MediFast Day 6

More properly, it's probably MediFast Day 1, for the 3rd time.

I underestimated how big a pain in the ass cooking the "lean and green" meal every evening might be. Here's the problem:

• with the meat, you can have 2 cups of salad greens or 1.5 cups of cooked vegetables
• not all cooked vegetables are created equal
• the vegetables I really like (corn, peas) are not approved
• of the approved vegetables, I can really only stand green beans and broccoli
• salad greens don't seem to keep well
• I don't like grocery shopping, so I do it as infrequently as possible

A cup and a half of green beans is about a can, so I've got that wired. I can buy a 12-pack of those at Sam's for a reasonable price, and I've got almost half a month's meals taken care of. For the broccoli, I can buy a big bag of frozen broccoli, but I get the feeling I'd underperform on the whole "cup and a half" thing. 3/4 cup is about my limit on broccoli if cheese or butter aren't involved.

During the day, I do fine. I start with my oatmeal, space out the shakes and snack bar every 2.5 hours or so, and drink a boatload of water. But once I get home, it's like a relay closes in my brain, and it starts screaming, "You idiot! You're f---ing starving! Feed me!". Unfortunately, I keep some convenience foods around so my daughter has snacks and I have stuff to feed her for dinner when she's at my house, and those have been casualties in my war on fat. I'm still consuming many fewer calories than I would otherwise, but I have to get this under control to really get the benefit of MediFast (and to keep J off my ass).

So tonight, once again, willpower will battle hunger. I wonder who will win?

On the plus side, as of this morning, I weigh 347. 3 pounds down, 107 (at least) to go.