Although dry, a baked potato had never tasted so good! I found that I couldn't even eat the whole thing.
Our scale unfortunately is a piece of garbage but when my husband weighed himself he had gone down 7 whole pounds! I was jealous! Why is it so easy for men?! I had gone down 4 lbs. My best friend in Chicago had lost 2 lbs.
So after our delicious breakfast we were pretty full. We decided to spend the day out of the house and go to a very dangerous place... the mall. Not only did the mall have GREAT sushi (surprisingly.. and my favorite food) but there was a Dairy Queen, Cinnabon, and Chick-fil-A! It was certainly a challenge. But before our departure we snacked on some Sunsweet yellow cherry tomatoes. Yum!
Our 5 year old needed summer clothing now that he's like 2-3 sizes bigger than he was last year and had only warm pants and jeans in his wardrobe. My husband decided it would be a good opportunity to do some secret birthday shopping for me. Both our birthdays are next month :) So we parked outside Sears like we always do and split up. I made a b-line to Old Navy, staying on the first floor to avoid the scrumptious smells of foods I couldn't have. My husband called as I was checking out and wanted to meet up. He was upstairs in the food court.
I arrive and my husband says "What can we eat? I'm STARVING!" My reply was of course, "Nothing here!" So he wanted to leave immediately and go home. That wasn't an option because I still had to get clothes for our little man! I spotted an asian stir fry place and told him we could ask them for ONLY vegetables. I asked and they looked at me like I had sprouted three heads! He had to clarify "No chicken??" I said, "NO chicken!" "And no rice??"
"Nope. Just vegetables. Lots of them."
It ended up being mostly cabbage and unseasoned (we added salt and pepper). It was rough but we powered through it. My husbands hunger was still unsatisfied. So he did a lap around the food court looking for any place that might have veggies. I had completely forgotten that we could've gotten a salad which probably would have made it a lot easier but then again we wanted hot food. He comes back with more stir fry vegetables from a different asian restaurant and corn on the cob from Popeyes. It was an interesting lunch. Afterwards as we continued on our shopping adventure I was begging my husband for sushi. And as time went by I told him over and over and over how much I wanted a Cinnabon with a delicious blended coffee beverage!
I'm so very grateful that he was strong and told me NO. Something I don't hear often and don't like very much but was appreciating it at this time. I was relentless too! I kept telling him that sushi wasn't that bad of a cheat. He reminded me it had rice but at that point I just wanted it so bad I could taste it.
On the way home I even mentioned wanting something and he informed that he would stop the plan for good but wouldn't cheat.
"If we're going to do this, we're going to do it right."
I sure do love my man.
For dinner I sautéed some cabbage, heated up some cooked (mashed) squash, and made some soup with tomato sauce, celery, asparagus, corn, green pepper, cabbage, and tomatoes. To my surprise, the soup was great! Not that bad of a day! I was looking forward to having fruit again on day 3 though!
However, in the morning both my best friend and husband were complaining of a headache.
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