Fast 5 Diary January 9 - 10

January 9th 

Woke up not hungry - Yay!

Coffee with cream, vitamins

"Break" fast at 1:00 p.m.: 4 crackers, 1 rollo

• Vacation day from work!!!  Because I have to take MilkDud (our American Bulldog) to the vet and it could take all day.
• it didn't take all day!  MilkDud and I home, then me shopping for dinner
• Home to blog, exercise and cook...thought a lot about what to cook for dinner
• Cooked a lot!
• but first, 45 minutes on stairmaster, 3 chin ups (New Years resolution-at least 2 a day everyday)

thinking about dinner....decided to make a few things:

•  http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Rempel-Family-Meatloaf/Detail.aspx
•  Emeril's Eggplant Parm  and ....had ripe bananas so...
•  Barefoot Contessa's Banana cake:  (can't find link on Food Network, so used a different site with recipe)  but! no sugar in frosting and half sugar in cake  (tastes so good. Ripe bananas provide plenty of sugar, creme cheese gives plenty of rich frosting flavor, and not sure cutting out more refined sugar would even hurt)

“Break” fast: tasted banana cake batter, 10 cashews/almonds

Dinner: Bacon and cheese meatloaf, eggplant parm (mostly ate cheese), ½ slice banana cake

• satisfying: yes
• filling: yes 
• feels effective so far: yes
• Overall:  good day, fasting is getting easier or at least was today.  Busy day today, so maybe due to that

January 10^th

Not hungry – Yay! definitely not hungry

Up a few tenths of a pound; still on the right trend, so fine; this is for the long term; not short term fixes

coffee with creme, vitamins
Stop at McDonalds for small coffee with 3 creams on the way to work (planning meeting ahead)

30 minutes on the stairmaster, 3 chin ups (New Years resolution-at least 2 a day everyday)

Dinner: Eggplant parm leftovers (heavy on the mozzerella cheese), few nuts (cashews/almonds), chicken breasts grilled with garlic and olive oil (small amount), 1 big bite banana cake from last night

• satisfying: yes
• filling: yes 
• feels effective so far: yes
• Overall:  good day, fasting is getting easier or at least was today.  Busy day today, so maybe due to that.