Day 114: S-L-O-W

The title refers to my metabolism. Why isn't it faster? Higher? Must I exercise every day? How much harder is this than I thought? Today was not bad, as diet day. I managed to skip many potential SoBe fatalities like pancakes with maple syrup (made Ruby for breakfast); delicious jasmine rice (at the Indian restaurant for lunch) and of course, french fries everywhere—it's the smell and taste of summer. It's one thing that I've noticed alot this month—that the lilting warmer air carries on it the smell of barbecues near the residential areas and the smell of deep fried something, anything near the more urban centers. I find it intoxicating, just as I did when I repeatedly stuck my beak in a vat of chocolate at work.

Breakfast
2 Strips Turkey Bacon
2 Eggs Over Hill and Dale
Tea
1 Cheese Stick

Snahken
12 oz coffee (half decaf)
1/4 cup mixed, unsalted nuts
2 Almonds
5 Peanuts
20 Pistachios
1 Joy Stick
12 oz Sprite Zero (which I suppose counts as 1.5 servings)

Lunch
Chicken Vindaloo (without the potatoes)
Onion relish (probably had a lot of sugar in it)
Yogurt something or other.

Dinner
Salad a la Emily (Romaine, Grilled Asparagus, Cilantro, Feta)
90% Sirloin Burger with Peppers and Onions
Broccoli
Pickles

Dinner was great, and made more intense by how hungry I was. I realize now that what I loved about Indian food was its carbs—jasmin rice, and poori (poofed up bread) on the side; as well as deep fried things for appetizers. Now that those were all out, I had to stick to meat in sauces—and lots of onion relish. I'm sure all those relishes-for-free in Indian restaurants are full of sugar, but I had no choice, I had to eat. When I got back to work I waited as long as I could for the snack—but it's worse (obviously) when all I do is think about "where is the next snack coming from." It's not intentional, but I notice that between tasks at work, I am frequently distracted by this thought. I tried to solve the problem by having a sprite zero—but that only distracted me for about 10 minutes. After the joystick, I was still hungry and considered having a second one—at 100 calories and no net carbs they're not that bad—but I decided to stick it out. Until an hour later when I decided to have 20 pistachios. Then I threw the bag away. I am, as usual, nutsed out.