I am eating a crapload of fresh veggies like salad with olive oil and flax seed, tomatoes, cucumber, broccoli, asparagus, and cauliflower. Tons of fruit too like strawberries, pineapple, melon, and oranges. I have been adding some tuna, salmon, sole, and beef to the mix. Also, yogurt and cottage cheese. I am drinking my 8 glasses of water a day which has been great. It keeps me full and was not as hard to do as I thought it would be.

So no bread. Or sugar, coffee, or alcohol. And really, it hasn't been too awful. In all honesty, I do crave coffee in the morning. Every morning. Today I had a mint tea. I don't crave beer or wine. I do crave bread. Spark Plug and I made chocolate chip cookies this afternoon and I did sneak some cookie dough. And had a bite of a baked cookie, just to make sure it turned out alright. I could feel my mouth start to salivate. And after the bite, I did want more. But I did not cave in.

I am continuing this for another week, at which time I return to Holistic Lady and have a debriefing. I wonder what she will say?

Here is the kicker. Buying this much fresh food is expensive! I am shocked at how much I spent when I bought everything for this menu. My receipt was probably the equivalent of a small forest. It was seriously as long as my arm from my shoulder to the tips of my fingers. We have gone through most of the food and I went shopping last Friday. Here we are not even a week later and I had to go back to the grocery store this morning to replenish most of the produce. It costs a lot for uber healthy eating. We are going to have to really watch what we buy after this 2 week diet is done. Maybe be a bit pickier as far as what I stock the fridge with; a little more bland with our menu but still try and maintain the good health.

I thought I would buy almond butter for the Wee Ladies until I read that it costs $7.69.

The important thing is that I am getting myself back on track. Hubby says I am smiling more. This is good. I have a better perspective and am calmer. I am more patient and even tempered and it has only been a week. Holistic Lady told me that this would likely happen.

If I keep this routine up, or a version of, what will I feel like after a month? 3 months? I am going to try to stick to it. I want to see how I will change as I keep going.

I hope to scour for spare change for those local strawberries instead of the grande mild coffee with double cream.

All's I'm sayin's all.

PS As a follow up to the last post- Spark Plug and The Destroyer are sleeping amazingly well now that we blacked out their window. Thanks to the staple gun that made it happen.

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