The Sunday fruit & veg report: 2 apples, 1 gala & 1 fuji (mmmmm, gala, but I thought I should experiment), and roughly a cup of carrots.

I went running around doing errands mid-day today, and didn’t eat as often as I should. As a result, when I got home, I was FAMISHED. It was insane. After eating an apple, a glass of milk, and some whole wheat toast, I had roughly 6 giant crackers slathered with nutella. I just kept eating them. And eating them. And these crackers are roughly 2"x6".

Lesson: No waiting until I’m that hungry. I don’t care if I have to go to McDonalds. Or if I’m not in the mood for any more of the whatever-snack-it-is that I have in my car.

One of the errands involved following up on Lizzie’s suggestion that I find fake salt ("falt" - my word, don’t blame her) to supplement my potassium. Apparently lots of people on the Atkins diet had the same leg cramp issue I’ve been having and this was their successful solution. I could only find it in an 8 oz container, so I have a lot of "no sodium, no MSG" falt.

So tonight, I falted my carrots excessively and then didn’t like the taste. Lizzie had some helpful suggestions on that front too. I’ll be experimenting all week with falting food as I cook.

The Sunday fruit & veg report: 2 apples, 1 gala & 1 fuji (mmmmm, gala, but I thought I should experiment), and roughly a cup of carrots.

I went running around doing errands mid-day today, and didn’t eat as often as I should. As a result, when I got home, I was FAMISHED. It was insane. After eating an apple, a glass of milk, and some whole wheat toast, I had roughly 6 giant crackers slathered with nutella. I just kept eating them. And eating them. And these crackers are roughly 2"x6".

Lesson: No waiting until I’m that hungry. I don’t care if I have to go to McDonalds. Or if I’m not in the mood for any more of the whatever-snack-it-is that I have in my car.

One of the errands involved following up on Lizzie’s suggestion that I find fake salt ("falt" - my word, don’t blame her) to supplement my potassium. Apparently lots of people on the Atkins diet had the same leg cramp issue I’ve been having and this was their successful solution. I could only find it in an 8 oz container, so I have a lot of "no sodium, no MSG" falt.

So tonight, I falted my carrots excessively and then didn’t like the taste. Lizzie had some helpful suggestions on that front too. I’ll be experimenting all week with falting food as I cook.