Days Eight-Ten; Sharing My Feelings

If you've ever been on a diet, you know that when you pass a restaurant, donut shop, or coffee house, you take an inventory of what you want to get there. Even if you don't normally go there, suddenly you WANT a pumpkin donut (oh, I want a pumpkin donut).

Even though I have not been hungry, knowing I'm staying strictly on what I have purchased makes me want everything else.

Isn't being human wonderful?

I forgot to mention that I weighed myself on Monday and I was at 141.0, so I've lost a bit more than a pound. I also did 7 hours of Zumba last week.

Sorry to keep you hanging as to what I purchased with my $25. I took advantage of sales on cheese and milk, tuna, tomato sauce, apples and red potatoes. I spent a total of $21.98. The cashier probably thought I was deranged when I got a big smile on my face.

The big purchase was pork loin. It was a bit confusing to read the label. On one end, it said "Certified Angus Beef" and the other read "Pork Loin."

Of course, this is a different issue here in the food desert.

Sunday I made a rather pathetic attempt at carrot soup. Fortunately, the addition of cheese made it rather good.

Monday's menu was oatmeal, salad that was the last of the lettuce and chicken from the previous week and a smoothie - $2.28

Tuesday - oatmeal, carrot soup with cheese and a roll, pork loin with roasted carrots and red potatoes. (sadly, I ate the rest of the potatos when I came back from Zumba) - 2.55

Wednesday - oatmeal (and extra milk, because I miss drinking coffee), a salad with pork and apple and a smoothie - 3.52

From the number crunching, the cost of the cheese and pork is the same per ounce (.19). I made some sloppy joe today with the leftover pork, adding shredded carrot and the leftover carrot soup (I'm weird that way). That on a bun will be about $1 each. If I had beans (and there are some in my pantry, but I am ignoring thme), I'd add those too.

Other things that could be made with what I've got: tomato soup and toasted cheese ($1.36), tuna on salad, tuna salad on bun (.87), salad with cheese and apple, etc. There's about 12 ounces of pork leftover and I'll freeze it and use eggs for salad. There's really a lot to choose from this week with our good friend fromage on the menu.