Today was not a typical day…

…but then again, Sunday’s usually aren’t typical. It’s the one day I sleep in with no guilt. It’s also the day that Miguel and I spend way too much time at Starbucks drinking coffee, and yes… sometimes grabbing a pastry. Most of them suck at Starbucks, but I’ve been pretty addicted to the Morning Bun, which is a cinnamon and sugar croissant.

The good news is I didn’t do that. The bad news is that I did “cheat” by complete accident.

I finally crawled out of bed around 10:30am (And I know what all you parents out there are thinking!) I woke up very hungry, there wasn’t any food in the house, so we decided to go out to eat for breakfast. I wasn’t too nervous because I know I can always get an omelet with veggies, and maybe some chicken sausage or something. But in my head on the drive I was already reminding myself of what I needed to steer clear of: no cheese on the omelet, no milk or dairy, ask that they cook it with minimal oil, no added sugar, etc.

I had a game plan and I was ready to rock!

So I found this yummy scramble on the menu that included eggs, mushrooms, onions, bacon and Hollandaise sauce. This sounded incredibly good to me. I had them add avocado (to balance it out with a little healthy fat), and I was set. It was huge, I was hungy, I ate it slowly and enjoyed it.

Actually… let me back up. What really sounded good to me was the banana pancakes or the french toast. Which tells me one of two things: 1. I’m still craving sugar on day 5 or 2. I was just so darn hungry. When you let yourself get too hungry (ie… low blood sugar), your brain JUST WANTS GLUCOSE, and the only way it knows how to get it is by telling you to eat sugar. Careful not to let yourself get too hungry… this can have detrimental effects, like ordering pancakes!

After enjoying my leisurely breakfast, I got home and decided to look up Hollandaise sauce. I’m not sure what prompted me to look it up, but something caused me to second guess my decision. I truly thought that Hollandaise sauce was made out of egg yolks and spices. But of course my friend google showed me that in addition to the yolks, they add about a pound of butter!

Grrrrr….

Very annoying. Of all the things that I could have gotten wrong, butter really isn’t the worst, and in fact, will be a fat that I add back in after these 30 days. But because it is technically dairy, it’s supposed to be off the list for the next 30 days.

It was such a big meal eaten so late in the day (I think we finished by noon), that I didn’t eat again until dinner, which I fully redeemed myself with a nice veggie salad mixed with cubed butternut squash and salmon. Yummy!

Happy Sunday to me.