Day 18 -
I know that the majority of my post here have been...well, lets say full of complaints and misery...but honestly if i can;t complain to you, who can I complain to? And well I have made the past 18 days out to be a living hell, it hasn't been that bad. Don;t get me wrong, it's by no means been peaches n' cream nor would willing accept this challenge again anytime in the near future, but I have learned a shitload about my body and the way it interacts with different foods. And that knowledge has been worth every second of misery!
Day 19-
I decided to head home to Connecticut for the Easter Holiday to get a little R&R and spend some quality time with the fam. I am convinced that my parents listened to nothing I have said about the past 18 days of my life because i am engulfed with temptation. I am being serious when I tell you that my house is filled food that could send me off the deep end in a heartbeat! My Mom was delighted to tell me that she was making one of my favorite dinners...spaghetti..."yea Mom, I don't eat pasta"...and she had baked me her delicious homemade brownies..."yea mom, I can't eat brownies"...and my Dad had bought an entire case of our favorite wine for dinner..."yea Dad, I'm not drinking wine." Fuck me, I am such a buzz kill!
Day 20 -
What can I say, I am completely spoiled by Mom's home cooking. And while some of her best work is "off-the-charts" illegal for my style of eating right now...no matter what she whips up, it is pretty damn good! I've tried to convert my family to Paleo...but they still look at me like I have 10 heads when I talk to them about it. Let's be honest, I feel borderline weird eating around my friends and quite frankly even eating in public...but at home, the safest place in the world, you'd think i'd have the support of my family...NOPE, WRONG ANSWER! Yesterday my sister saw contact solution in my bathroom (it wasn't mine it was left there by a friend of mine). Knowing that I have 20/20 vision and no need for the solution, she reasonably deduced that I must have found some new way to ingest/eat/drink contact solution to help improve upon my diet....SERIOUSLY?? Am I really off my rocker that much....???
Day 21 -
Easter dinner was delightful! Finally by day 3 of being home, my Mom was able to pick up on my quirky and impossible eating habits and prepared an awesome and completely legal Easter dinner. Thanks Mom!
Day 22 -
I am entering into the home stretch boys and girls! I can honestly say that I am feeling rather accomplished for fighting off a weekend long of temptations (including a late night fiending for some ice cream that honestly almost picked my ass up out of bed and drove me to WAWA). Woke up this morning feeling incredibly refreshed and rejuvenated! I am ready to attack the last 8 days of this challenge...watch out meat, eggs, and vegetables...HERE I COME!