My brother came over to watch a couple movies yesterday and have lunch with me.  He brought his own lunch and I went to make mine.  As I went to prepare, I realized that I was out of avocado and tomatoes.  Nooooo!  I usually always have both in my salad.  But, it was nice to have a simple salad for a change. 

My salad consisted of red leaf lettuce, alfalfa sprouts, mung sprouts, buckwheat sprouts, and celery.  So basically all very water rich green vegetables without the heavy fats.  Actually, I did include some sunflower seeds.  I used a light flax seed oil and lemon juice dressing and was all set.  It felt good not eating tons of avocado for once.  I don't want to make it a habit though, I love my avocado.   :)

My brother asked me, "so what are you going to have for dinner now."  I said, "I don't know, maybe nothing."  I don't think he understood me not eating dinner as he kept asking me.  I usually don't miss a meal, and I did actually eat an orange and an apple, but really didn't feel I needed to have a big salad, like I usually do.

One thing I am finding is the concept of eating a "meal" is not as big a deal to me as it use to be.  One day a meal could be an apple or two, the next day might be a salad, another day might be nothing.  There are no rules!  I have been so programmed to have a meal consisting of a main food (usually meat), a side dish (usually potato or rice), a dessert, and a drink.  Now I try to listen to my body and see what its telling me I need.  It's pretty cool actually, give it a try.

I was hanging out with a friend that ate very simple one day.  It was lunch time and we were both hungry.  I wanted to go to a restaurant but he convinced me to go to the grocery store.  He picked up an apple and a banana for lunch.  He grabbed the same for me.  I remember looking at him like he was crazy.  I said I couldn't just eat that, I ran through the store looking for a pre-made sandwich, or something I could order from the deli.  Anything but an apple or a banana for lunch.  Now that I look back I see that I was the crazy one...