I really went overboard with the \”naughties\” today.

In addition to minimizing candy and other sweets, I\’ve been paying more attention to my portion sizes. It seemed to me that I started feeling a bit hollow a little too soon after eating, and suspected that I might need to eat a little more.

Today I kept getting downright hungry. I had raw carrot sticks with me, but they weren\’t doing the trick. During my morning break I got a bag of corn chips; supposedly four servings. Over the next few hours, I ate at least half the bag. That\’s quite a lot of fat; not so good for cholesterol levels.

For lunch I had brought along some of one of my hot dog concoctions; a slice of rye bread; and an apple. Hot dogs aren\’t exactly low-fat food, either.

By afternoon break, my stomach was growling again; and I was hankering after a chocolate fix. I went and bought a candy bar. Fat + sugar! Then, by the time I left work, I was hungry yet again!

For supper I fixed boxed mac n cheese, but fancied it up. I still had some raw cauliflower, and cut it into small pieces. There was about 1/3 cup of sweet peas in the fridge, and I needed to use them up. I steamed the cauliflower and peas; and set them aside.

Then I drained a 5-oz can of chicken breast, and sliced up about 7 black olives. Meanwhile, I had water for the pasta heating on the stove.

After I cooked and drained the pasta, I tossed it with one tablespoon of olive oil; put in whatever spices I wanted; stirred in 1/4 cup of plain low-fat yogurt and the cheese; then put the pot back over low heat. After the cheese was well blended in, I added the veggies, olives, and chicken.

So I got supper, tomorrow\’s lunch, and a third meal for Saturday. Just don\’t let me go overboard in the kitchen, or I won\’t get anything else done!