Day 2: Feast

Day 2

(still transcribing from journal...)

This was a "feast" day (as opposed to "fast"). Interesting. I'd read elsewhere (such as the very helpful and informative listserve for 5:2 dieters on MumsNet) that some 5:2'ers felt they ate less on Feast days even though they *could* eat whatever they wanted. Well, we all know it would be easy to undo the good deeds of the Fasting day by gorging the next, but like the others, I felt I didn't want to stuff myself the next day. For one thing, I woke up absolutely NOT hungry. I'd experienced this before: if I eat a big meal late at night, I wake up the next day starving.

So today I ate normally: my 2 cups of coffee with lowfat milk in the morning, then around 10-11 I got hungry. I decided to make one of my favorite smoothies: a Green Smoothie with bananas, spinach, almond milk, flaxseed oil, almond butter, cinnamon, and ice. I got the recipe (and other great recipes) from the charming website, Marin Mama Cooks. It's filling, healthy, and delicious. A great way to get your greens.

Later I ate a handful of roasted unsalted almonds (I buy them raw and roast them myself) and a couple clementines.

For dinner I had delicious Thai Curry Soup with tofu (from a restaurant). Delicious! Love that coconut milk.

I treated myself for dessert with a scoop of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia frozen yogurt - I like the frozen yogurt version better than the ice cream!

Also: I decided not to weigh myself until I was a week in. So no scale for me! But I did run 3 miles at my usual slow-as-molasses pace (about 10-11 mi/hr) -- which is how I like it.