Blood orange and avocado salad

In an attempt to make my dinners more interesting and fun I delve into my Cooking Light Cookbook from 2008. I looked in the index for salads and there was plenty to chose from. Tonight I decided to try an orange and red onion salad. I also decided to kick it up a few notches by adding avocado and instead of using a regular orange I used a blood orange. The blood orange turned the vinaigrette pink, very cool. To the dressing I added about a teaspoon of Dijon mustard. It was very tasty.

The last few days I've been thinking about my fixing-dinner habits. I realized that I no longer lick, nibble and taste test my way through dinner preparation. Wow, that's huge. First of all, I can't have the food that I'm fixing for the rest of my family and I don't want to tempt my taste buds. I also have kicked the whole having to have a sweet after dinner habit. That one is even bigger then the nibbling through dinner. I still have those urges to have something sweet. But I fight through it, drink some water and come type away. I know that not eating after dinner is one of the reasons why I am having such success losing weight.

Today I tried on a skirt in my current size and it was lose. If I had purchased it, there is no way it would have fit me by the end of the month. That is how confident I am that I will continue to lose weight. I think you have to have confidence to be successful and to motivate you to keep going. Isn't that a part of positive attitude?

breakfast:
protein shake (207)

snack:
none

lunch:
a ridiculous soup from Chili's that had 443 freaking calories. Whoops!!!

dinner:
2oz chicken breast
orange, red onion, and avocado salad