Day 5 of 26

It's day 5 and I can officially say my digestive system went from barely working to a well oiled machine.  You cannot know how happy this makes me.

This morning when I looked in the mirror I realized my stomach is back to being my favourite body part, and all of this in 5 days.  5 days eating the same amount of food I normally eat, just different food.  This is by no means a diet and I haven't felt hungry since I started. I've had cravings for sweets, and I'm pretty sure I dreamt about croissants last night, but I haven't been hungry.

It's funny that I'm in this good a mood because I woke up with the start of a gross cold, and stayed home from work.  Staying home from work doesn't really mean much, because if I manage to turn off the TV I get more work done if anything.

I do wonder though, if I'm doing myself a big disservice by not cutting out caffeine.  This morning I had an alright french press from home, but without the intense caffeine of a double Americano, I'm starting to get a tell tale caffeine withdrawal headache.

Breakfast With a sore throat and sinus headache I wasn't very hungry so I had corn cakes (rice cake style) with natural peanut butter and a banana.  A note on bananas - I really like them but never allow myself to eat them because they always caused me to get constipated.  Not anymore!
Lunch Leftovers
Dinner Went to African Palace for Ethiopian.  Ethiopian curries are served with a "bread" called Injera, which is kinda of like a spongy foam.  Doesn't sound that appetizing but it's pretty cool, it holds together really well so it's a great intro food for people who aren't used to eating with their hands.  It's not made of wheat, but of teff flour which is gluten free.

Here's a video of African Palace creating their Injera

Overall Okay day food wise.  Starting to think I'm not crazy for doing this, but also starting to get terrified I might be gluten intolerant.  

Day 4 of 26

This is how I start my day everyday.

Once Beaufort became a part of our family, July 7th 2013 - I have walked for at least 1 hour every day. I know it's not exactly heart pumping cardio but after a long day at work I'm happy with that amount of exercise.

That is likely the most I will ever post about exercise.

Breakfast Overnight rolled oats
Lunch Naked burrito from Burro Burrito.  Delicious but I was so upset their rice was white jasmine.  Just wasn't the same without the rice! Apparently I can do without the wrap but not the rice.  Pinto and black beans, corn, lettuce, tons of guacamole and some hot sauce.
Dinner Whole grain brown rice with an AMAZING home(nick)made sweet potato curry.  I don't know if I made the brown rice wrong but it really had me craving white rice.

Overall Not a bad day. Any day with guacamole isn't a bad day. 

Day 3 of 26

Woke up feeling crappy again but not going to dwell on it.  Going to get better.

How could my morning not go well starting it with this?

I listened to yesterday-lianna and got an amazingly healthy lunch.  I'm feeling better about myself now, interesting!

Breakfast Oats again. Other than fruit I don't have many ideas.  Don't want to get tired of the oats.
Lunch Healthy salad from Sandwich Box. You can pick any ingredients you want and pay based on weight.  I got organic baby greens with carrots, asparagus, broccoli, radish and balsamic. Not very filling but very delicious.
Dinner So weird not having a beer with this dinner.  A ton of guacamole, homemade rosemary white bean dip, and organic-blue-flax-seed-corn-chips.

Overall Great day food wise :)

Day 2 of 26

Woke up with terrible cramping and bloating again this morning.  I'm really hoping I start to see a change - I must be putting something in my body it doesn't like.

Noticing how much a difference natural lighting makes in iphone photos...

Breakfast Overnight rolled oats.  Holy hell these are good. I just soaked 1 part oats with 1 part almond milk, plus a little extra milk.  I put half a chopped banana in each serving.  In the morning we heated the oats up for 3 minutes (3 minutes in a really bad microwave) and added cinnamon and walnuts.  Kath Eats Real Food has tons of flavour combos.

Lunch Leftover chili.  A lot of it.

Dinner Nick made some really delicious quick Indian lentils, while I made chapati.  Remembering chapati is made from 100% chickpea flour made me super happy.  Carbs that I can eat!

Overall - I'm a bit nervous I'm not taking this seriously enough.  I haven't cheated at all (haven't felt the need to), but the whole idea is to eat mostly fruits and veggies.  I've cut out gluten but I feel like I'm searching for ways to fill that void with gluten free carbs and heavy beans, instead of focusing on the veggies like I'm supposed to be.

Let's see what the rest of the week brings...

Day 1 of 26

Woke up hungry and disappointed I couldn't have a giant bowl of sugary cereal.  I think one of the first tips listed was to make sure you go grocery shopping before beginning a cleanse, and though I had big expectations for Sunday I didn't get to the grocery store.

Oh and I did drink coffee but just the one! I've always drank my coffee black so no problems there.

Breakfast - 3 minute Oatmeal.  Not soaked overnight, only made with water and natural peanut butter and microwaved.  Not good.
Lunch - Vegan red lentil soup from The Roastery.  I love this soup. No crackers :(
Dinner - I made vegan chipotle chili.  I really never cook but might be so bold as to say this was delicious.

I stopped by Noah's at noon because I was super hungry (normal for me at this time of day) and found so many food options I am no longer worried.  They even make pasta out of brown rice which is on my allowed food list (review to come later)

You'll notice I've named this post day 1 of 26.  It's not that I don't want to commit to 30 days, but for my Italian grandparents to not have their granddaughter join in on Easter dinner would be such an insult, so I decided to end on April 20th.

You will also notice I am a terrible food photographer.  I will try to get better!

Overall - Not a tough day in the least.  I felt like I got my carbs by eating "rice cakes" made of corn.  Not having a glass of wine with dinner was weird.