It’s all over - yes the long awaited 3 day weekend has come and now gone. Oh how so quickly it passes, ain’t that the story every time a good time is had? I can never quite put my fingers on how exactly my long weekends are spent; a little of this, a little of that. The bottom line is I love going into it, coming out is always not without a kick and a scream. The scream is the first thing that came to mind when I arose this morning - my fantastic weekend is coming to a close - Nooooooo.

I dragged myself out of bed close to 9 am to have Spelt Pancakes without sugar! They were surprisingly good, maple syrup did double duty.

Lunch
Lunch was late in the afternoon at 3 pm. I had whole wheat chapati with some beef stew.

The beef stew was left overs from yesterdays lovely crock pot experiment. The chapati’s were another of my experiments.
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup warm water
a pinch of salt
1/2 tsp coconut oil (you can use whatever oil you like)
2 cloves of garlic

Dice garlic into very fine pieces and add to the water. Add the mix to flour and salt mix. Knead to a nice firm dough then take the coconut oil and knead it in. Let sit for about 10 minutes. Heat griddle to a medium heat. Divide the dough into six piece balls and roll each into about 6″ circles. Dip the balls in dry flour to prevent them from sticking to the roller. Lay each in the griddle till each side is golden brown; as one side cooks, oil the other with olive oil or oil of choice before letting it cook.
We both loved these chapati’s especially with the garlic in them.

Observations
- I don’t have as ferocious an appetite in between meals as I used to.
- According to this mornings weigh in am down a total of 8.3 lbs. Yay!
- Why did I eat the way I did before? This question keeps popping into my head…
- Patience is a virtue that will help in this journey.
- 18 days and am still at it - I never knew I had it in me….