Day 2: Success

Phew. Managed to stick to the routine (with much help and prodding from mom and dad) and did my second evening of elliptical workout (20 mins, with some additional annoyance towards radio one for playing random songs and even more random ads). This is after a healthy lunch of two rotis, little rice, no aloo (gobhi, matar, kadhi, and dal instead) and then 3 small slices of mango. Now for some energizing nimbu pani.

Thank you, God!

And with a vengeance!

Just had a long chat with Mom and Dad at lunch, and have decided the following:

• to walk every morning
• to use the elliptical every evening
• to have one mango a day
• no rice for dinner
• no full-fat anything!
• no other desserts
• daliya (with oats) for breakfast
• one boiled egg (without the yellow) at breakfast, too
• less is more!

Lunch was kadhi, nutrenugget, and beans-aloo. I tried to avoid the aloo and ate everything else. Two tiny rotis (without ghee) and a little rice. Can do better!

Red chilies can be avoided

Just ate leftovers for lunch: gobhi and dal with (unfortunately white) rice. In addition, it became necessary to consume lots of water and oj to set out the fire that the whole red chili i chewed and swallowed ignited. One realization, also, was that it's good to eat in a small bowl. This limits the size of a helping, and one rarely goes into threes anyway.

Lunch at Epicenter

1 Spinach & Mushroom Empanada
1 Corn & Sweet Plantain Empanada
1 Cup of Butternut Squash Soup

Why didn't anyone tell me that empanadas were fried?