New Foods - Why am I so hungry?!

I don't know why - but for me I am ALWAYS extra hungry on rest days.  I mean seriously I could eat all the things right now!  I ate almost 1000 calories at dinner and yet still hungry and I have drank a ton of water.

So, what new foods have I brought back in?  Well today I had one of the new RxBar's - Mixed Berry. I also ate 2 slices of Legit Bread - it's under the eggs!  I had 2 kinds in the freezer - one that was low carb and one that was the original recipe and I can't remember which was which - Oh well!  Yes, that was my almost 1000 calorie dinner.  2 slices of bacon, green beans and jalapeño cooked in the bacon drippings, a chicken thigh (ate another and hour later), 2 eggs on Legit bread and mayo on top.  Seriously so good, I almost couldn't eat it fast enough!  Just bizarre!  Now earlier I had my typical breakfast and shake for lunch. I even had some coffee with canned lite coconut milk.

So they RxBar was tasty.  A little sticky and chunks of almonds but the flavor was definitely mixed berry.  On a sad note I had jaw pain that developed later in the day.  I'm thinking that almonds just really are not my friends.  I should give them up for a while longer.

I'm also on week 2 of my lifting program and able to push a little more weight.  The lifting time is shorter than in later weeks.

My bench press weight - I want it over 35#.  It was there the first round!

I'm also taking Stryker to work with me on a weekly basis.  Every Tuesday!  He gets requested now.  It's so cute, he is getting more comfortable and will go exploring.  He is a natural whiner but it's gets really bad when lunch arrives.  I have to take him out of the office for the hour.  He even barks at everyone for their food.  He does start to get bored though!

Oh puppy!  Get to work!  Make a phone call!

I have to get the nut butters out.  No it isn't a new food intro but there are times I eat it too many days in a row and my chin breaks out.  I'm currently dealing with that one!  So I know my trigger foods and nuts are one of them.  So I just need to limit them to 3 times per week and I think I will be ok.  First though my face needs to heal up more.  Just a sign that things are not always perfect and I don't expect them to be.  I can deal with small eliminations of things.  If I can have them every now and then I am good.  Just no going crazy and eating it every day.  I haven't done it with coffee so I should be better about nut butters.  Almonds are the worst though and I had them 2 days in a row and I got more breakouts - so I sent my bestie Kari a gift package of all the almond based things in the house.  Including those RxBars.  I did keep the peanut butter one though and can't wait to try it.

I'm looking forward to the weekend and it's almost here.  I have been busy at work, but not busy enough to make the day fly by.  I have nothing big planned, just the usual.  Cardio in the basement in the morning followed by breakfast, coffee and lifting.  Sunday it's suppose to rain 100% so I may just get up for when the gym opens at 8am and go running. 

We shall see if it does rain or not.  I still haven't been to the farmers market since they opened at the beginning of the month.  So I guess it will depend on the weather for that one.  What other plans can there be?!