Day 6

I am allowed one cup of oatmeal or whole grains a day.  I decided yesterday would be the perfect time to start my day with oatmeal since I went to the dentist the previous day and I am not in a chewing mood. However, I usually top my oatmeal with brown sugar since it tastes much like cardboard when I just add water. Since I am not eating sugar, I improvised in a a most delicious way. I added sliced sweet strawberries and a finely diced medjool date. I kid you not when I say it was better than brown sugar. For lunch I ate the rest of my salad from the night before (chewing on the left side of my mouth). I snacked a bit on fruit and vegetables. Since Saturday night is usually date night for my husband and I, I was happy I had an excuse to stay in. I don't know if I would have the willpower to continue if I was out at one of our favorite restaurants. My dental visit gave me to perfect excuse to recuperate at home and order in. We ordered from a restaurant I found online that I had never heard of before. I did a little googling and came up with a Vegan restaurant, VEstation. I had a bowl of vegetable curry with soy chicken. Tony had the same with the addition of a spicy noodle dish too. I thought it was delicious but Tony was very quiet. I didn't pay much attention to his carefully guarded bowl through dinner.  After dinner when I was doing dishes I noticed that he left most of his food in his bowl. There was an especially large mound of soy chicken. Poor guy. He's being very thoughtful helping his wife get healthy.