SUCCESS!!!! (and lunch)

I have found a very agreeable way to eat my apple!!! So what I did was dice up the apple, put it in my mini crockpot with approximately 3 tablespoons of water (I say approximately because I couldn't find my tablespoon so i used a quarter cup that wasn't completely full) and sprinkled liberally with cinnimon. I forgot to unplug it before I went to bed, so at about 3, Jim woke up to go potty, remembered his roast in the big crock pot and went to put some potatoes in it, and unplugged the mini while he was up. This morning I opened the lid and smelled it. It didn't look very appetizing because the apples were completely brown, but I wasn't going to waste it. So, just a bit ago, I transferred the contents of the mini crock pot into a bowl and squished all the apples up. I just took a few bites and it is SO DELICIOUS!!!!! So... now I know how to make healthy apple sauce without anything but water and cinnimon, and can transfer that knowledge to after I'm off my diet and can make big batches of the stuff. It has to cook for a minimum of 2 hours, so it's not something you can decide on the spur of the moment. "Hey, I think I'll have applesauce for lunch (and it's already noon)... think I'll get it started!" lol... doesn't quite work that way... gotta plan ahead. I've been doing pretty good at that, I think.

So, in addition to the very yummy applesauce, I'm also having cabbage, a piece of chicken breast I sprinkled liberally with parsley and grilled in our Foreman grill (gotta love that thing!) and a breadstick.

Challenges: So I discovered that while I am not particularly hungry in the morning before I have tea, I do feel sort of weak, and that doesn't seem to go away until lunch time. In searching for a solution, I think I will try eating half my fruit in the late morning, early afternoon. The reason is that weakness can be a sign of low blood sugar, so if I go ahead and eat part of my fruit an hour or so before lunch time, I won't mess with my diet, and I won't feel weak. I'll have to see if that works tomorrow. My other challenge is that I did not buy nearly enough fruit :) I have one more serving of strawberries, 2 more apples, and 2 more oranges. I need to go shopping again :) It's almost time to pull some more meat out of the deep freezer too, since I've got about 3 more servings worth, which, since I'm alternating meats every day, means I've got 3 days worth of meat left :) I'm very pleased with myself for not cheating.