$3ADDP: Day 7

As of today, I am down 3.5 lbs which means over the course of the past 6 days I have lost over .5 lbs a day. That's interesting because I am not really hungry at all. The occasional cravings I have are those "I know I can't have this so I want it" type cravings but I'm slowly overcoming them.

Beware of upcoming TMI. Husband and I went to his Dad's house for early Thanksgiving dinner and I made a stuffing that cost $3.84 to make 10 servings. It was a pretty big hit so I don't feel like I was a big Thanksgiving mooch. Now, there are three major things of note.

1. We ate a much smaller meal than we normally would for a holiday meal. We had about 6 oz of roast beef (Hubby's stepmom made roast beef instead of turkey), 3/4 cup of mashed potatoes and gravy, 3/4 cup of stuffing, 1/2 cup of shrimp scampi, 1/2 cup of corn, 1 biscuit, 1 slice of pie and 2 beers. Now that is a massive amount of food but it was the only meal we had all day and 5 hours later I'm still full.

2. The amount of food and the amount of processed carbs and fats gave us serious digestive issues. I don't know if it was that we're not used to eating that much food since we started this project OR if our bodies aren't used to eating that amount of unhealthy foods. Josh and I both are very gaseous to say the least.

3. Josh has pretty much cheated half the time on this project. He's basically thrown the rules out the window today because he figures that it's a cheat day based on the dinner at his Dad's. Lol. Which brings me to my next point.

Of course, Josh's mom and my family, as well as our friends, know about the project. As time has past, Josh has gotten more frustrated with this because he feels really restricted. I realized that he feels that way because I'm making all the food and he's not having much of a choice on what I make. The fact that I'm in control makes the project feel less difficult for me because I can find a way to satisfy certain cravings in low cost ways. Both of our moms think I'm an oddball.

I am prone to taking on challenges like this, mainly because I like to test my will power but also to see if doing something different and slightly difficult can yield good results. It seems that since Josh is now married to me and subject to my zany whims he is getting quite a bit of sympathy from the Moms.

I've decided, however, two things. First that I'm going to try to take some of Josh's favorite dishes and start trying to make low cost delicious versions of them and second that I'm going to make my mom a day's worth of Project food so she sees how not depleting the diet is once I figure out some outstanding recipes.

Still full and signing off.

Leah