Sunday - Day 2

Day 2 has come to an end!  Second day of more food prep for the week, which did not allow me as much time as I would have like for my photography and reading.  To be honest, food prep has become time consuming for awhile now.  More on that later, but for as much as I put in yesterday I was looking forward to a more laid back day.

Preparing meals in our kitchen is a joint effort. I cook all our meals from scratch seven days a week. Bill cleans the dishes!!  What an arrangement. We don’t eat out a lot and when we do it is not fast food.  So here on this Sunday morning I cooked two meals. We usually have Pamela's grain free pancakes (using raw milk and pastured eggs) on Sunday so I made them for Bill with caramelized peaches. I made myself the morning SP shake and a vegetarian dish. 

MORNING SHAKE

We then went to church and for a minute I had to consider if I was going to continue receiving communion during this time.  I go to Mass 4-5 times a week, and communion hosts are not gluten free, and eating gluten  is not suggested in this program.  Well it only took a moment to know that not receiving communion is non-negotiable. Faith rules here!

Before starting this 21-Day journey I looked up other’s blogs on it. This is not the first time taking a food journey. I hesitate to call it a diet because “diets” have a bad rap. In January 2018, my husband, Bill, and I did a Daniel Fast with yoga (biblically based) for the whole month. The following January we did an “elimination diet” both with success. We didn't starve and we didn't lose a truckload of weight, however, we both felt more energized. Each day I will post the journey from sunrise to sunset, post what I ate (and if I didn't like it I will say so), as well as any physical areas I wish to mention.  

Meals for Sunday, August 15:

BREAKFAST

SHAKE: 2 T Whey Pro Complete with 8 oz hemp milk, fresh peach and lavender flowers. I had looked for cardamom, but I must be out, so I grabbed some lavender flowers and threw them in the Ninja. This was really good!! The lavender really complimented the peaches. 

BREAKFAST: Using 1T of olive oil (always organic, cold pressed) I sautéed a large cippolini onion, green string beans and another peach. Yum.

MID-MORNING SHAKE:  2 T Whey Pro Complete with 8 oz Califia Farms coconut milk with a frozen banana and a tsp. of cinnamon and a 1/2 scoop of Garden of Life Collagen with Peptides.  A note:  I take collagen peptides every morning in warm water before I start my day. I've tried many ways to take it, but this is consistently easiest and there is no hit in mix.  However, since I only take 10 grams a day, I will also add another 1/2 scoop to other meals like sauces, soups and now smoothies. 

LUNCH: Chioggia beets (steamed) over arugula, cucumber, sunflower seeds, olive oil and some wild rice.  A note:  Rice is not on the acceptable food list to eat for several reasons, however, wild rice is not rice.  Wild rice is not a grain; it is the seed of native North American long-grain marsh grass. It is a healthy mix of fiber and protein.  

LUNCH

SUPPER

SUPPER: Very simple - sautéed shallots with broccoli and a sweet potato topped with Kerry Gold butter and cardamom (stopped at store while out for afternoon walk). While not a high source of protein, the health benefits of both these vegetables are a powerhouse of nutrition. Broccoli is an excellent source of calcium and vitamin K, and shallots, like onions, are a pre-biotic. And sweet potatoes are high in potassium as well as other essential bone building minerals and vitamins.  

“Potassium neutralizes acid in your body that can leach calcium out of your bones. One delicious way to get some of both of those nutrients is by eating a baked medium-size sweet potato with no salt, which has 31 milligrams of magnesium and 542 milligrams of potassium.“ (web MD)