Rest of Week

I've been keeping to the no meat or animal products, with the exception of some pasta sauce last night that was made with sausage. Tuesday I had an excellent potato and pea curry dish with brown rice (from Yamuna Devi's vegetarian indian cookbook I've had for 20 years). It would be good to pick out one recipe a week to make, and have for lunch also. They are for the most part very simple and quite economical. Mornings I've been alternating between organic shredded wheat cereal and oatmeal. I also had half a red velvet cupecake that had cream and eggs in it, half once each day.

One thing I've noticed other than not having a cough after I eat (although I did have a cough last night, but I think it was more related to dry air), is I'm not craving fats and sweets as much. Last night I was perfectly content to have a cup of tea after dinner and nothing else. Does eating fat and sweets make you crave them more? Could it have an impact this quickly, or am I just feeling healthier all around because of this diet and it's all the power of suggestion? I suppose the real test will be how it continues.

My birthday is this weekend, so I will be having more pasta sauce with meat on Sunday, and dairy in the cake.