Lunch: mashed sweet potato, steamed broccoli and cauliflower. 5 oz soy milk.
Dinner: banana-blueberry-walnut salad. carrots and celery sticks.
I didn't overeat yet didn't feel hungry all day. What's interesting about this day is I went to a nice reception at an Indian restaurant for dinner. I could have splurged and eaten a bunch of Indian food. But I was thinking that morning, I'd actually rather have the banana-blueberry-walnut salad (I've been in a banana mood lately). So once I realized that, then I thought, can I do this? Will it offend? Then I thought, it's one thing if I want to splurge, but I shouldn't eat unhealthy food to please others. So I brought my dinner to the restaurant. It was buffet style. I did check out the food and told myself, if I really want it, go for it, but it was hard to tell if stuff was vegan and I didn't see anything I really wanted to eat, though it did smell good which I enjoyed probably more than eating it. I just had Indian food a few weeks ago in New York and I didn't feel the splurge was worth it, so I didn't feel I really wanted this either. The hosts got worried and apologized for not serving vegan food. So I didn't address it head-on. I should probably warn people in advance if I want to bring my own food because it will be even worse if they go to the trouble to have vegan food prepared and I don't want it. But it is still a good lesson for me to see that I can do this. I think you imagine the reaction will be worse than it is.
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