I gained a tiny bit of weight yesterday, which was expected after I managed to consume an entire (small) bag of cashews and some cheese curds (weird choice, I know) in addition to my usual non-fasting weekday foodstuffs. The cashews and cheese were impulse buys during an outing to the grocery store for salad ingredients. Lately, I seem to feel like something is lacking when I think about my standard non-fasting dinner meal, and that’s probably just because I’m bored with it, so my brain searches for something to add to the menu.

The cashews weren’t a bad choice; the problem was the quantity consumed. Although they’re packed with protein and low in carbohydrates, nuts tend to be on the high side of the calorie scale, so they should be consumed in moderation. The cheese curds were chosen just out of curiosity. I don’t even know the difference between a small chunk of cheese and a cheese curd, so I wanted to find out. I was nonplussed.

I did add an apple to my morning breakfast of yogurt and blueberries. This was a choice I don’t regret. A single apple contains maybe 25 grams of carbohydrates, which isn’t that bad, and apples are full of fiber, so I didn’t feel quite as hungry in the many hours between breakfast and dinner. I’m actually going to try eating an apple on every non-fasting day since the fiber and phytonutrients are so beneficial (more about the phytonutrients in apples here: https://tinyurl.com/46mezfan).

I’m a little frustrated with what appears to be a sort of plateau in terms of progress. The weekends have been a dietary mess, so cleaning them up should help. I’m going to try to add a third fasting day this week, be good on the weekend, and see where I stand on Monday. And, of course, no more chocolate-covered almonds.