And the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days and days

Ugh, well the power of positive thinking didn't help me yesterday. It was still a billion degrees and though I wanted to go to the gyms, I just couldn't stomach the hot, sticky ride there. Finally today I IMed Ro and got her to walk with me! So I have moved, thankfully. It felt really good to get out there. Am I actually craving exercise?

Two days in one post again:

Yesterday
Food:
I gave in and drank James' coffee for breakfast. I really dislike his coffee, it has no taste, but I wasn't going to survive if I had to live another day without coffee. (We're not melodramatic around here or anything.)

The orange was ok but I've had better. I think I like oranges refrigerated and this one was just out on the counter. Around lunchtime I made a chik patty from Morningstar Farms and some potato wedges. Pretty processed but I was hungry! I was actually starting to get some hunger pangs.

Mmmm! BBQ sauce. This was super good. I also munched on a few of James' tomatoes from his garden. Does this balance out the processed frozen stuff? ;)

Ice cream! Mid-afternoon. 90+ degrees in my house. The ice cream was needed.

Dinner was spinach with garlic and a sautéed, marinated portabella mushroom. I also had a alcoholic beverage for the first time since I started this adventure. I figured I hadn't really indulged lately and James was drinking a beer. I kind of made an alcoholic Arnold Palmer with gin and it was pretty good! I didn't realize this until afterwards but I had a totally vegetarian day yesterday. I think it must be good if I don't even notice.

Exercise:
 This was lacking. It would have been nice but as I said... waaaaaay too hot.

Today
Food:
Brekkie was cottage cheese with more of James' coffee- gross!!
Around lunchtime I made a new Bagelthin everything bagel with smoked salmon cream cheese:

The Bagelthins are an example of a processed product that I'll make allowances for. They're low in calories and high in fiber and they satisfy me so they are a good trade off. I also brought this slightly upscale cream cheese over the Philadelphia stuff because it just looked more appetizing and I think I could get away with using less of it.
I met up with Slim around 4 and she was a Starving Marvin because I was like an hour and a half late to pick her up so we headed out to Whole Foods.

I love trying their deli stuff. I ate all the green veg, which was half spring steamed veggie mix and half broccoli with garlic, and about half of the pasta salad which was smoked mozzarella salad. A little heavy on the mayo for my taste but the mozzarella chunks in there were delicious.

I also drank this Honest tea with Goji berry and a cookie from their deli. The Honest Tea was great but I think I should have passed on the cookie. A) I was full and B) it wasn't that good- a little dry and crumbly. It was made with whole wheat flour though so I'll take that as a plus and remember that I wasn't that satisfied next time I encounter the same situation.
My eyes were bigger than my stomach so I brought home a few things from the Whole Foods.

Including this cucumber salad mixed with some "Gigantica Beans" which appear to be butter beans marinated in some italian style dressing. I had this after my walk with Ro. I love love love butter beans so those were really tasty but I'm not so sure about the cucumber. It's a nice crunch though- maybe I should experiment with it at home.
Another almost vegetarian day, surprisingly.

Exercise:
I went on a great walk with Ro. 2.8 miles in about 45 minutes. We were just walking along and talking so this was actually a pretty good pace.