Lents Eat Drink and Be Merry

I'm not sure exactly what is going on. I can definitely feel the changes that are happening in my body. I think my body has had a delayed reaction to my diet adjustment. I have been so emotional the last few days. I sobbed through my whole weekend. I was feeling a bit better but now I'm emotional all over again. I feel like I need a really good cry. Maybe it's part of the detoxification process.

I have put on 5 lbs... how the heck does that even happen? My body must be freaking out. I've been drinking lots of water. I've been eating breakfast every morning, lunch & dinner (and healthy snacks). I've tried to be diligent in my exercise, I've danced twice this week and I plan on going to Yoga tomorrow. Perhaps it's just the adjustment period. I've been so careful about my eating. The only thing I can think of is the bread from work. I know I can eat that so I usually get a couple slices with my lunch to help fill me up. I haven't hit the wall with exhaustion yet, apparently you get really tired but I haven't felt it. I have been going to dance since the first day. I did have a day that I felt really tired, that was the day I forgot to take my B Complex & Flora so I chalked it up to the lack of vitamins.

I have been making my own soy milk, it's getting good! I did a soy/almond combo last time with a couple slices of ginger...YUM! I've been eating Highwood Crossing granola (from bulk - see Co-Op believe it or not...) with apple and my soy for breakfast. I usually have a bowl of quinoa salad at work - I have a litre of our salad at work sans feta - and then usually a greens salad and hummus (sometimes with veg) or stew or lentils for lunch, and soup, stew or whatever for dinner. Perhaps more veg. That's a lot of starch.

Alright so more veg, I don't always love cooked veg so I have to get creative with fresh veg. I have started shoving greens in other items such as the quinoa salad, or kale in stew etc. That counts right? I feel like I'm cheating when I find dishes that I can somehow disguise greens into. I prefer the greens that way and that makes me feel as though I am doing something I oughtn't.

I had my first dine out in a restaurant that was not my workplace. Although I can not be sure about the packaging it was otherwise delightful! It was Indian and delish! I had dahl, rice, pakoras, chickpeas (channa) and roti...wow... starch, starch, starch. It was still really awesome though. How do you avoid this starch on starch if you don't eat meat? Does the formerly called "starch" become a protein? Hmm I suspect not. So overarching theme is more vegetables.  I'll work on that.