This Stuff Tastes Like Nothing

I brain-farted on bringing some turkey to work, so when I reached for it a half an hour ago, there was nothing to eat.  After a moment of distress, I realized that I have a stash for emergencies like this.  Homemade beef jerky, store-boughten buffalo jerky, and some baggies with pre-measured servings of spiced almonds.

So I tried the store-boughten jerky.  Nuthin.  It tastes like crunchy, pre-formed plasticky nothing.  There's no flavor!

One thing I've learned in the last 7 months is that I don't have enough calories in the day to waste a single one on food that doesn't taste good.  I don't care how expensive it was, or what fancy organic store it came from!  In the trash it went!

So now I'm eating a bag of almonds, one serving, pre-measured = 170 calories.  Worse than the 70 calories of turkey that's in my fridge, but better than nothing and definitely more flavor than that jerky. 

I vaguely tried to slow down and eat mindfully.  But here I am typing and eating at the same time, which is exactly the opposite of mindful.

196.0 this morning.  My body has responded nicely to the increased focus on diet and exercise.  2.8 pounds down from Sunday, and 2 more to go to get to my recent lowest weight.  Tonight I'm going to work out my muscles by doing a weight-bearing workout.  Lunch is for errands today, so I'll workout when I get home, and then make a beet-y, carrot-y, kale-y juice for dinner. Yum.  (That was not sarcasm, it is actually really satisfying.)