by wildflower » Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:09 am
I didn't expect to see my journal so near the top. Hi simka! Should I post more often? I started to feel like I was running out of things to write about! Although, writing in this journal every day was very helpful for keeping me on track with workouts (doing them more often), and for some reason eating less bread! I can eat an embarrassing amount of bread, and knowing that I would be listing everything I eat kept me from doing too much of that.
We were planning on staying at my mother's for a few months. I'm actually still at the same job that was supposed to end in December, but they decided to keep the business running until it sells. I'm enjoying the lack of stress right now - working less and spending more time with family, cooking delicious meals, sitting out in the back yard and soaking up the sun.... Well, now my mother has been telling me jokingly, "You can't leave!" She loves having dinner cooked for her every night. It's nice to be able to share this way of eating with someone. She still loves her coconut oil and complains about her weight, talking about needing to do portion control, etc., etc. I think she would eat differently if she hadn't stocked up with a year's worth of organic coconut oil and other expensive oils. She is eating better, though.
My daughters are eating slightly more of what I make. I wonder how it will be a year from now? I think they'll be so used to it that they'll be eating whatever I put in front of them without even thinking about it. That's what I hope, anyway. They hardly eat any dairy now, so that's a big improvement.
I'm excited - I ordered an electric pressure cooker/slow cooker. It should be arriving on Tuesday. I can't wait to make beans in it! I've been able to eat beans a little more frequently with no problems, so I really want to find out how they taste when not from a can! I'm going to try the slow-cooked beans and pressure-cooked beans and see which ones taste better. I'd also like to make chili and many other slow-cooker recipes.
Last night I had "dessert", if you can call it that. I froze some banana pieces and then put them in a mini food processor with a tiny bit of Wonder Cocoa. It was so creamy and good!! I don't think I'll make it again until the summer, though. It was very cold last night and I had to wrap myself in blankets after I ate it, lol.
Well, it's been four months today!! The health improvements continue. My nails look great, so shiny and strong with no ridges like they used to have. A few times my daughters have had colds and I had a mild sore throat for half a day and that's it. All I can say is that I feel amazing!!!!!
