Lunch: Cheese Tortellini

Having skipped Nutrisystem breakfast again, I had the cheese tortellini for lunch today.  The small can of tortellini contained about 5-6 cheese tortellini.  It doesn't sound like much, but I feel very full and could actually not finish the sauce.  In just the past 10 days of Nutrisystem, the one thing the system has accomplished is to train me not to enjoy eating.  I love to cook and I love to eat (well at least in the past).  Now, meals are so unappealing to me and I find myself not cleaning the plate. 

I wonder if the Nutrisystem program food includes appetite suppressant, because honestly I really don't feel like eating.

LUNCH: Chicken a la king

This is lunch today, Chicken a la king.  Honestly this looked and tasted like all the other Chicken noodles dishes.  I have now finished one week of Nutrisystem and I am getting tired of the food - the taste, the smell and the texture.

I skipped lunch this morning because I couldn't bring myself to eat the breakfast, and lunch was also a struggle.  Nutrisystem definitely "wires" me not to enjoy eating anymore.

Having read the recent article in Time magazine about how weight is controlled by what you eat and not by exercise, I am testing that out with this Nutrisystem diet.  I am usually a very athletic and active person - but since starting this diet, I have yet to go the gym but have lost a few pounds already (3 1/2lbs).

BRUNCH: Chicken with Noodles

Ran out of the house this morning and so didn't have time to pick up a lovely Nutrisystem chococlate chip scone for breakfast (I'd rather skip breakfast than eat that thing - so I guess either way it accomplishes the goal). 

Around 10:30am when I got back from the meeting I was hungry.  no mere little lunch was going to suffice, so I decided to have a hearty brunch which in my Nutrisystem world means: "eat a dinner entree"

I selected the chicken with noodles entree. I have noticed a common characteristic of Nutrisystem "noodle" dishes - they are only about one degree of thickness away from soup.  Though they are presented in a lovely, black plastic tray/plate, it really is a thick soup with bits of meat and some bits of soggy pasta (like the pasta found in Campbells chicken noodle soup). 

oh, and I have to confess...  my brunch also included a Nutrisystem golden pound cake - a lovely Twinkie-like baked good.

Lunch - Minestrone

I have been skipping Nutrisystem breakfasts-just can't stomach the fluffy PowerBar taste.  How bad is this revulsion...  well, this morning I opted to eat steamed eggplant instead... that's how much I did NOT want to eat another Apple Strudel Scone.

So for lunch, I took out a dehydrated container of Hearty Minestrone Soup.  It was basically, like a Cup-o-Noodle without the noodles; just dried beans, and a little whole wheat pasta.  After pouring in boiling water and letting it sit for 7 minutes or so, my lunch was ready.

meh...  It tasted like dehydrated vegetables with bouillion, beans and pasta.  It was all right, I am glad I only have 1 of them.

Lunch: Noodles with Chicken & Vegetables

For lunch, Noodles with Chicken & Vegetables.  This is not bad; probably the best meal so far.  It's more like a thick soup and doesn't have any funny textures or flavors.  Walking past my office, my husband poked his head in and ask "mmm, that smells good, what are you eating?" (I have failed as wife and chef :(