Today is the first day of Lent. Traditionally, that means it's the day when Christians begin a 40-day fast, usually of specific types of food. I cannot count the number of times I've resolved to give up chocolate. Most of the time, I haven't made it all the way to Easter. So I'm not going to try that this time.
Instead, I'm going to resolve to eat smarter. For the next forty days, I will eat three meals a day, two snacks, and one dessert. One of the snacks will be either vegetables or fruits. The dessert will be half the size I would normally have taken.
The only exceptions are water, milk, and tea. I reserve the right to drink these at any point in the day. I'll just forgo the cookie.
Today's morning snack will be celery with cheese whiz (for lack of actual cream cheese) and a bit of red pepper jelly. Breakfast was toast with peanut butter and peach jam. Lunch will probably be leftover stew, since we need to finish it up. Afternoon snack will be a bit of the yogurt cake I made yesterday. Supper tonight is a chicken casserole. I will allow myself a small amount of ice cream after it. There will be no before-bed snack.
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