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Day 11 of 366: Wednesday, 11-Jan-2012
Sleep: 11-2am (3 hours), 3-6am (3 hours) both w/ interruptions
Diet: Oatmeal & Omelet, Sweet Potato Smoothie, Chicken/Sweet Potato, Tuna/Cauliflower, Chicken/Sweet Potato, Dark chocolate-covered raspberries, Chicken/Sweet Potato Fries, Fruit Smoothie, Natural PB/Brown Rice Cake/Apple chunks
Exercise: Missed
I tried making the oatmeal in the my rice cooker with fruit. Unflavored oatmeal comes out great, but it comes out kinda terrible with fruit. The crock pot does an entirely different job. Funny because you'd think that they are basically the same - a bowl with a surround-heating element - but they cook completely differently from each other. Ah well, I know that it can be good (at least in the crock pot), I just have to dial in the recipe. Still a sugar addict, too - had some dark chocolate. I know it's not as bad as other things, but I'm still trying to wean myself off junk food, even if it's only dark chocolate-covered fruit. I've noticed that on my really tired days I definitely have a stronger craving for sugar, probably due to the short-term energy hit it gives me.
I also tried making the PB rice cakes with fresh apple chunks. It was okay, but dried apple tastes a LOT better for some reason. I think it's partially the chewiness of the dried apple. The only downside is that I have to slice up the dried apple rings so the pieces aren't too big when you bite into it (it's annoying to rip those into little pieces lol...knives have a hard time with them!). Also still experimenting with smoothies. Today I did banana, frozen blueberry, and half a can of pineapple and juice (100%, not the syrup kind), with vanilla soymilk and baby spinach. Came out pretty gross haha. I need to figure out the right all-natural flavor combination so that I can start making them ahead of time & freezing them.
Sleep: 11-2am (3 hours), 3-6am (3 hours) both w/ interruptions
Diet: Oatmeal & Omelet, Sweet Potato Smoothie, Chicken/Sweet Potato, Tuna/Cauliflower, Chicken/Sweet Potato, Dark chocolate-covered raspberries, Chicken/Sweet Potato Fries, Fruit Smoothie, Natural PB/Brown Rice Cake/Apple chunks
Exercise: Missed
I tried making the oatmeal in the my rice cooker with fruit. Unflavored oatmeal comes out great, but it comes out kinda terrible with fruit. The crock pot does an entirely different job. Funny because you'd think that they are basically the same - a bowl with a surround-heating element - but they cook completely differently from each other. Ah well, I know that it can be good (at least in the crock pot), I just have to dial in the recipe. Still a sugar addict, too - had some dark chocolate. I know it's not as bad as other things, but I'm still trying to wean myself off junk food, even if it's only dark chocolate-covered fruit. I've noticed that on my really tired days I definitely have a stronger craving for sugar, probably due to the short-term energy hit it gives me.
I also tried making the PB rice cakes with fresh apple chunks. It was okay, but dried apple tastes a LOT better for some reason. I think it's partially the chewiness of the dried apple. The only downside is that I have to slice up the dried apple rings so the pieces aren't too big when you bite into it (it's annoying to rip those into little pieces lol...knives have a hard time with them!). Also still experimenting with smoothies. Today I did banana, frozen blueberry, and half a can of pineapple and juice (100%, not the syrup kind), with vanilla soymilk and baby spinach. Came out pretty gross haha. I need to figure out the right all-natural flavor combination so that I can start making them ahead of time & freezing them.
). Everyone's different, but in order for me to back off the sugar, I have to do 2 things: (1) keep my total carb intake reasonably low & (2) exercise. If I do those 2 things, I can go months without having any sugar cravings at all, though I tend to eat 1-2 small-portion deserts a month b/c of some idea that it'll help me avoid a binge. The exercise is extremely important to me...even keeping my diet proportionally the same but accounting for fewer calories burned, I tend to start craving sugar without the exercise.
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