Day One
So far, the wellness action plan has gone well. I was on a day off today, so in some respects that would have made things easier. Let’s see how it goes tomorrow at work.
I haven’t really gone into much detail of what exactly we’ve given up and for how long. That is, until now.
We’ve given up media, caffeine, soy, corn, eggs, wheat, peanuts, dairy, alcohol and refined sugars. All that for one week and then we will add things back in gradually. It will be interesting to see how this affects our bodies (the media fast, not so much). So far, Monica and I have found that we are more tired than usual and feel hungry between meals. This may be tougher than either of us expected.
For breakfast today, we had Applesauce-sweetened Tahini with Fresh Fruit. This was the most unusual meal today. It was alright. I thought that the Tahini went well with the fruit, but there was just so much of it. As it turned out, there was an issue with the recipe and there wasn’t supposed to be so much Tahini after all. Maybe it’ll be better next time.
For lunch: Two Bean Vegetarian Chili. Quite good. Kind of a standard veggie chili except for the chipotle chili powder and the chunks of buttternut squash.
Dinner was the best meal by far today. Almond Chicken Soup with Sweet Potato, Collards and Ginger. I wasn’t entirely sure how this was going to work, but it was amazing! We are definitely going to have this again before the week is through. I’d love to have it after as well. The only deterrent is the Almond Butter. Man, it’s not cheap stuff!
I haven’t had any issues other than the tiredness and hunger, but Monica has commented on her headache from a lack of coffee. I’m sure that mine will come.
As for the media fast, it’s also going well. I think that this will be toughest for me. Even today, I put Jameson down for a nap, made lunch and then I was lost. What am I supposed to do now? No Angry Birds. No twitter. No Facebook. No aimlessly wandering the Internet. It was tough but I found something to do: I read. Monica isn’t wired the same way as me (as if I needed to tell you that) so the media fast won’t be such an issue for her.
I’ll continue to post here as the week goes on. As for now, I’m gonna grab a beer and watch TV. Oh, wait a second… I guess I’ll read some more over a cup of tea.
