Week two: Harder than the first week.

Well, Week One of Katie's "healthy" eating habits plan seemed to fly by effortlessly. This week, however, proved to have more trying moments, cravings, and weak willpower. I would have thought the first week would be hardest, but maybe it's because I jumped right into it and was still strongly disgusted by the things I had read about food that kept me doing well. My level of disgust has been slowly deteriorating over the course of this week though and I find myself perplexed by just how much I crave and LOVE cheese. Milk? I can do without milk. I've been doing well with my Rice Dream substitute. I thought it would taste like shit, but it's actually tasty, especially the vanilla flavored one. I ate out about three times this week though, so I need improvements on eating out less. I did, however, only have 2.5 alcoholic beverages though on Tuesday night at SoPo....a glass and a half of wine and then a very tasty Cocoa martini. Mmmm, there goes the dairy again! While going vegan sounds all well and good in theory, I've come to the conclusion that I'm not that strong. I like food too much, even if it is bad for me. So at this point, I think the most realistic goal I can follow through on is to keep up with the Rice Dream, cut down on my cheese and carb intake, use sugar instead of artificial sweeteneres like Sweet N' Low, and most importantly, be aware of my portions. I must say, I WAS better with portion control this week. Thursday I had a fried shrimp basket with fries (yeah, I know, not a salad, but a girl's gotta live!), but didn't eat more than 1/3 of the fries. I also drank water with that meal. Yesterday was a particularly shameful experience though. I was absolutely starving and perhaps my hormones were raging for it, but I caved and made a beeline for my favorite Thai restaurant in the neighborhood on my way home from work. At first I was just going to order some Pad Thai and leave it at that. But my eyes became bigger than my stomach. Salivating, I ordered Crab Rangoon as an appetizer. In my defense, I did not eat all of my Pad Thai; I still have leftovers. The point though, dear reader, is that I shouldn't have ordered Crab Rangoon in the first place: pure fat...a heart attack waiting to happen. Sigh. I realized something about my food cravings: Just like drug addicts crave heroin, crack, you name it....I thought to myself, "Oh no, is cheese and carbs MY 'crack'?" Out of all the things I have been trying to stop consuming, or at least limiting, I predicted coffee would be the most difficult. Wrong. I need a 12 step meeting.