On Sunday, I did my best to drag myself out of my minor carb craze. I ate a good breakfast. I ate lots of veggies at Indian buffet and stayed away from everything starchy, sugary, buttery or fried.

And then I found myself at a coffee shop, completely starving and faced with Cheesecake Factory carrot cake cheesecake. I gave in. I know that that slice of cheesecake was probably the single most caloric thing I have put into my body in months. I know that if that kind of thing became a habit, it would add up very quickly. But it was completely and utterly delicious and satisfying. I wasn’t the slightest bit hungry for the next five hours, and that is very atypical for me, especially when I’m writing a paper. I know that this can’t be a habit. But I am going to write this one off as a psychologically necessary indulgence and just try to eat very lean foods for the next week.

Food:
–Open faced scrambled egg sandwich (1/2 Ezekiel English muffin, 1 scrambled egg, 1 wedge garlic herb laughing cow light, sundried tomatoes, and fresh basil)
–1 small can V-8 juice
–Coffee with cream

–1 plate of food from Indian buffet with spinach, lentils, tandoori chicken, and lamb curry.
–Second helping of spinach
–Cucumbers dressed with vinegar and pepper
–3 orange wedges
–1 bite of husband’s naan

–1 slice of carrot cake cheesecake (scraped off the giant frosting swirls on top.)
–Coffee with half and half

–Lettuce wrapped cheeseburger
–1 orange
–1/2 slice crystallized ginger

–1 square of very dark chocolate

–handful of Kashi whole grain cereal

Steps: 10497
pushups: 25 bent leg