Today, some of my veggie omelet (sounds good right? Not when you take all the junk that didn't "juice" and pour it in - beets, ginger root, spinach, yuck!) fell to the floor. Freddie, my dog, was in the kitchen as he always is when we are making food. It was the moment of truth. Would Freddie, who loves all food besides these dog treats we once bought, actually eat the Daniel Plan junk?
He did it! So, just when you think this stuff is worse than dog food - you're wrong!
Two big breakthroughs today: 1) For the first time, I actually ate more of something than I was supposed to! I may have sneaked a few more than 25 of those cinnamon almonds into my mouth. Tasty! And they smelled so good last night.
#2 is #2! I have been a little worried! Haven't dropped the boys off at the pool since we started this thing. I won't go too much into it, but that is taken care of.
Obviously, those were both big moments in my life; however this morning was an even bigger one. This Daniel Plan is driving us crazy. Last night, I had to run out to Ultra Foods to find nitrate free turkey - even the deli lady didn't know what that was, but got a great deal on the best turkey you can buy! I come home and chop up a few vegetables for a Beef Stew. Then, I start doing the dishes - there are a ton of dishes when you're cooking all the time! My wife says she will do them while I walk the dog.
Again, it's a ten o'clock bedtime (that's two hours past my normal). We get up, walk the dog, go to cut the meat. Have you ever cut up chuck roast? I think it would be easier to just take it off the cow (and that cow was definitely not on the Daniel Plan - lot of fat!). So, we're using knives, scissors, swords, the chain saw and my daughter wakes up. She has to go to basketball early! We forgot!
Now it's make the stew, cook an omelet, get my nuts ready (almonds, that is!), and pack up some romaine, turkey and frozen berries for my food - while getting daughter to school and making it to Madison on time to show a video!
If not the food, making it, may just kill us all. But, I am down ten pounds on the scale (that put's me at -10 by the time we're done with this!) and the math class I teach was telling me about the healthy food they brought for lunch today - so there is some definite good coming out of it!
Friday, March 7, 2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
DO NOT TAKE A PICTURE OF YOURSELF!
It sounded like a great idea! Use the 1 SecDailyPic app, take a picture of my bare belly for forty days straight, and see what happens. First, the app blows! It kept on dying on me. Next, I AM FAT!! LIKE DISGUSTING FAT!!! LIKE IT WAS MORE DISGUSTING TO LOOK AT MY BELLY THAN THE DRINK A CUP OF BEETS, CELERY, GINGER ROOT AND WHATEVER THE HECK ELSE WAS IN THERE!
I guess the camera really doesn't lie, and it's probably a good thing that I drank that same cup of junk this morning for breakfast (switched it up a little - living on the wild side!) and eating quinoa, steamed veggies and way too much apple-cider vinegar for the second day in a row (I realized quickly that those recipes are way too much food for one day, and it's not the type of food you like to gorge out on!).
And I will say, I woke up this morning and it said I had lost 7.5 pounds since Fat Tuesday! I love scales - they lie so much! But, I am noticing a few things.
As I ate yesterday. I didn't rush. (You almost need a break in between bites to stop from throwing up!) I sat down and talked to my wife. I didn't eat too much (really, who wants to eat more of that junk!). And I didn't focus on eating. It was quite the opposite, instead of looking forward to what I was going to eat I couldn't wait until I was done eating.
Although, it was tough to swallow (literally - except for that stir fry thing. I could eat that every day!), I also finished everything. It taught me that none of this stuff is going to kill me (ok, maybe that apple-cider vinegar will lead to a slow death), and I really can't wait to see the good it's going to do for my body.
So, I did end up taking a picture; because I want to visually see what this does. But, more importantly, it's kind of a sign: How I viewed eating before the Daniel Plan and how that may change come Easter.
I guess the camera really doesn't lie, and it's probably a good thing that I drank that same cup of junk this morning for breakfast (switched it up a little - living on the wild side!) and eating quinoa, steamed veggies and way too much apple-cider vinegar for the second day in a row (I realized quickly that those recipes are way too much food for one day, and it's not the type of food you like to gorge out on!).
And I will say, I woke up this morning and it said I had lost 7.5 pounds since Fat Tuesday! I love scales - they lie so much! But, I am noticing a few things.
As I ate yesterday. I didn't rush. (You almost need a break in between bites to stop from throwing up!) I sat down and talked to my wife. I didn't eat too much (really, who wants to eat more of that junk!). And I didn't focus on eating. It was quite the opposite, instead of looking forward to what I was going to eat I couldn't wait until I was done eating.
Although, it was tough to swallow (literally - except for that stir fry thing. I could eat that every day!), I also finished everything. It taught me that none of this stuff is going to kill me (ok, maybe that apple-cider vinegar will lead to a slow death), and I really can't wait to see the good it's going to do for my body.
So, I did end up taking a picture; because I want to visually see what this does. But, more importantly, it's kind of a sign: How I viewed eating before the Daniel Plan and how that may change come Easter.
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