Late Dinner Again...Not So Good

Most of yesterday went pretty well and on schedule...Chad was very late getting home though, so I didn't end up getting dinner until two hours late. My system doesn't like that at all anymore, it's gotten accustomed to eating on a schedule and deviations are not tolerated well! From now on, come hell or high water, I'm eating on time. I continued the Great Breakfast Experiment, since it went so well yesterday, and managed to eat all of my meals. Well, except dessert, which I didn't need anyway since I ate dinner so late. I do have some sugar-free Jell-O now, so I'll make up a package of that and have it available for desserts. I know I mentioned in a previous post that one of my compromises with dinner recipes was going to be to increase the amount of meat while keeping the carb-containing sauces to an official "portion". Well, I did that last night, and Chad ended up eating half my dinner because I was too full to finish it. Seems like good progress on my part towards becoming used to smaller meals! I went ahead and included the full portion of carbs in my day's tally, because I'm not quite sure exactly how much I ate, and I'd rather overestimate than underestimate.

Breakfast: 1 egg, scrambled, 3 slices bacon -1.55g
Lunch: 4 oz deli ham, cheese stick - 3.38g
Snack: Cheese stick - .8g
Dinner: Creamy Chicken w/Mushrooms, 1 1/3 cup green beans - 11.39g
Dessert: None
Total: 17.12g

Thanks to Barry for bringing up a good point about fiber yesterday! I hadn't really thought about fiber very much, except knowing that I don't have to count fiber carbs in my total. Apparently, however, fiber has a number of benefits for weight loss as well as general health. It helps you to feel full faster, sustains the feeling of fullness for a longer time, and also prevents the absorption of some of the calories you eat. I'm definitely going to be adding some fiber to my diet, probably in the form of ground flaxseed and almonds. The vegetables that I'm already eating, such as green beans, broccoli, mushrooms, and peas, are all fairly high in fiber, as is sauerkraut, to my surprise. Sauerkraut and sausage, anyone?