kinda strange...

Okay, so I'm on day 7 of my diet.  Started my morning with the fresh lemon juice (half a lemon)/olive oil in warm water chased by about 2 ounces of orange juice (for the liver/gallbladder cleanse I am doing next week)...yuck LOL.  


Jamie got here by 7:15 and we went walking, I guess close to 3 miles cause it took about an hour or close to it.  By the time we were done, my right foot (the one I broke in 2002) was throbbing.  Not good.  But, I'm glad we even made it cause even an hour later, I checked the temperature:  at 9:30 it was already 87 degrees with a heat index of 94!  Right now, it is 11:30 and the temperature is 94 degrees and feels like (heat index) 102!  UGH!!!  Kenny and I both want to move so badly!  


Finally think we found the perfect place to move:  Sonoma County, CA.  Perfectly fine with me!  But, I digress...


I have discovered since I changed my eating habits, that the first 6 days of it, I was absolutely STARVING within an hour of drinking my green smoothie.  Not today.  I drank my strawberry/banana green smoothie around 9:30'ish.  It is now just after 11:30 and I still don't feel very hungry.  I wonder if my body is adjusting?  Anyways, I'm sipping on my big ol' mug of ice water and not even hungry for my apple, a salad, or anything for that matter.  If it stays like this, I don't think I'll have anymore problems with eating healthy! 


Those first 3-4 days were absolute hell trying to get past the cravings and addictions!  Didn't think I'd get enough to eat I was so hungry, I had been used to having a glass of sweet tea for lunch AND dinner, not to mention coffee (with sugar and creamer) or red bull in the morning, maybe a bagel, a sandwich at lunch...now I'm drinking a large green smoothie for breakfast (about a cup and a half of spinach in it with 2 bananas and about 5 or 6 large strawberries), a salad for lunch, apple for snack in the morning (well, not today), about 1-2 tablespoons of seeds or a handful of almonds for afternoon snack, and a regular cooked dinner (yesterday was baked chicken with red potatoes marinated and cooked in Greek vinaigrette).  I'm feeling great!


Tonight, yes, it is a regular dinner for us:  whip up the boneless skinless chicken breast (diced into bite sized pieces) in olive oil, a clove or 2 of garlic, and Italian seasoning, then tossed in with angel hair pasta and a little spaghetti sauce (unless I can find a different recipe), and frozen whole green beans lightly steamed.  Would love to find something else besides spaghetti sauce.  I'm finding I can do this and am starting to feel REALLY good!