After being away for 10 days and getting home late last night, I didn't really have a lot of speedy food options for today. I headed off to work with a handful of almonds and a pear. That was breakfast chased down with 2 gin gins. For a midmorning snack I ate an apple and 2 more gin gins. Then I had a bowl of chili for lunch, chased down with 2 more gin gins ( they're almost all gone so I won't buy more as they seem to be an addictive substance for me).
I had a late supper while visiting a friend who brought out her leftovers for me-- roast chicken and squash. That's all for now.

This has been a full day road trip and the food kind of reflects that on the run feeling. Started off grabbing a pear and apple and banana to eat on the road.
A few hours of driving later and I stopped for a snack-- bran muffin and pumpkin seeds.
After another few hours I stopped for a sandwich-- turkey, cheese, and lettuce on a brown Kaiser bun.
Another couple hours and I stopped for gas. An almond chocolate ice-cream bar jumped into my arms along with a hot chocolate. Not sure how that happened but maybe had something to do with the dark dreary day?
Now I am home and saw that I had a bag of gin gins on the kitchen cupboard so I ate 2 of them. My teeth are now flossed and brushed, a signal to my brain that eating is done for today.
Tomorrow is fresh with no binges in it.

I had supper at White Spot with family and an old friend from high school days. I had a lifestyle chicken burger on multigrain bun with a side salad and that was the end of eating for this day at 6 pm. Despite some frustration with the day I did not resort to food to cover my feelings. I allowed them all to be acknowledged and prayed to have the most disturbing ones removed. Food will not fill the empty hole of saying goodbye to my children.

I am now eating a slice of zucchini nut loaf. Yum.

Pouring rain in Langley today. Perfect shopping weather so off we went. My daughter got the rain boots of her dreams half price (The North Face) polka dots and I got an awesome brown rain coat also half price. Back for lunch-- a generous bowl of hamburger vegetable soup with cottage cheese ( a personal family tradition) and 2 fresh pears. Then chasing it down with some pure peppermint tea.
Rainy days usually make we want to hunker down and eat, but I am going to shop instead. I may be too broke to buy food so that will also help me lose weight!

I just had a late breakfast lovingly prepared by my daughter-- scrambled eggs with chicken bacon, potatoes, corn, and avocado. I am set for the day and some more shopping before heading off for more world class volleyball. Hey, shopping is NOT fattening!

And I just added a banana to my daily food. I know its late but I'm hungry.

I missed supper because I was out shopping (PRIORITIES people!) then I went straight to the volleyball game. When I realized that I was hungry, the only option I had was the sports concession which does not have salads or anything that really resembles real food. So I opted for a hotdog and bag of popcorn. Pathetic I know, but that was it for tonight. Awesome volleyball (meaning Canada won). Just got back so am eating an apple. That's it for food today.

Lunch was 4 pieces of zucchini nut load. That's what I felt like eating.

oops, I forgot to mention the 2 gin gins I ate first thing this morning.

Breakfast at Denny's this morning. I ordered the fit slam-- scrambled egg whites with veggies, 2 strips of turkey bacon, an English muffin and a bowl of fresh fruit. Good to go til lunch.

Ugh, I ate too much, all good food but too much just the same. It started with sampling while cooking. I roasted squash seeds from the squash I cooked then ate most of those-- about a handful or 2. Then by the time dinner was ready I was already full but ate with the crowd. Roast potatoes, baked salmon, squash, and spinach salad. I am officially too full and heading out to watch another volleyball game. Food, glorious food.

I am making dinner for my daughter and her roommates. I ate a couple of strawberries while making a salad and I ate a few bites of the rosemary roasting potatoes. Yum. I didn't feel any need to sample the spinach, however.

Lunch was a taco loco chicken salad at Sharks courtesy of my son. Now, time for a nap before preparing supper for the girls then off to another volleyball game. Its a beautiful day in Langley and all is well in my world.

Breakfast was a veggie egg frittata at White Spot. I snuck one bite of my daughter's crispy smashbrown. And I just remembered that I had a bite of a chocolate zucchini loaf yesterday. It was in my line of vision so I grabbed a bite.
And now I am eating an apple after doing some shopping with family. If I can't eat, I am going to shop!

Mom and I went to a White Spot for supper. I had a spicy chicken Caesar salad and a side order of sweet potato fries. Mom ordered a greasy poutine burger then said she wasn't hungry so I put it in my purse and off we went to watch volleyball. Canada beat Mexico tonight and I did not eat that burger sitting in my purse even though it crossed my mind a few times. Thankfully it didn't cross my lips. Got home now at 10 pm hungry so I had an apple and a peach. The burger is tucked away in the fridge for mom tomorrow. And I just ate a gin gin for dessert. I am now shutting down my digestive system until tomorrow.

So I had a couple turkey franks and a carrot for lunch. I was a bit rushed because I was supposed to meet a friend at the temple and lollygagged too long so my meal wasn't really a meal. It was something I grabbed and ate on the way to the temple. It is now 4:41 and my mom and I are heading out to find a meal then off to the NORCECA volleyball games.

I had an  epiphany this morning while going to the car to get my curlers. I am in Langley, BC for this week watching my son's  @NORCECA volleyball tournament, so I am out of my normal element and getting another perspective on life.
That has nothing to do with my epiphany which is that I am going to write a blog of everything I eat just because such a habit will make me aware of what I eat. I've tried food journals before but never really kept them up for any length of time because as soon as I ate something I perceived as "bad" or "not on my diet" I would simply quit writing. How simple is that! I could do that now except that I am not going to. This is different. Its public and I am starting it on a Wednesday at noon because I have already forgotten what I ate this morning.
My daughter just reminded me of what I ate this morning-- at least what she saw me eat.
So this is it based on her and my memory.
Breakfast: fat free Greek yogurt with honey and a banana, two pieces of whole grain toast with butter, two eggs fried in butter (bad girl!), an apple I ate on the way to the car to get my curlers, and 3 or 4 gin gins.
If you must eat excessively, do it in the morning!