Day-4: Chex Mix Has Never Smelled So Good

And I cleared my first Saturday.

While sitting on the couch last night, watching Robin Hood with Beth, I couldn't help but drool over the Chex Mix that she was snacking on. Mind you, this batch is well over a week old and down to the crumbs, but I could smell the salty, buttery goodness that was dusting her fingers... Even walking into a kitchen where a  homemade batch is baking fresh, I have never wanted to grab a handful of Chex more than I did last night on couch. On more than one occasions I was fighting the urge to lick Beth's fingers for her!

Saturday was a pretty low key day for us; it was filled with family time, which is something we haven't had on a Saturday in a while and missed.  We watched cartoons, went to the library, had lunch and during the boy's nap time, Beth went to Target / Costco and I made Vegetable Ham soup, just so I could drink the broth :)

It was pretty simple: 1 stick of butter, 2 tbsp of olive oil, 2 tsp of minced garlic, 1/2 a white onion (chopped), 15 baby carrots (chopped), 1/3 a head of broccoli, 1 can of Italian diced tomatoes, 1 box of chicken stock, 1 Ham steak (cubed), water, salt, pepper, celery salt, parsley, and liquid smoke to taste. I let it simmer for about 2 hours and strained off some broth.  Beth correctly pointed out that it was a lot of effort just to drink some broth, but to have a substitute to V8 and Slimfast is worth the effort at times :)

Regrettably, I didn't spend much time thinking about the "why am I doing this" and focused mostly on "hey, I am still doing this." I was hoping that Church might help me with the "why" but Daniel started (and is now thankfully over) a bug that spiked his temperature up to 103.2, so Church was missed today.  This week I'll continue to keep my mind open, stomach empty and tongue salivating. 

Some other random notes: Started the day at 204 lbs, 36" waist, finished the day with about 1800 calories. 2 Beers still got right to my head. Dehydrogenation is an issue when not eating solids and I need to consciously drink more water. Advertisers are against me (BK Stacker is now only $1.00 per layer) and despite I'm not eating, I still love to watch cooking shows!