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New Beginnings and Why does June Seem so Long?


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Grrr, I missed the fiddleheads this year.  We get them in the grocery stores for about 10 minutes and when they're gone, they're gone :(

I want to plant some berken ferns solely so I can have my own home grown fidleheads next Spring.

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I just dd a post on my blog a few weeks ago about wild edibles of NJ.  I love to head out to the country with the pups and a basket, return home with parts of dinner!  I would love to take a class in mushroom identification however.  The mycological society offers one but I keep forgetting to sign up in time.  I LOVE foraging, it's a great skill to have :D

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Wow.  Just wow.  I went to the local health food store to pick up some digestive enzymes.  They had three brands and all of them had either sugar, soy, or wheat in them.  I was hoping to grab something locally but no, I will have to order online.  Why is it that so many supplements contain these items, are they really necessary?!?!

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I can't believe that it's already week 3, day 18.  I NEVER thought I was going to get here.  I can see my thought patterns and habits changing right before my eyes.  It's amazing, I definitely have some old habits pop up and surprise me and a few that I am still fighting with but, I am so much more aware of them now.  I am so much better armed to deal with them.  For instance, over the weekend the hubs was out of town and I was alone.  My first thought on Friday was "I could grab a bottle of wine, have a couple glasses, and no one would know".  Well, I would know and I would feel terrible about it.  i wouldn't be able to sit here and write about my accomplishments because, well because I am not a liar! I would have to be accountable and I would have to start over.  I don't have time for that.  Unfortunately though, that desire to have some wine turned into a compliant craving and I found my self snacking a few times.  This is an activity that has not been a problem up until the end of last week.  I gave in and had a "dessert" not because I was hungry, I wasn't even really craving sweets but I did it just cause I could and the "dessert" sounded good.  UGH!!! So over the weekend I flubbed up a bit but I vowed to get my head back in the game.  Last night, after a filling and delicious dinner, I settled in to watch some TV and here came that snack dragon creepin up behind me.  I got up, made a cup of tea and ignored the heck out of him.  He was pretty furious and raged at me for a bit but in the end I won.  3 cups of tea and many bathroom trips through the night, I managed to get myself back on track and did not have a snack.  Maybe this is my mind's way of pulling me out of complacency.  It's saying "haha, you thought you had this Whole30 shizz down.  Well, here, try this out!  Have some cravings out of nowhere".

 

I am struggling with the end on it's way.  I a enjoying the way I eat now and my body feels so much more nourished.  However, my husband keeps talking about when I start eating "normal" again.  I don't want to eat "normal" again.  This is my normal now.  I am going to properly do the reintroduction to find out if anything really bothers me and I am spending a week at the in-law's just after reintroduction so I NEED to know what will bother me.  After that?  I truly wish to go back to 80% Whole30 eating.  I probably will have the occasional baked potato and glass of wine.  Likely some rice here and there (if I have not problems with it)  but I like the way I eat now.  I don't have any guilt about what I am putting in my body.  I am not worried all the time about some junk that I ate.  I feel free from food issues and guilt that have plagued me since my teens.  Why wouldn't my hubs want that to continue for me?  Because it makes life harder for him.  Oh well, we have survived this Whole30 pretty well, get over yourself!  I need to meditate on how to approach this because I refuse to travel back to where I was and eat "normal" again.

 

 I feel great, have energy, am slowly starting to sleep through the nights, at least I am having fewer wake ups and going back to sleep faster.  I am conquering so much more than I thought I could merely 2 weeks ago!  Oh yeah, and cigarettes are absolutely a thing of the past, I have barely even thought of them for the last week!!!!!  I love all this new found freedom!!!!

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Just started reading through your log - sounds like you are doing great!  Congrats on giving up smoking!!  I gave up smoking 8 years ago.  I was never a heavy smoker, but I still miss it a little.  I know how unhealthy it is, so I never ever give in to the temptation.  And actually now when I pass by people who are smoking, it smells gross.  I think I just miss taking a break from whatever I was doing to focus on something else for a minute.

 

I am so impressed with your photos and all of the different veggies you have been cooking.  I am inspired!  ^_^

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Love that post Lizzard! I think you need to explain to hubby that normal can change and yours has. Maybe he would consider meeting you somewhere on that new normal?

 

Oh Gather! I got that one too. Total food porn. Several of my friends are kind of covetting it. Almost nothing in it complies with the spirit of a W30 but I'm hoping to through a post-W30 dinner party for a girls night. 

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Thanks Derval and Beth! I have been conncting so well and learning so much about my body over the last few days. I actually am starting to feel comfortable in it!

So this isn't as pretty as other mals but it did the trick! Cinnamon beef stew over 1/2 sweet potato and sauteed yellow courgette with beet greens. Yummy!

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Dinner: skirt steak marinated in rice vinegar, coconut aminos, and ginger, grilled. Mushroom medley with scapes and tatsoi. Beet, turnip, carrot, radish salad with curly cress and sesame ginger dressing. I was hoping for leftover beef for lunch tomorrow but we chowed it!

 

That sounds SO good! I love tatsoi. And beets. And turnips. And cress. Wowzer, I need to hit the farmer's market!

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Wow.  Just wow.  I went to the local health food store to pick up some digestive enzymes.  They had three brands and all of them had either sugar, soy, or wheat in them.  I was hoping to grab something locally but no, I will have to order online.  Why is it that so many supplements contain these items, are they really necessary?!?!

 

This is just so bizarre to me. What possible reason is there for sugar in something that you just swallow? I can sorta imagine reasons for soy and wheat (bulk, stabilizing, etc.), but there are certainly other ingredients that could do those things. But sugar? Really?!

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Oh, I have to stop looking at these food photos! I'm having cataract surgery today, and haven't eaten anything since about 7pm last night. So 15 hours and counting! I'm taking a hb egg and some paleo trail mix to the center with me to nosh on afterwards. Somehow I imagine them offering me orange juice and a donut :)

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Shelda, good luck with your surgery, please let me know how everything goes!  Don't worry, there will be lots more food photos when you get back :P Be well!

 

Thanks! It was smooth as could be, but after 18 hours without food, I was really glad I was prepared with something to eat! And after a nice nap this afternoon, I made a really nice dinner for myself. So all is well. Now I can look at the food photos! :)

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Those baby artichokes look SO good! I saw them at the grocery yesterday, but realized I didn't really know what to do with them. I'm trying to avoid buying food and not using it, so I should look around and find out how to cook them. Then I'll get some. Thanks for the inspiration!

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