Pemaroo's Journal, 23 January 2015

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Met up with an old friend yesterday at a pub and successfully just had green tea (although the landlady didn't seem too happy about it...)
She suggested having food there but everything on the menu was carb heavy and I actually said I'd rather eat somewhere with healthier choices rather than just going along with her idea. Normally I wouldn't speak up about those things.

In the end we went to an Argentinian restaurant. She suggested it, said it was meat focused, and I jumped at the idea because I've never been to one!

I still had a pretty heavy meal: steak with cheese and red onion, vegetables, and a roasted sweet potato. I didn't even feel like french fries, and when the sweet potato came I only ate half of it, without any of the sour cream that came with it. So surprising for a carb addict. In fact I'm surprising myself every day with how enjoyable eating fresh and whole foods is.

I'm a little worried because I have a though day tomorrow (boyfriend's birthday party and the guys always get take out). Unsure as to whether I should allow myself a little pizza, or be the grump that eats some vegetables out of the fridge... Pizza is my favourite food too, so I'm a little conflicted. I can avoid all the snacks easily but the mealtime is when we all sit, share something we ordered in, and have a laugh watching a bad film together. The social aspect of watching what you eat is always the hardest!

Here's to keeping this up and good luck to anyone else who faces making food choices that disagree with those of people around them!

Diet Calendar Entries for 23 January 2015:

1271 kcal

Fat: 65.59g | Prot: 79.16g | Carb: 96.61g. Breakfast: Bananas, Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice. Lunch: Young Green Onions, Zucchini, Boiled Egg, Miso Soup. Dinner: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Simply Enjoy Grilled Zucchini, Cooked Red Peppers, Cooked Eggplant (Fat Added in Cooking), Zucchini, Cooked Fish. Snacks/Other: Lindt Excellence Intense Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa, Chewing Gum (Sugarless), Lindt Excellence Intense Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa, Grapes (Red or Green, European Type Varieties Such As Thompson Seedless). more...