After Two Weeks

Honestly, I feel great. I mean, I still have major stress and anxiety (as evident by my constant dreaming of missing a flight) as I finish up my first quarter of grad school but other than that, health wise, I feel really great.

I love the food we are eating, even if things aren't very adventurous right now. Like, last night we had a serving of brown rice, ground turkey, and a couple of veggies. But, hey, like I said, I'm right in the middle of grad school final paper writing hell.

Actually, it has been a little challenging to get all the food you need to eat in a day, in! But, I don't feel agitated (outside of school and life stress) anymore, nor do I feel like I could eat my arm. I don't feel bloated or stuffed. My skin has improved. My chest doesn't hurt like it had been occasionally.

I feel trimmer. My sweatshirt goes all the way down to my groin now where before it stopped at the belly part of my lower stomach area. I feel less tired during the afternoons (I loved those 2-3pm afternoon naps but don't seem to even think about them right now). I probably need better and more sleep at night but otherwise, I am feeling so much better.

Food prep helps with having lots of options right inside the fridge. It also helps not having anything tempting around.

I do still miss popcorn and will add it at least a few nights a week as a carb after this first 21 days.

Hopefully the scale and measuring tape will also report such good news.

Overall, I highly recommend this. It feels easy enough to live with and my taste buds seem to have improved as well. Is that even possible? Like, food just tastes better...even without all the salt and butter or oil I used to add to stuff. Maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know.

I like eating lean. I like eating smaller portions. I like eating whole grains and NOTHING with preservatives. I love having REAL maple syrup instead of using sugar free syrup because it was lower in points and because we shouldn't be having so much sugar. instead, I just use a teaspoon. I don't feel deprived one bit. And, like last night when I had a sliced up apple, a teaspoon drizzle of honey, and 1 tsp of mini chocolate chips as my dessert, I was shocked at how much a teeny tiny teaspoon of chocolate chips really was!!!

Look, I want to live longer and healthier for sure. I don't want to be saddled with a bunch of medical problems and medications. And if this is the road, well, I'll drive it then.