Day 2 - PM

As I was preparing my breakfast today, I realised that I had forgotten to have my milk quota yesterday so I made my coffee just a half cup but a lot stronger than my usual and topped it up with a big glug of milk. I did have tuna lasagne yesterday which contains milk in the sauce so I'm just hoping that'll do.

For breakfast today I went for some toast then some fruit and yoghurt, perked it up a bit with a good sprinkle of cinnamon. It was pretty good but would have been nicer if the nectarines hadn't been so under-ripe. For my breakfast shake, I tried out the lactose free cappuccino flavour, blended with a few ice cubes and I was really impressed. It was a bit on the sweet side and had a slightly odd salty after-taste, (which I've been told is to do with the added nutrients) but I think it might become a favourite. As with yesterday, the shake made me feel really thirsty and I downed over 2 pints of water before lunch.

By lunchtime, the lure of the frozen leftover tuna lasagne was just too much so I swapped the lunch and dinner I'd planned over. I reheated it and cooked up some broccoli and enjoyed it just as much as I had last night. Not long after lunch my Saturday plans went horribly wrong when I suddenly had a huge burst of un-weekend-like energy! I cleaned every door, light-switch and wall socket in the flat, then went on to clean the whole kitchen, including cupboards, the microwave and even inside the fridge! I blame the diet...

Because of my meal shuffling, I ended up having a 3 course dinner. I tried the much maligned cheese and broccoli soup and it wasn't bad, a little bland though so I added a few grinds of black pepper and a small handful of baby spinach leaves, blended it again and it was delicious! When I next see my CDC, I'm going to ask him if this kind of thing is allowed when I am doing SS (Sole Source, Step 1a - 415-554 kcals). It can't have added more than about 1 kcal so I'm hoping it wont be a problem. Next I had the Potato and Chickpea salad which I struggled to get down my neck, it was nice but again, these recipes look like they are going to make a tiny portion but it's actually pretty substantial. I haven't had my fruit dessert yet, I'm going to save it and have it nearer to bed time. Hopefully that'll stop me cheating like I did last night.