This morning I was able to get myself out of bed at 7:15. It was a challenge and I really had to drag myself out from underneath my warm blankets, but once I was up I was ok. I proceeded with my normal morning ritual and thought about the previous night. I had a stomach ache for the first time since I started eating my plan - an achyness just beneath my right ribcage. This has been a normal occurrence for me for the last few years and so it did not alarm me. What I was aware of is that I had a break from it for 3 days. Must have eaten something that upset my stomach - perhaps the green beans?
My darling little girl woke at 3:30 again, but promptly went back to sleep. When I asked why she woke up she said that she just wanted to be close to me, such a sweetheart. When she woke me I was in deep sleep - the kind where you don't even dream - and afterward I just couldn't quite get back to that place again. I had a lot of crazy, lucid dreaming going on though and that was at least entertaining.
So despite the sleep interruption I feel like I have really good, clear energy so far this morning and early afternoon. I noticed that I am having some anxiety that I might gain weight on this eating plan and I am working on letting that go. I really need to be gentle with myself throughout this process. For now, that means eating when I feel hungry and coming to a natural balance over time. Letting go like that is not a strong point for this perfectionist so I will need encouragement with that one.
Mid afternoon I started to get another stomachache perhaps it is just the change in my diet. I'll have to monitor it to see if there is a food causing the discomfort. I am also feeling a little bloated, perhaps it is the rice bread.
A friend made the funniest and most accurate description of what I am going through - and a great description of America's dysfunctional relationship to food by comparing us to squirrels. We are like squirrels who are born in the forest and naturally know that nuts are the best thing for us. But then, we go to the city where there are potato chips and m&m's and all kinds of yummy foods all over the place. We start eating them and they are so tasty that we don't care if we don't feel good. Then we get sick and we know it's the food, but we just can't seem to bring ourselves back to the country where those nutritious, but now boring nuts are. So we stay, get hopped up on our "crack food" and run out in front of a car because our brains are poisoned with sugar and preservatives.
A little morbid I know - but true, right? She said I was a smart squirrel for going back to the country of nuts. I hope I can stay smart and my mind keeps getting clearer, because the "city food" is all around me calling my name.
Meals:
My darling little girl woke at 3:30 again, but promptly went back to sleep. When I asked why she woke up she said that she just wanted to be close to me, such a sweetheart. When she woke me I was in deep sleep - the kind where you don't even dream - and afterward I just couldn't quite get back to that place again. I had a lot of crazy, lucid dreaming going on though and that was at least entertaining.
So despite the sleep interruption I feel like I have really good, clear energy so far this morning and early afternoon. I noticed that I am having some anxiety that I might gain weight on this eating plan and I am working on letting that go. I really need to be gentle with myself throughout this process. For now, that means eating when I feel hungry and coming to a natural balance over time. Letting go like that is not a strong point for this perfectionist so I will need encouragement with that one.
Mid afternoon I started to get another stomachache perhaps it is just the change in my diet. I'll have to monitor it to see if there is a food causing the discomfort. I am also feeling a little bloated, perhaps it is the rice bread.
A friend made the funniest and most accurate description of what I am going through - and a great description of America's dysfunctional relationship to food by comparing us to squirrels. We are like squirrels who are born in the forest and naturally know that nuts are the best thing for us. But then, we go to the city where there are potato chips and m&m's and all kinds of yummy foods all over the place. We start eating them and they are so tasty that we don't care if we don't feel good. Then we get sick and we know it's the food, but we just can't seem to bring ourselves back to the country where those nutritious, but now boring nuts are. So we stay, get hopped up on our "crack food" and run out in front of a car because our brains are poisoned with sugar and preservatives.
A little morbid I know - but true, right? She said I was a smart squirrel for going back to the country of nuts. I hope I can stay smart and my mind keeps getting clearer, because the "city food" is all around me calling my name.
Meals:
Breakfast - Green Tea w/ agave, Cream of Buckwheat, Strawberries, Coconut milk creamer
Snack - Green smoothie (Kale, Parsley, yogurt, coconut milk creamer, papaya, apple, banana, pea protein) Rice crackers.
Lunch - White chicken chilly leftovers
Snack - Green smoothie
Lunch - White chicken chilly leftovers
Snack - Green smoothie
Dinner - Toast, scrambled eggs, 2 pieces of turkey bacon.
Snack - none
Water Intake - 64oz.
Water Intake - 64oz.
Supplements: L-lyosine, fish oil, D3, Probiotic, antifungal, multivitamin, kelp caps, cal-mag citrate.
Energy levels:
Energy levels:
Morning - very good, very clear energy. The exhaustion that usually sets in my back and shoulders around 11, did not come although I did start yawning at that time.
Afternoon - Crashed around 2:30 - so I ate lunch and took a little nap which helped somewhat.
Evening - Low energy.
Exercise: 25 minute walk.
Mood: Good in the morning, cranky in the afternoon.
Exercise: 25 minute walk.
Mood: Good in the morning, cranky in the afternoon.
Changes: Seemed like a step back by end of day
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