Day 2

This morning has been another smoothie and some dehydrated apples and banana chips that I made. I really like the dehydrated fruits! It's nice to have a little crunch instead of feeling like I'm chewing on watery things all day. I can see that getting old fast!

I made salad dressing--and it's delicious! Olive oil, lemon juice, minced garlic, ginger, soy sauce (then blend it all together) I think it's outstanding! Apparently it's the recipe for house dressing from RAW restaurant.

Lunch: Iceberg salad (YUCK!) from work, plus a pile of veggies (celery, cucumber, califlour, one tomato). I need to remember to bring fresh basil for my tomato tomorrow. Didn't eat all of my veggies, so I finished them off for my afternoon snack. I effing LOVE this salad dressing!!!

I had twinges of a headache this afternoon, but nothing really erupted. I might just be imagining it, though.

Will update later with dinner plans, I think we're doing a fake spaghetti recipe or something like that.

Evening update:
Fake spaghetti was actually pretty tasty! I do wish we were doing this in the summer so that the produce is at its best (and cheapest!) The fake spaghetti was squash, peppers, marinated onions and mushrooms, basil, tomatoes and the fake sauce was a puree of tomatoes, EVOO, garlic, ginger, jalapeno, oregano, rosemary, and soy sauce. The sauce was amazing and it's true when they say that a little bit a jalapeno adds a sense of heat to the dish without the food actually being warm. Kinda neat.

After dinner I snacked on a handful of nuts, some raisins, etc.

I know this sounds crazy, but I actually feel just fine. So far the food is actually good--it's just weird to change your perspective on food and eating. When I see things like brownies or bread at work, it's my usual instinct to reach for them, but I haven't had any cravings yet. I just start to reach, then think, "Oh wait... I can't eat that!" and if I'm actually hungry, I find something to eat.

We are breaking one rule - I'm not sure if I mentioned this before. But I will NOT give up hot tea. We're not drinking any alcohol and Kirk's not drinking any coffee, so I really needed this one thing.