Blessed Are Those Who Hunger...

.. and thirst, for they are sticking to their diets!

Day two went pretty well. For breakfast, I had two scrambled eggs and 2 slices of Canadian bacon. Lunch was 3 oz. of ham steak. This was perhaps a mistake as I didn't realise that the yolk contains so much fat (cholesterol). Dinner was more problematic, since I went to a party tonight. The party was at 7:00 pm, so I decided to skip dinner at my regular time and eat at the party. Dinner was approximately 3 oz. of grilled steak and grilled seasoned pork. As this was a "Moms and Margarita" party, I did allow myself one small margarita, but that was all. I didn't nibble anything else, despite the fabulous looking, most tempting guacamole. The party was fabulous! Many thanks to our hosts!

I am hydrating quite a bit, which is necessary with this diet. Lots of water and some diet sodas. My favorite water is Hint, though it can be hard to find. If you have a Whole Foods nearby, they carry it and sometimes, Costco. No calories, carbonation, or synthetic sweeteners - just water with the essence of some fruit, such as watermelon, blackberry, pear, and lime. Yum!

Even so, the margarita put me over my calorie limit by the amount of the margarita.

Calories In: 795

Protein: 49.7%
Carbohydrates: 12.42%
Fats: 37.92%

Evening Hike

We decided to do one of the extra weekday hikes this evening. Tonight's adventure was at Rancho San Antonio, travelling up the PG&E trail, so named because of the electrical towers that parallel the trail up the mountain.

This was a good hill to climb, but definitely not as bad as some of the hills we've walked, such as the Peterson Trail at Sanborn County Park. The scenery was also beautiful. We made it as far as the PG&E Vista, about 1.9 miles. Then we turned back and looped down the Wildcat Loop trail, which was several switchbacks down to the valley floor. We met up at the High Meadow trail and continued that down to Deer Hollow Farm and back to the entrance to the park.

We had grasslands and chapparal microclimates on the way up, and oak and redwood forest on the way down. Quite a change in scenery, but it kept things interesting. We made it back to the car and then went off for dinner at Whole Foods.