ANOTHER GREAT WEEK!

Well I have not posted on here all week - I think it is because I didn't come up with any
incredibly new or inventive creations this week - just recycled some of the old ones.

Every day this week I have had my stir fryed broccoli/rapini/spinach in olive oil with almonds
for breakfast. Also my aunt gave me a heads up about some cheap asparagus in town, so
I tossed some of that in too each morning. I have actually kept one of those plastic bins
that you buy baby spinach in (the larger quantity packs) and I just keep washed, chopped
broccoli and rapini in that bin at all times so it makes it quicker. I had my confetti salad for lunch every day until about Thursday, then I ended up bringing stir fryed greens with me for
lunch on Friday.

Let's see - on Monday night I had some left over organic tortilla chips, so I just put a can of
kidney beans in the blender, and cooked those up with onions, olive oil and mexican spices.
I put a scoop in the middle of each plate with chips around it, then spread some veggie mozza
over the scoop and put it in the microwave for a minute to melt it, then topped the plate with
chopped spinach and salsa - it tasted pretty good.

For Tuesday night supper I just made a veggie stir fry with tofu and rice.

Wednesday night supper was interesting because that is the night we went out
to Red Lobster with my aunt. I was REALLY GOOD. I ordered a garden salad
and asked for lemon on it (although they poured a vinagrette over it - to my chagrin).
Then as my main dish I had the salmon, broiled and my side order was steamed veggies.
The only thing I did have was ONE of those biscuits. Interestingly, it didn't really taste
that good to me - I don't know whether they had overcooked them, or whether my
taste buds are changing. The other thing that was really interesting to me - is I HAVE NOT
eaten ANY BUTTER or margarine at all since I started this (I have only olive oil when I
need to use it). BUT as I was eating my steamed veggies - my mouth really tasted really
overwhelmingly greasy and I realized that they had put butter on the veggies.
I have to remember next time to make sure they use olive oil, if anything. It is really interesting when you are not eating animal fat for awhile and then do taste it again -
how overwhelming the grease is. Olive oil and vegetable fats are really much lighter
and less greasy to the palate I realize. I wonder if that is a statement about their effect
on the body itself in trying to process it.

Another interesting note is that after having eaten one biscuit made of white flour - when I got
home after about two hours, I got a craving to eat something sugary (I had my chocolate soymilk and granola) - but quite honestly - that is the first real craving that I have had in
three weeks!!!! I am really beginning to be convinced that most of the food that is on
the shelves in our stores is really a poisonous toxic waste dump that is TRULY ADDICTIVE.
I cannot overstate this! I have not had any wild wacked out cravings in the evening like
I did when I was eating my usual diet. Even before I started on this regimen - I ate only
whole grain bread and pasta, lots of veggies, only lean meats, one percent milk - and also
we RARELY had junk food in our house. Prior to Christmas, the worst we were having was
ordering pizza on Friday nights. Even so, no matter what day of the week or what I was eating,
I would often get cravings to eat WHATEVER at night time, and these cravings ranged from
the general urge to snack (then I would have popcorn or a piece of toast and peanut butter)
to huge uncontrollable cravings (more so when I was younger) to order lots of greasy fried food.

Since I have been eating this new way, I swear to god, I do not get uncontrollable cravings, and
most evenings after dinner I don't really even think of food. I think that eating the fibre and nutrients in veggies helps make you feel fuller, and it doesn't put any addictive toxins in your body that might otherwise give you the urge to snack on crap.

That evening, actually, we were watching a show about super morbidly obese people who
are homebound, etc. After watching that show, and feeling my own white-flour induced craving for sweets - I really realized how truly addictive most 21st century reconstituted "foods" are.

Wow! There's my rant for the day!

Anyhow, on Thursday night we had the vegan pizza (recipe on previous post) - so Arthur was happy with that, then on Friday night we had stirfry veggies, rice noodles and tofu!

Today I got my treat of a falafel sandwich and hommous again - so I am happy!

I also weighed myself, and by mom's scale I'm down another 3 pounds since last week
YIPPPPEEEEE


Talk to you again soon!