1 Month

Today is day 35 on my health journey!

I have been on vacation for the past 11 days and today is my first day back in town. I didn't turn on a computer the entire time I was gone and it felt great.

I was a bit worried about eating as I went home to see my family. Old habits die hard and it is easy to fall into old patterns, especially with family. The good news is that I did GREAT! Since I was staying at my parents house, I had access to their kitchen. For the trip out, I packed a huge cooler full of fruit, veggies, hummus, and raw cashews and seeds. I also brought all of my flavored vinegars and salt free seasonings. I probably ate too much in the car as I had a 12 hour drive and know that I ate out of boredom, but I could have been eating junk food so I don't feel too badly about it.

I went to the store the day I arrived and bought plenty of good food for the week. My family was really supportive and I even got them to eat my Vegan Lasagna. I thought it would be weird to eat something different, but no one really seems to notice. I am realizing that everyone is so into what they are doing, they don't seem to pay much attention to my food. Mostly people are curious and will ask questions.

Everyone was interested in my weight loss, but they all said that the ETL plan seems to drastic. I explained that it can be adopted slowly over time, but am not sure that it landed with any of them. I am contemplating giving Eat to Live and Eat for Health as X-mas or Birthday gifts.

My Mom and I usually eat Dove chocolates while we watch TV and I thought it would be hard to break the habit, but my body is responding so well to the ETL plan, that I didn't even want chocolate.

More later...