Food snob in the making. . .

I think I am officially over my chips and cheese addiction. . .intervention successful!! So happy I didn't have to have to the TV show come out and take me away. Truthfully, I kinda let my little plan fall to the side this week, mostly because I didn't have time to go buy groceries, but I still made MUCH healthier decisions and feel way better than before. I've always been a huge proponent of eating all natural, organic, blah, blah, blah but wasn't exactly living it. After my little "detox" experiment I feel like I am much more in tune with what my body is needing (which to my surprise is not chips and cheese and Dr. Pepper) and actually am starting to crave certain fruits, and veggies and proteins instead of junk food. I feel myself turning into a food snob and I'm pretty sure I'm OK with that :)

I've listened to quite a few conversations lately about people who have problems with their children - like doctors thought they had autism, A.D.D., or other behavior problems, and in the end they were able to "cure" them with strictly a change in diet. A few cases involved going gluten free but a lot were just cutting out processed foods. It seems like such an obvious connection that we eat so many un-natural things in this day and age and we see so many more cases of things like autism and A.D.D in children and so many more cases of cancer, and other diseases in adults. Something to think about. . . . .

Alright, coming back from my small tangent, if anyone is interested in giving my "detox" plan a try, shoot me an email and I would be happy to share the specifics with you.

Oh and I was gonna share my solution for getting over a pop addiction (this is not an original idea by any means). Find a really good juice, not like a sugary one but like the pomegranate juice or an all natural fruit something, preferably a thicker more concentrated juice and mix it with sparkling water or club soda.. . .totally satisfies your pop craving AND it's amazing with vodka. (Did you really think I wasn't going to drink liquor for 2 weeks???)

Intervention Day 4

Well so far so good. . I guess. I started Monday with my fruits and veggie (and chicken) plan and I can definitely already feel a difference. It certainly hasn't been easy, by Tuesday evening I was about dying for some damn chips and cheese. I did have to tweak my plan a little because frankly, I was starving. (Ok, maybe not starving, but I was incredibly hungry the first two days). Yesterday I decided to incorporate quinoa into my plan. It's incredibly healthy for you and it gives my fruit and veggies a little more substance. When you work all day then work out at night, you just can't live and fruits and veggies alone. I'm keeping a food journal and will post some of the recipes I've come up with later but here's a list of things I've learned thus far:

-I do actually feel better when I eat healthier. . crazy concept
-I get a much better work out in when I eat something healthy before the gym instead of random junk food
-Produce does not last forever. . and it smells funny when it gets old
-I maybe don't despise cooking as much as I thought
-I suck at cutting up and cooking chicken
-It's a lot easier to clean up the kitchen at the end of the night then to wait till the next day. . or the day after that
-Most farmers markets are only open when I work
-I don't require nearly as much food to function as previously thought

I'll keep ya posted on any new revelations that come to me, and I'll post some of my recipes. I have, surprisingly enough, come up with a few good ones!

Chips and Cheese Intervention

It's been a little while since my last post! I've had lots to say just not any time to say it! And now that I have a few minutes (taking a break from organizing our new office building) I can't really remember all the things I wanted to write about. I did come up with an idea though a few days ago I thought I would share. It came to me after a few too many days of eating and drinking, and eating and drinking, and drinking, and drinking. . . . I think I need a break from eating and drinking.  More or less I need an intervention from my chips and cheese addiction. :) I know my diet is already limited but I've been making horrible food choices lately (yes that is possible to do even when your gluten free) and frankly I've kind of felt like crap. Not the kind of crap I feel like when I eat gluten but just the lazy, 'I'd rather watch TV and eat chips and cheese then go for a walk' crap. I decided that starting Monday I'm going to do a 2 week detox type of diet. It's more my own concoction of a detox diet. I'm not a huge fan of the regular ones. While I do understand why people choose to do the detox diets, they aren't all healthy and they seem to be far too extreme. I'm not trying to magically drop a bunch of pounds or change my metabolism or anything, I just need a break from food. I am a huge proponent of taking the time to enjoy your food and of eating as much natural food as you can; neither of which I've done lately. To get myself back on track I'm thinking 2 weeks of almost only fruits and veggies, with some grilled chicken breasts mixed in. I'll either do an all natural cereal for breakfast or 2 eggs then only fruits, veggies, chicken the rest of the day. Of course I will need my coffee but I plan to limit myself to 1 SMALL cup in the morning before I leave the house. I know I have some social engagements coming up too, so instead of completely cutting out alcohol I plan to limit myself to 1 or 2 glasses of wine. I basically just need to get myself back into my groove of eating well and working out and for me, this seems like the best way to do it.  The more fruits and veggies I eat the more I crave them and, likewise, the more chips and cheese I eat the more I crave them, and crave them, and crave them. . .. seriously need an intervention. You should be impressed that am intervention-ing myself and not waiting for the chips and cheese police to take me away. Anyway, that's my plan, guess we will see how it goes!