that it’s okay to not eat even if you are hungry.

The trip was wonderful.  We had a great time celebrating and catching up with everybody.  The food was not so great … lots of sugar and grains and casseroles (along with the ubiquitous jello salads ).  Sometimes the only thing available to me was fresh vegetables (and most of the time only because I brought a tray).  A couple of meals I couldn’t find a plain piece of protein to save my life.

So I didn’t eat.  And guess what?  I didn’t die of hunger.  I know, it was a big surprise to me too.  I guess carrying around a minimum of 35 extra pounds does enable one to fast here and there.

I didn’t have any cake either, although that was more because they had the kind I don’t like (i.e. it wasn’t chocolate with chocolate frosting), than because of any great exercise of will-power on my part.  But whatever the reason I didn’t indulge so hooray for me.

I am happy to be back in my own kitchen.  I had a great time at the grocery store this morning stocking up on vegetables and protein.  Even have meals planned for the week as opposed to my usual modus operandi of deciding in the morning what I’ll make that night.  I also want to make a big batch of vegetable soup … just need to find a recipe that I like.  Anybody have a vegetable soup recipe they love????