Day 15

Today is day 15 of my strict ETL plan. I feel great- better every day. I am losing weight, my clothes are feeling better, I have more energy, my food cravings are diminishing more every day (still have some, but not as bad) and my food is starting to taste GREAT.

Last night after work, we went for a bike ride around the Cap City Trail. The total from our house is close to 17 miles. This is one of my favorite rides in Madison and the weather was perfect.

By the time we got home, I was really hungry, For dinner I had a smoothie with a banana, blueberries, 1 oz of raw sunflower and lots of spinach. I was still really hungry, so I had some more of my lasagna creation from the other night.

Breakfast this morning was cherries, red grapes, a peach, and 1oz of raw cashews. Yum!

I also noticed that I am sleeping less, but am not waking up tired. It is nice to have so much energy.

Lunch was taco salad (romaine, homemade pico de gallo, black beans, mato zest, corn, cucumber)
and a spinach, mango, banana, cashew smoothie.

Dinner was a salad with Romaine, chick peas, tempeh, carrots, sugar snap peas, radishes, red onion and Dr. Furhman's Spicy Pecan Vinegar. This was the first time I tried the vinegar and it was really good.

I was still hungry after dinner and found myself falling into old habits. All day today, I have been craving Steak, which is odd, because I rarely eat meat, I mean RARELY. I must still be detoxing, cuz the cravings are in full force tonight.

Luckily, we don't have any junk food in the house. I air popped some popcorn (2 cups) and sprayed it lightly with braggs and then sprinkled it with nutritional yeast. Then I decided to eat some grapes and a tbsp of almond butter.

Now my stomach is really full. I stopped myself, but realize that I had too many nuts today and the popcorn and grapes were about emotional eating and not true hunger. I am glad I recognize this. I am also not beating myself up about my slip. I recognize that for a few minutes, I fell back into old habits and now I am more aware of toxic hunger vs true hunger.

Yay!