Home Stretch

Back in March I gave up sweets for Lent. I defined sweets as basically anything I would consider dessert. For example, ice cream = sweets, granola bars = not sweets.

Well, guess what? We’re on the home stretch, my friends! Only three more full days remain until I can dive, face first, into a bowl of ice cream!

I already requested fro yo for dinner on my birthday on Wednesday and I can’t wait!

As I expressed on the blog before, eliminating desserts and most baked goods/frozen treats from my diet affected me differently than I anticipated. Often times I didn’t find myself craving a brownie… I wanted something salty and greasy!

Well, those strange cravings raged on again today.

After work, I swung by the grocery store to pick up some goodies when I saw it.

A bag of Dorito’s.

Though I’m budget-conscious, I definitely fall victim to impulse buys every now and then, but typically those impulses smack me in the face when I walk by the bakery. Must. Have. Oreo parfait.

Today all I wanted was a bag of fantastically cheesy chips… and that’s just what I got!

Did I wait until I got home to open the bag?

Puh-lease. You’re lucky I waited until I got back to my car! I have a habit of opening food in the grocery store and snacking while I’m shopping. It drives Ryan crazy.

Since the bag was a “Hunger Grab” and I didn’t want to take in nearly 500 calories of chips right before dinner, when I arrived home, Sadie got to be my chip assistant and polished off some of the Dorito’s as well.

She was a happy camper.

(Details about the outfit above can now be seen on the Fashion page. No bathroom picture today!)

Dinner

Since I’m convinced that eating 5 million chips still wouldn’t make me feel full, the half of a bag of Dorito’s did nothing to affect my appetite, and I was ready for dinner at the usual time after a nice evening walk with Ryan and Sadie.

On the menu for tonight: A smoothie!

I know, I know. Another smoothie?

I made my smoothie after posting this confession on Twitter.

I am honestly shocked at just how often I want smoothies. I love variety in my meals and usually get bored really easily, but for some reason I am all about the smoothies lately.

I wonder if it has any correlation to me missing ice cream and fro yo? My chocolate smoothies are the closest thing to frozen sweetness, after all.

In tonight’s mix:

• 1 1/2 c. almond milk
• 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
• 1 tbsp. peanut butter
• 1 tbsp. ground flax seed
• 1 frozen banana
• 1 1/2 tbsp. cocoa powder
• 1 large handful fresh spinach
• 2 pinches xanthan gum 

Git in mah belly!!!

Now I’m off to fold some laundry and hopefully hop into bed a little early. When we wake up it will be Friday! Woo!