sauce that goes with it to put on top like you would ketchup. Side dish (this will be our first night with a side dish! Hoorah!) will be a corn stuffing.

***2:00 EDIT***
Hitting an afternoon slump. It seems that I read about bouts of sleepiness, irritability, mood swings, etc while transitioning to a diet like this. I can't tell if this is just my usual afternoon slump coming early today or if it'll stick with me.

**Post dinner edit**
Skipped the idea of the corn stuffing side dish because apparently frozen vegetables aren't a good idea if you're not going to cook them. Our first mistake was at least a cheap one.

I did make a side dish, though. Yams run through a food processor do not taste like rice, no matter what the book tells you. And if you don't like cooked yams you will not like raw ones. Mistake #2... at least this was a cheap one as well.

Had some dates over at mummy's watching "Miss America Reality Check" and two cups of tea... Man, am I glad that I didn't give up tea!

I managed to stay up until midnight, but I think I might have to sleep until noon to make up for it.