#32: If I Had an Appetite, I'd Probably Miss Meat

Lucky for me, I have had no appetite at all because I haven't really embraced this Challenge just yet. 


Yesterday, during Day One of the Challenge (Day 92 of the Challenge overall), I drove my little brother to Waco to meet up with another brother. Where did we meet? Rudy's Barbeque. It's not the BEST barbeque, but it isn't bad. And it's incredibly tempting when you're not supposed to be eating meat. So I indulged in baked beans, potato salad and peach cobbler. The potato salad wasn't great, the peach cobbler was pretty good and the baked beans were off the chain, but I'm pretty sure there was bacon stock in there. The success was that I drove 2 hours back to Austin with the kids eating sausage and brisket. Good sausage and brisket. And I ate NONE. Suckers. 

I smartly went to sleep soon after getting home. I say smartly because I was feeling incredibly unsatisfied and in need of some protein. 


This morning I started with granola and milk. A good way to start the day for me, actually. Tastes good, filling, satisfying. Interestingly, I skipped the coffee, again. [So far, not so dying to have it back in my diet so much.] I made it through the day and then around 3 this afternoon, I was starving. But nothing sounded good. Truthfully, meat didn't even sound good. I just didn't have an appetite. 


After an afternoon of errands and kids and homework and music practice and reading, I decided dinner would behoove us. The Princess opted for cereal - apparently my new meat-less diet is unappetizing for her also. The Teen and I went for quesadillas which I smothered in salsa.      Meh. 

I really love a good quesadilla, but this time it wasn't great. This time is was by default because everything else that sounded remotely good was meaty. Grrr ...


But I rewarded my meatless day, or two days, with cookies tonight. I'm going to have to get over that too. 


Here's hoping for a yummy salad tomorrow!

#31: Coffee, Veggies, April Fools and Other Things

It's April 1, 2012. That means a few things:


1) I got to make coffee this morning. 
2) I've already made it 10+ hours without eating meat. 
3) I just announced that I'd been playing an elaborate prank on my friends and family for the past 6 days. 


So, made coffee. Made it how I've made it everyday for years. It was NOT good. I refuse to give up, however. I will just try again tomorrow with a variation. And if I've simply lost my taste for it, that's fine too. But I'm not ready to admit defeat just yet. 


I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast. It's been a long time since that's been my breakfast of choice, but I thought it best to stay away from anything that I would normally pair with breakfast meat like eggs or grits. I have to strengthen my resolve some before I go diving into such treacherous waters.

I'm looking forward to how the day plays out. Hoping that everyone laughs at my joke and sees the humor. To any blog readers who thought I was serious, I did NOT get married. I was NOT engaged. There is No Kevin - at least not in my life. But the fact that so many people who are so close to me, friends and family alike, believed that I would marry someone that NO ONE had heard of, makes me curious. Or that I would announce an engagement and marry in 6 days time. Or that I would tell EVERYONE but invite NO ONE. 


I know I was crazy in my former life(lives) but I promise that if I ever marry (something I'm still on the fence about), I will either sneak away and announce after, or announce and invite. :)


Off to avoid meat for the rest of the day. 


Love to you all!!