Get this!

I just discovered a great new salad today: Edamame Salad. It's simple...edamame, red wine vinegar, fresh dill weed, red onion (chopped tiny tiny) and salt and pepper. Delicioso!

so fresh and clean clean

Sol, SGM: esteemed colleagues and distinguished peers, you fought a good fight. i don't think your cleansing was in vain. you definitely figured out some things about the way you eat, what you're eating, what you need...right?

i cheated this weekend too. i had a glass of wine. brian and i finally had the beach house to ourselves {never happens} we were sitting on the porch, i knew it was soon going to be 'business time' and i had to imbibe.

i'm going to try to hold out for one more week.

i've definitely cheated on the gluten. i don't do well with things i don't understand.

will keep you updated. eat a whole fistfull of cheese for me. please.

Another one bites the dust

I'm out, ladies. I don't eat much crap, but what I do eat is vital to my existence. It was sushi that broke me--the tuna roll (tuna's not crap, but you know what I mean). And then I bought fresh mozzarella today because of the perfect tomatoes at the farmer's market and the basil in my yard. Good luck to the rest of you; you are stronger than I!

I fell off the wagon

I lasted one week. Then the cheating became irreverent. Now I'm sorry but:

I'm happily weaned from caffeine and will never go back to drinking coffee again.

I know gluten makes me fat so I will go on avoiding it as much as I can, and gluten free pasta is just fine. Bread, pizza and cake I will keep on avoiding because I want to loose weight!

The dairy, well. I missed my yogurt soooo much that I started having it again, and it caused a little stir in my intestines and it was not very funny. I will still avoid cheese and milk.

And for the alcohol well. I said goodbye to beer. And it's good.

Sorry to disappoint... It was nice (yeah right) while it lasted.

A few comments

First: I am totally craving something American; pizza, hamburger, something really filling. I understand that this is a little about retraining myself to know what a comfortable full is (wow, that was a weight loss phrase wasn't it?), but i think the common denominator is cheese. I think I need cheese.

Second: I was reading Dooce's LAME excuse for quitting the cleanse when she did it. I know this is old news, and i am a little behind, but all she had was a sinus infection with major withdrawal from caffeine and/or sugar. It isn't like this cleanse is doing anything for you that would make you sick. I don't read Dooce regularly, but I now have not much respect for her. Come on...

Third: I had this for lunch: Quizno's Flatbread salad. However, I didn't want to say "Hi, can I have the black and bleu flatbread salad without meat, bleu cheese, or flatbread?" They would have looked at me like i was crazy. So, I bought it. How is it that normally when you buy these things, there are a few pieces of cheese and beef, but today, the day I was going to pick that stuff off in the privacy of my office back at work, it is LOADED? I swear, there was 1/2 pound of beef on that thing, and more bleu cheese than you could shake a stick at. Crap!

When I took all of the stuff off that I am cleansing, it looked like this, and I paid $8.11 for it!

lentil soup

2 cups of green lentils (all colors work fine)
6-8 cups of liquid (half veggie broth and half water) (* i have used ALL water and it works fine)
1/4 cup of tamari/soy sauce (wheat free)
onion
carrot
1 can of stewed tomatoes
* can add any other veggies or spices (i like a bay leaf) you think are good

put water and soy sauce in a big soup pot and bring to a low boil
when boiling add lentils and reduce to soup simmer
simmer for about 45 minutes
while its simmering get one onion, one carrot, and one can of tomatos and cook them in a pan with a little oil (you can also just put them in the pot without cooking them first and its just fine!)
add the veggies and cook for 30 more minutes
add more liquid as needed and salt and pepper to taste
its done when the lentils are soft enough to eat

sometimes if i want more of a comfort food i add a dollop of toffuti sour cream!

it's pretty easy, and takes about an hour total to prep. super high in protein and low in calories and fat. filling and easy if you don't have alot of time during the week.


also lentils are good for you. from Nutritional Data:
This food is very low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Protein, Iron, Phosphorus and Copper, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Folate and Manganese.

eff-it moments

I need a pep talk! I had so many "why I am doing this again?" moments this weekend. The biggest problem for me is not so much the food--because I've really been liking what I'm eating--but the social implications. What I'm eating is different from everyone else. We went out twice this weekend and I had to bring my own food, and I just felt "separate," not to mention fussy/high-maintenance. Food is such a social thing for me, and it's important for me to join the group in eating and say things like "oooooh, these ribs!" Plus, it's just a nice way to end the day with some Dairy Queen. I'm serious.

I'm also not feeling any differently/better. I haven't read Quantum Wellness yet, so I need to run out and get that and really understand everything behind what we're doing. Why haven't I done that already? Well, because I like to complain.

Thank you for letting me complain.