Day 2

Today was a weird day. I really didn't eat much for some reason. Seeing how I'm a huge snacker, that's rare for me. Although, since I gave up McDonald's two months ago after I got sick from chicken nuggets, I've slowly started eating less and less food. (I was a McDonald's baby, so giving it up was a huge deal. I use to go 4-7 times a week, I was that addicted. I still miss the fries.) I had yogurt, a granola bar, and a few almonds and raisins. I really don't like regular raisins, but I accidentally asked my husband for California raisins thinking they were the golden kind. Being brave for once in my life, I just ate them rather than ignore them until they're expired in the cabinet. Still don't love them, but I survived and I'll take more to work tomorrow for a snack.

Anyway, I had two firsts today. One, I tried soy milk. I don't have to drink it since I'm not going vegan, but I've always been curious and I forced myself to go with it. Seeing how I don't like milk, I figured I'd never be able to drink fake milk. Normally substitutes are worst than the original. I was pleasantly surprised. I actually liked it since it was kind of sweet. I'll have to try some other brands and flavors before I'm completely sold, but I won't run away from cartons in the diary aisle anymore. =)

My second new experience was mixing bananas and peanut butter. I like bananas and peanut butter, but never bothered to try them together. I found a recipe where you take a tortilla, put peanut butter and some cut up bananas on it, then you sprinkle chocolate chips on top of it and roll it all up. It really good. I think next time I'm going to heat up the peanut butter and chocolate chips for a few seconds before adding the banana just to see what will happen. I was even good and just sprinkled a few chocolate chips instead of a whole handful.

I'm happy that I'm doing this (for now at least) because it's forcing me to try new things and get out of my comfort zone. Not that I'm going too far out of my comfort zone, but at least I'm taking baby steps. It's also making me think about the junk I've been putting in my body. French fries, chips and candy every day... not a good thing.

As for my husband, he's already crashed. He went out with the guys last night and had wings, chicken strips and who knows what else. Then, for the super bowl today he had wings from Hooters. He tells me he's going to start on Monday, but he still has ribs in the freezer so that won't be happening. I have a feeling he'll just eat meat when he's out of the house. That's okay though. He'll still be eating less meat. Maybe he'll only save 1 cow a month, but it's still saving an animal. I wonder how many cows and chickens the average American are responsible for over the course of a month. Something to research I guess.