Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Day 7 of the Reset

OK, so I haven't taken pictures of the food as I had intended.  I'm usually so anxious to eat that I forget!  But, I did remember to take a shot of my half eaten lunch from day 2.  It was Greek Salad w/chicken breast.  It was, oh, so good!

Day 2 started out rough.  I fought a headache on day 1 and woke up on day 2 with nausea; which I'm sure was residual from the migraine.  I actually ended up having to take my nausea medicine after which, I felt much better.  Day 2 food was amazing! The Black Beans & Rice in a corn tortilla was Yum-O.  We all liked it.  We were all full and completely satisfied.

Day 3 began much better. I felt good.  Breakfast was satisfying; although I was tired of kale after the 2nd day of it with breakfast.  Dinner was a challenge.  Dinner consisted of Nori Rolls with Tempeh and Veggies, Japanese Cucumber Salad and Miso Soup.  Lots of seaweed!  None of us like the seaweed.  We all gave it the good ol' college try, but nope, no way, just can't do it!  So, we peeled the stuffing out of the seaweed wrap and it was really yummy without the seaweed.  The Miso soup was also a complete no go.  I tried the next night to make it better by adding some garlic and green onions, but it was just so beyond redemption for us that we couldn't make it happen.

The stir fry, the roasted root medley, and the zucchini cashew soup nights, along with the fruit plate breakfasts have been amazing - oh, & the oatmeal... so good.  I'd say more than half the food has been so good that I will make them even after the Reset.

Finally, we get to the baked tempeh!  The marinade is so icky... we choked it down.  The first two bites were ok, but after that... we're talking gag reflex issues.  So, I have a plan for the next night of Tempeh, which is tonight.  I'm gonna simplify the recipe and just try it with Himalayan salt.  I'll report back on how that experiment works.  Also, the salads have been amazingly good, but on day 7 we are so tired of salad for lunch we could scream.  I think we have salad every single day for lunch for the next 2 weeks.  Ugggh!  Although, in week 3 it looks like they switch it up with the types of salads, so that will be a nice respite.

The most difficult part for me, so far, has been not snacking in the evening after dinner.  I'm not hungry, but I crave something to chew.  Usually an apple or orange or gum, but since I can tell that I'm actually still full from dinner and we can't have gum, I have to stop myself.

Day 6 was the most difficult for me.  I wanted to give up.  It's not an easy thing to do... all this planning and prep work of new and unknown things.  It's a great deal of work in the evening to prep the following day's lunches and breakfasts, but I trudge on.  It does make it easier that my family is doing it together.  My son is eating breakfasts & dinners with us, but he is not taking the supplements.  He is 12 and he is noticing a difference in his mid-section and his acne.

Check back later in the week for information about the supplements!

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Starting the Beachbody Ultimate Reset

This is Day 1 of my Ultimate Reset.  So far, the food has been amazing!  I'm full and I can't wait to try more recipes. If you don't know what the Ultimate Reset is, I'll explain briefly.  It is kind of a cleanse, but not in the way you would think.  You still eat food and plenty of it from what I can see so far.  The Reset is a way to slowly migrate your eating habits from processed, sugar, fat, "fake" food to real, fresh, wholesome foods.  Between the food and the supplements, my body will be eliminating all those nasty toxins. You can read more about it on Beachbody's website.  I'll keep you updated on my progress.  I wish I would've taken a picture of the food, but I didn't think to do it until just now, so I'll try to remember to do it from now on.  

During this 21 day Reset, I am looking forward to seeing any changes in my body's aches and pains.  As you may know, I have Sjogren's Syndrome (an auto-immune disorder), so I have my own set of challenges.  I take quite a few prescriptions and I have normal aches and pains.  I'm curious how resetting my body will affect how I feel.  I also struggle with severe fatigue due to Sjogren's, so that's another thing to monitor on this program.  I have recently had shoulder surgery, so I am also healing from that.  I got my doctors' blessings before ordering this program, so I'm good to go!

I feel full and satisfied - not hungry or craving anything right now.  I do have a headache and I feel really tired, but as I said, this is not unusual for me.  My shoulder aches and it is moving up my neck, so I don't think my headache or fatigue is related to the Reset.

More soon...

P.S. You may be thinking that I already eat pretty clean and that is true, but I do have my little addictions to sugar, dairy, breads, alcohol, etc. (i.e. candy at the movies, cheese, butter, pancakes w/syrup, carbonated flavored water).  This is a way to get back to my clean eating ways!