Day 8

Day 8

            Breakfast: Fruit salad filled with blueberries, pineapple, and peaches

            ***We interrupt this broadcast to bring you the farmer’s market update for Saturday***

            We actually went today to the farmer’s market when it was crowded but we survived!! Okay once you get to know me you will realize that I do not do crowds well (I plan grocery, clothes shopping, and most public outings to avoid crowds). I will go on a tirade another day about my dislike of crowds in malls, grocery stores, and in most public settings. Okay so back on track here, we went in and got a number of wonderful        

Our finds

produce items to get us through the weekend and to start our week with. And I was happy to see that peppers, corn, plums, and a variety of other wonderful and tasty of all sorts are finally making their appearances for the season. We purchased white flesh corn, cucumbers, bell pepper , yummy peppers (it’s a really really light yellow bell pepper), lavender colored pepper, tomatoes, and some wonderful and interesting small melons (I will get the name of this type of melon next week and mention it)

Snack: Our introduction to legumes: Banana with natural peanut butter (two teaspoons to start). We wanted to start slow with the legumes. The container of peanut butter states two tablespoons constitutes a serving, but I wanted to wean us back up to the jolt of calories and the heaviness of the product. We also made a point to purchase natural peanut butter (store brand) that was less than two bucks and it consisted of two ingredients (the way it should be) roasted peanuts and salt. It was so hard to stir it up (with the oil settling on the top of the container) the peanut butter. I was really amazed, but I also know it is better for us (the lack of unnecessary ingredients added) and we both enjoyed the taste too so it was a bonus.

Lunch: We had some more legume action. We had black bean with ginger and garlic as a side, sliced tomatoes with Himalayan salt and pepper, and yes you guessed it; corn on the cob. It was an awesome, awesome meal let me tell you.

Snack: We had a handful of red grapes and shared a peach. That was plenty to tie us over until dinner time.

Dinner: Chickpea salad and corn on the cob. It was a wonderful and filling meal and yes I am aware that it was slightly imbalanced. Actually lunch and dinner were both imbalanced by the lack of vegetables. We also had a veggie juice a little later in the evening made from kale, celery, lime, cucumber, and cabbage. We hoped the juice would at least make up for some of the missed vegetables today. We will do better in days to come in regards to consuming what we consider to be a healthy daily amount of fresh produce.

Snack: There was a serving of the apple pear bake left and we each had a cup of white tea with sour wood honey. We are now OFFICIALLY out of white tea and honey. What will we do!!!! I will have to figure it out shortly and get on the ball.

Overall: It was another good day. My spouse simply cannot stop chatting to anyone who will listen how much better we both feel and the results we have experienced too in such a short time. My spouse should be nicknamed Chatty Cathy or Chatty Carl at this point. J  Everyone we know is aware of how much better we feel via the spouse. It is funny and at times boring to hear over and over again but it is also nice as it is a reminder of what we are doing. It also reminds me daily that this is the right decision for us at the right time in our lives.