This Daniel Plan is easy........as long as you never leave the house, have a party to go to, get some crazy things on your schedule, or do anything besides walk the dog, eat, go to work, eat, do the dishes and go to bed!
In the last two days I have gone to two different parties - one for my daughter's birthday and one for my niece's. Shockingly, at these parties, their idea of dessert is not Greek yogurt with muesli! My sister had a cake that was made to look like a minion - a real minion! People are eating rice and beans, combos, chips. They're drinking....stuff besides water!
And one thought crosses my mind - why am I on this Daniel Plan? In fact, when asked yesterday if I was going to keep doing this after Lent was over, I said, "Yes......and just suck it up until I die."
Again, I'm losing a lot of weight - down to 166.5 from 191, I don't feel hungry, I don't have as much energy as before but it's not like I'm Lazy Leon! But, boy I didn't realize the social aspects of this healthy eating thing.
People really kind of get mad at you when you eat this crazy healthy food. A lot of people tell you that you don't have to do this. At work, at home, all over people suddenly have graduated from Healthy Living U.
And I'm already mad because I'm eating nuts and apples and they're eating combos and chips. So, I guess I've got to come up with a plan.
1) I asked God to not make eating such a big deal for me. Why do I even care if I don't drink a Coke or eat pizza?
2) Once Lent is over, I will eat whatever someone has prepared - it's actually kind of rude not to.
3) I will do the 90% / 10%.
But, until Lent is over, I really do want to try to stick to this thing and see what happens to my body / mind.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
WHAT A DIFFERENCE?
The first time I went shopping for the Daniel Plan it took four hours. I had to go to three stores, and it cost me over $200. I just went shopping for the second round yesterday. Two stores, an hour and a half, and $75.
Yep, I had some leftover spices and nuts. And I did shop for a fewer amount of days. And I did pick out what I was going to eat this time from the Core Menu (did you know that they allow fruit after the detox? I was actually excited about fruit salad! Fruit salad? What is wrong with me?) But, this Daniel Plan - when you don't eat exactly what they have for every day and follow their crazy shopping list - seems doable.
In fact, I'm kind of excited about the next ten days. There are even deserts included - well, if you count fruit with cinnamon as a desert. It was a little weird though. I actually thought about how fat I was going to get if I ate whole wheat bread or why in the world I would buy chocolate chips. 21 days ago, I would have eaten a bag of chocolate chips on the way home from Aldi and ordered the bread bowl at Panera - I think I actually did that.
There was even a point at Aldi's yesterday when I saw a good price on salmon.....AND I GOT TWO! I knew I would use it! How crazy is that? (I just love the salmon and celery thing!)
Now, to be honest, the really healthy turkey was $6.99 / pound and Carolina was $2.99 - guess which one I got! And I didn't buy cage free eggs. Oooooooh! I know - bad person. But, I am starting to tailor this Daniel Plan to a new lifestyle.
Yes, I do look forward to tomorrow at 3am when I have to get a Slurpee to celebrate the birth of my daughter, and I can't wait until Easter. But, after Easter I can totally see 90%, 10%.
So, we start the next ten days of eating Core Menu. Then, ten days of using their list of foods you should eat almost always. Then, a day of gorging myself. Then, dare I say it, Daniel Plan for life!
Yep, I had some leftover spices and nuts. And I did shop for a fewer amount of days. And I did pick out what I was going to eat this time from the Core Menu (did you know that they allow fruit after the detox? I was actually excited about fruit salad! Fruit salad? What is wrong with me?) But, this Daniel Plan - when you don't eat exactly what they have for every day and follow their crazy shopping list - seems doable.
In fact, I'm kind of excited about the next ten days. There are even deserts included - well, if you count fruit with cinnamon as a desert. It was a little weird though. I actually thought about how fat I was going to get if I ate whole wheat bread or why in the world I would buy chocolate chips. 21 days ago, I would have eaten a bag of chocolate chips on the way home from Aldi and ordered the bread bowl at Panera - I think I actually did that.
There was even a point at Aldi's yesterday when I saw a good price on salmon.....AND I GOT TWO! I knew I would use it! How crazy is that? (I just love the salmon and celery thing!)
Now, to be honest, the really healthy turkey was $6.99 / pound and Carolina was $2.99 - guess which one I got! And I didn't buy cage free eggs. Oooooooh! I know - bad person. But, I am starting to tailor this Daniel Plan to a new lifestyle.
Yes, I do look forward to tomorrow at 3am when I have to get a Slurpee to celebrate the birth of my daughter, and I can't wait until Easter. But, after Easter I can totally see 90%, 10%.
So, we start the next ten days of eating Core Menu. Then, ten days of using their list of foods you should eat almost always. Then, a day of gorging myself. Then, dare I say it, Daniel Plan for life!
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