The dawn arrived bright and hot and I woke up motivated! Today is the day that Jeff and I get healthy! Did you watch the movie Julie & Julia? It's the duel story about Julie Powell and Julia Child. It is a fun and funny movie. Well, this is the TOTAL opposite of that movie! Julie Powell took a year to cook her way through Julia Child's cook book. I just want to take 28 days to try to develop some healthy eating and lifestyle habits.
Okay, so Hank woke us up at 7:00 this morning. I decided to make our first breakfast: Fruit. Black grapes, mango, kiwi, peaches, and plums. Along with the fruit is a sauce to top it. Applesauce, honey, water and...tahini. Ever heard of tahini? Yeah, me neither. It is sesame paste. Jeff didn't try the sauce on his bowl of fruit. I did. I'm indifferent. It definitely didn't enhance the bowl of fruit. I don't know what the nutritional value is of the sauce so I figure we'll leave that off the rest of the week. Yes, that is our breakfast for the rest of the week.
After breakfast Jeff and I sat down to watch The Fighter (great movie!). After watching the movie it was time for lunch which was two bean vegetarian chili. It was decent. It probably won't be on the menu after this week but it was good. AND it was easy to make! I always worry that Martha's recipes will be too in depth for me. So, two meals down and things are looking good. Except for the mess I made! While fixing lunch I opened a can of black beans to pour in my pan and I spilled the bean juice down the side of my cabinet. Well, that got me going. I cleaned the whole kitchen. I cleaned out the fridge, pantry, spice cabinet and EVERY cabinet and drawer in the kitchen and then I cleaned them all as well! I am TIRED! I think I threw out 4 bags of garbage and got a great yard sale pile started. I swear I don't think our kitchen looked this clean even when we first moved in. I didn't think I had 4 bags of trash in the kitchen but I was wrong.
So, then after a quick trip to Lowe's it was time to start dinner. Dinner was a super easy recipe, too. Although it too will not be added to our regular menu. For dinner we had fresh salmon baked in the over with olive oil and salt and pepper on a bed of lentils, carrots, onion, spinach (was supposed to arugula but I couldn't find any). Neither of us were impressed but we both ate our dinner! All the meals have been hearty and filling but trying to be good is not easy!
As we were leaving Lowe's Jeff asked if I wanted to go to Wendy's to get a Frosty. OF COURSE! Yes, I want a frosty but I really want to succeed in this challenge. Maybe we'll go directly back to our old ways but I'd at least like to try. Jeff was disappointed (and I was too secretly) but we survived the drive down Vann Drive and all the unhealthy and appealing restaurants!
In addition to eating healthy the challenge gives a daily task for us to try. Today's task was to begin a week long media fast: no TV and cut back on online time. We did NOT give up TV today. Mainly because I wasn't ready. What else were we going to do on this scorchingly hot day? We'll give up TV tomorrow. Tomorrow's task is to go to bed 10 minutes early and every day go to bed 10 minutes earlier until you've added a whole hour of sleep to your cycle. Not a problem! I'll swap the suggested tasks for today and tomorrow.
So, Week 1 is all about detox. Foods to avoid this week are: added sugar, processed foods or beverages, alcohol, caffeine, wheat/gluten, eggs, dairy, peanut products, fruit juices, soy and corn. When I read that in the magazine it doesn't seem too bad. Talk to me tomorrow when I'm at work and I'm itching to go to The Baker's Rack at 2:30 for my afternoon snack! I can pack a banana and an apple but neither of those sounds nearly as appetizing as an oatmeal raisin cookie or a mud cookie or anything over there!
Ah, well! As Day 1 draws in a close I'm still determined to stick to this and finish without cheating (too much!). Wish me luck! And Jeff, too!
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