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Last night was really hard!! I was so hungry when I went to bed. I had to get up and eat some rice, then I had to eat some peanut butter whole grain toast. I just kept getting hungry. I can't sleep when I am hungry. I don't know if my stomach will adapt or not, but I hope so. 

So this is what I ate yesterday, 1/2 grapefruit, 2 sunny side up eggs, 1 piece of whole grain toast and several cups of coffee. The nibbles that I made on a tiny carrot and a few 8-10 delicious cherries. 

For lunch I had pan seared cod and some green peas a few more cherries.

For dinner I had the Portabella Mushroom Dish and a wheat thin cracker. 

Now that I  look back on what I ate it makes sense that I was so hungry when I went to bed. DUH!!

My body felt thinner this morning. I also felt like I urinated a lot yesterday. I don't know if it's just because vegetables break down in your system better? I didn't drink a whole lot more water. 

I didn't eat breakfast this morning. 2 cherries before I ran out the door to church.

Lunch really filled me up.  I made tostadas for lunch 2 small corn tortillas, black beans with rice.
I cooked the rice in the rice cooker last night. I separated the rice into 1 cup servings and put them in plastic containers for ease.  I sauteed 2 cloves of minced garlic and a quarter of a red onion in olive oil, added the rice and then the can of black beans that I had rinsed and drained. Added to that salt and cumin and heated it through. I lightly cooked the corn tortillas on the griddle with a little bit of EVOO. (thanks to Rachel Ray we all know that EVOO is) I topped the tostada with pico de gallo. Tomato, onion, cilantro, jalapeno, juice of one lime and salt.

 Layed like this: tortilla

                            sour cream

                            black beans and rice

                            pico de gallo

I was hungry and hour later.  Watermelon never tasted so good. What do vegetarians do when it's winter?