Well, it's 9:00, and I'll be heading to bed soon. When I wake tomorrow, I'll be committed to the new regime -- limiting myself to approximately 350 calories a day.
My food intake will be as follows:
Corn (on or off the cob): 80 calories
Brown Rice (1/3 cup): 70 calories
Beans (1/3 cup): 75 calories
1 Tomato (in place of cabbage): 33
Total Calories: approximately 258 per day
I've decided to substitute tomatoes for cabbage because, well...to be frank...I'm growing tomatoes (I have tomato plants galore!) and it just seems a shame to let them go to waste (I can give some away, and I will, but it'd be nice to get the benefit of them myself). Since cabbage and tomatoes aren't terribly far apart nutritionally (both are good sources of vitamin C), this substitution makes sense.
In addition, on some days, I may substitute Quinoa for brown rice. Quinoa is much higher in calorie than brown rice, so 1/3 of a cup would be about 229 calories (according to the back of my package). So on days I eat Quinoa, my caloric intake will be about 417.
Hence, for the next month, I'll be living on approximately 250-415 calories per day, plus any non-caloric liquids. (Remember, prisoners of North Korea don't get Quinoa; most live off about a cup of cornmeal and cabbage soup a day).
As it so happens, my sister is coming into town tomorrow, and as part of our ritual whenever we pay each other a visit, we go out to eat at Mimi's and order the citrus salmon then hit up the Big Spoon yogurt. I've told her we can still do that, but I won't be eating. I'll sip my iced tea, sans sugar, and she can order the usual. I hope I don't get too many strange looks. She told me -- no worries. It'll just be like when she does Ramadan and can't eat until after sunset. She's often decided to go out to lunch with me and my mother (when we're visiting) and just enjoy the conversation.
So for now, goodnight, and I'll leave you with this youtube video Jackie sent me about Kim Jong-il, it's a little dark humor to end the night.
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