As I finished my first work week without caffeine and junk food, I felt great. Super hectic week, not a lot of free time, but I ate and drank what I needed to in order to not fall back into my old habits. Today was the start of the second phase of the challenge. Difficult for me as I had breakfast and lunch meetings at restaurants. For breakfast, I only grabbed a banana and an unsweetened, caffeine free tea. Not optimum, but sometimes you do what you can. For lunch I selected Lebanese Taverna, a wonderful restaurant for my meeting. They have a wonderful chicken shawarma salad that is gluten free. I had to hold the feta (which is almost a sin in my 1/2 Greek household) and hold the dressing. But it was super yummy. As a treat, since I was very good not to have any of their AMAZING bread, I allowed myself 2 spoons of hummus on my salad. It was wonderful! For dinner I was back home and finished off my soup from earlier in the week. I feel good and neither hungry or full.
Tomorrow I start exercising. A big day for me. I will also try to follow the phase 2 menus for the next 2 days. Unfortunately, I have to go on a business trip Sun eve – Thur nite and the hotel doesn’t have refrigerators in the room. There is a grocery down the street, but I will have limited ability to have items that I will need in my room. So I will be relying on the salad bar at my company’s office and smart menu choices at the restaurants where we are eating each night. Not optimum, but I know I can make it work.
Now off to bed.
cammosley 
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