ah yes, besides eating correctly there is....

besides the eating component there is the also commitment to moving aka exercise that i must acknowledge.
with this re commitment to my food experiment i am also committing to daily exercise. thankfully i have some experiences with this. i am taking this one more step. if i don't have an organizing job to do during the week then i have to take yoga class. right now i have 10 yoga classes under my belt in 8 days. yes, when i decide to do something...well, i really do it!
high five to me!
i am reconnecting to my yoga practice.
yes, all good results coming from this.
goals and plans are good for me.

that was close

i came within in nano seconds of a melt down last night..a food melt down that is!
started off the day strong...coffee, banana, yoga class, orange, nap, another yoga class...get home at 8 pm...bam...hunger hit and it hit hard. thankfully at the onset of that hunger feeling on my walk home from yoga i was already planning what to eat. yes, i bought some good staples for the week and one of them was cans of tunafish.
by the time i walked in the door, i had one mission and one mission only...food. that is an incredible crazy ass feeling. so frazzled. thankfully in my frantic urge to slice and dice celery and onions, i didn't slice off the tops of my fingers. and then amazingly a couple bites in and a few drinks of coconut water i was calm cool and collected. just like that i went from mania to peace!
i think it is from that frazzling feeling to that immediate need to have food instantly that the fast food service industry was invented. i mean my tuna salad has never tasted.  change that tuna and coconut water to fries and a burger well you have a billion dollar industry!
i am so glad i now make other choices but i understand completely why the golden arches is a preferred choice for many.
happy monday people.

sunday

as i come to an end to this first week, i ask myself what were some key things that made this week successful.  i would say having the following items made recipes quite easy - sesame ginger salad dressing, the crumbles soy product and potatoes. those three items made up the core of a variety of simple easy dishes.
that leads me to my next questions...what will be the key ingredients of recipes this week? in the past i have just repeated key items week to week and that always leads me to burn out.
hmmm.... i gotta think about this for a bit.

eating at home

when i prepare my own meals i always eat healthier meals. why is that? because when i go to the grocery store i shop the outside aisles of the market that have only fresh ingredients...mostly the vegetable and produce. and those ingredients combined make for healthy tasty meals. i think it is the middle aisles of the grocery store that is what makes the middle of our stomachs grow!
overall i think that this has been a pretty good solid first week. so far so good.

ok i am feeling like i am getting in the groove

it took me a few days but i think i am getting back in the swing of things with my food experiment. i remember this requires attention and focus. in a nut shell get groceries and plan meals! as of this past sunday i was feeling a little lumpy, bumpy and now 4 days later i am feeling lighter and brighter. each day moves me forward to feeling GOOD.
and with all that i came up with a new simple recipe. sautee onion, add crumble (vegetarian version of ground meat), add left over half baked potato. mix together. YUM. i love new recipes.
i am getting in the groove and feeling fine. happy weekend.

relearning

ok i am relearning everything. another key to success of my food experiment is to have food ready to eat before i am hungry. and if not make sure there are simple things that are quick to put together into a meal. because once i hit that wall of hunger....well, all bets are off! yesterday i got home from yoga and i hit the wall. uh oh...nope, i knew what i had - cottage cheese, almonds, blueberries. it took me a nano moment to throw it in a bowl. had that and grabbed a bottle of coconut water. ahhhhh. relief. i think that is probably an essential component for successful weight loss as well...easy food that is ready to go!
ok now time for me to have my morning cup of coffee, followed by green juice (cucumber, lemon, apple), breakfast of banana with handful of nuts...and i will be ready for the day.
woo hoo!

and to the market i go

it is time. if i am going to do this food experiment AGAIN and do it right then i need to go buy groceries. did i not learn anything the first time i attempted this food challenge? i must have healthy, yummy groceries in order to be successful. so i am off to the market! geesh, it only took me 3 days to figure that one out. off to safeway i go.
ciao...chow!