Day 5

Well, I'm five days in now, and doing a little better. I had intended to post daily, but the week has been very hectic. It's hard for me to get on a schedule, because after almost two years, I've started back to work and am trying to get back on this diet again as well, and I have a few other things on the back burner as well, so it's kind of a lot to deal with all at once. I wish I was one of those people that could just jump into something and run with it, but I'm not. I have to ease myself in. Wednesday was my second day and after being up all night dealing with some family problems, I was exhausted and had nothing to eat that was allowed on my diet, so I decided to take the day off from work. (I'm very lucky that my schedule is flexible and I'm allowed to do so) I drank my mixture of apple cider vinegar and honey, a cup of tea, which didn't wake me up at all...nor did it take away my headache which had been just quietly hanging around the front of my head since the previous morning. I took sone Advil, and downed a shot of espresso-sans sugar. This helped a little. Then, I made some boiled eggs and ate them with a little bit of cultured veggies that we had bought at the store a LONG time ago. They were still good,of course, because the cultures keep them from spoiling, but they weren't very tasty. I prefer to make my own. In any case, I was fed and alert enough to do my shopping. Off I went traveling around town to my favorite markets that I had shopped at the last time I was on this diet, and as I went I started remembering all the things I used to eat. I bought coconut oil and ghee, almonds, sunflower seeds, lots of vegetables-especially carrots, because I remembered that I used to juice them with some ginger and it made a nice drink that would diminish my sugar cravings, because on this diet, you will have sugar cravings! I never had much of a sweet tooth, so I didn't think I would ave a problem, but we don't realize how much sugar we actually consume until we make a point to cut it out of our diets! I bought fresh meats,lemons, avocados,blueberries and raspberries herbal teas, millet, amaranth (I already had quinoa at home), Ezekiel sprouted gain (flourless) bread, which contains some grains which are not really allowed on the diet, but again, I have to ease myself in, and this bread is very nutritious. I also got the Ezekiel cereal and some almond & rice milk-again, not exactly within the parameters, but getting there. Its important for me to have something to eat in the morning that's quick and easy until I can get back into the habit of preparing everything that I need. After a long day of shopping, reading labels and transitioning my brain to think about food in this different way, I was extremely tired. I went home and took a little rest. Then I prepared a dinner of tenderloin steak and steamed broccoli with ghee and lots of fresh garlic. As the week has passed, my need for caffeine has diminished somewhat. I'm drinking green tea in the morning now,instead of black,the vinegar/honey mixture followed by a handful of berries(which I'll have to cut out once I get down to the strictest version of the diet). An hour or so later I have sprouted grain toast or cereal and take a boiled egg, turkey sandwich wrapped in lettuce instead of bread, and some almonds to work with me. For lunch at home I had some raw salmon and a salad one day, leftover baked salmon on a salad another day, and today a sandwich of grilled veggies on the sprouted grain bread, and potato soup with a little kimchi that I bought at the store because I haven't gotten around to making my own cultured veggies yet. For dinners always a piece of lean meat or fish, grilled or baked, steamed or sautéed Veggies, a little green salad and now a little kimchi. I'm still feeling tired and sluggish sometimes, but when I do, if I'm home, I just take a quick nap. If I'm not at home, I try to move around a little more to get my blood moving. If none of that works I will have a little bit of coffee...but without the sugar. I know from previous experience that as I detox, I'll go through waves of feeling good, and not so good. I've had headaches and body aches that come and go, but they haven't been too bad yet this time. Maybe because I'm easing into it. I still have a drink or two fairly regularly, but I have switched from beer, wine,whisky or tequila to vodka with grapefruit, lemon or cranberry juice concentrate and stevia, and I don't have more than 2. It's a process, but I'm already starting to feel better...and lighter. I'm going to try to post daily to log what I eat and how I'm feeling. It will be a help to me as I go along, and hopefully it will be a help to some of you trying the body ecology diet to heal your immune system or just looking for a healthier way to eat.