08/20/2009

The new eating habits have been going so great, much better than I expected.  I’ve had a few moments where I feel like hunting through cabinets looking for a leftover Twinkie, but I’ve been able to get past that by grabbing a handful of grapes, or yogurt covered raisins. 

I’ve been trying to make myself get used to eating vegetable I previously didn’t really like.  Like onions, or peppers.  That’s going pretty good so far.  The big test is going to be mushrooms.  I bought some, and I intend to fix and eat them at some point, but I’ve never liked mushrooms so it’s going to be a chore.  I’m making a mostly raw veg pizza tonight for dinner, so maybe I’ll slice a few up and throw on there. 

So far I’ve pretty much gotten into the pattern of having lots of fresh fruit and maybe a little almond milk for breakfast, raw veggie wraps or a salad for lunch, and then I go whole food vegetarian for dinner.  It’s been working out really well.  The other night I made PW’s corn and avocado salsa (which is SOOOOO good!) and piled it on top of some ahi tuna steaks, with some black bean and mango salsa tacos.  It was delicious.  Even Chloe loved it. 

I’m still drinking some Pepsi everyday, but I’ll soon be starting to wean myself off of it because I can’t get Pepsi Throwback at the local store anymore, so all I’ve got is the HFCS-sweetened version. 

I already feel tons better.  My energy is a bit better, my legs aren’t cramping up so much (because I’m eating bananas and getting plenty of potassium), and I can already feel my clothes getting looser again.  It’s been nothing but good things.  The only negative I’ve noticed is that I seem to be hungry all the time, or wanting to munch all day long.  I bought some pretzels to help when I need a "snacky" food.  So I either grab a few of those or a banana or drink some water.  Mostly, it’s psychological, I think, so it’ll take some time for it to fade.

I’m happy with the way things are going, though!