Day 3 - Food is Medicine

Food is Medicine. This is what I am training myself to think every time I eat something. What I put in my mouth needs to make me feel better and give me energy...and keep me that way. We've all had a few visits to McDs that made us feel better but only for a short time if you know what I mean.  Hopefully this mantra will help keep me going until I can eat some brown rice. Nothing like eating sauteed chicken and veggies with Braggs Amino Acids (like soy sauce) with no grain/starch...no quinoa, no potatoes, not even my sprouted wheat bread. I hope after all this is over I can go back to my Ezekiel Bread in the mornings topped with various toppings...butter, apple butter, nut butter...I'm seeing a trend here.

I created my menu for the next few days based on using up what's in my fridge and it looks like I'm having salads everyday for lunch. I really dislike salads and try and save those for when I eat out which will be frequent when I go on vacation during this diet. Yes I am sadistic. Vacation and diet aren't supposed to overlap but I have a 2 week period where my 12 year old is out of town, and I need to capitalize on it.

Awwww Suki Suki!  Tomorrow my organic box comes filled with various fruits and veggies. Yum-ME. I feel like its xmas when this stuff comes. And no kids fighting over the strawberries this time. I can't eat them but I can eat blueberries! Yes its strange. No fruits but Lemon, grapefruit, green apples and blueberries.  Immediately I'm thinking blueberry lemon muffins, green apple martinis, and pink grapefruit margaritas. Sigh. All in due time and in moderation.

Oh the good news is I weighed in this morning at 196.5lbs. Yippie. I know its only water weight but I'll take it.  A friend commented that I'm not eating enough. What I'm not listing below is all the oil and butter I use. I use coconut oil good for high heat cooking and olive oil for low heat or salads....and butter for everything in between. I find Nutiva Organic Coconut Oil the cheapest especially on autoship via Amazon. And its the one they sell at the nutritionist's office so that's reassuring. I fry my eggs in a tablespoon of coconut oil. I sauteed veggies and meat in it. I even rub it on my skin after a shower. I love the stuff. I plan to make a protein shake with unsweetened coconut milk and coconut oil. Maybe one day I'll look back and count my calories but for now I am eating until I am almost full.

Today Menus:
Morning Ritual
B: Veggies Omelet (cooked in coconut oil)
S: skipped
L: Leftover sauteed chicken and veggies from Day 1 (cooked in coconut oil).  It says shrimp but it was really chicken.
D: Sockeyed Salmon with wilted escarole (cooked in coconut oil and topped with some butter)
S: Nuts 
S: Coconut protein shake (maybe. It depends if I am hungry when I get home).


Tip of the day: Set goals for the end of the diet and focus on the results. Let's see. I will loose my brain fog, I will have more energy, I will have be at least 189lbs, I will loose my brain fog.  Oh wait I already said that.