Day One

We had our first shake Friday night before dinner. I used coconut milk, fresh strawberries and oat bran. It was way too thick.

Saturday was our first real day on the plan. I still had a migraine and I was freaked out about grocery shopping so I called my mom and asked her to go with me. Thankfully she agreed. I told her I'd be over after I ate and got ready. She needed to do the same.

For our breakfast shake I just used milk. The good news is that the shake doesn't taste bad. I was worried about that. I have had lots of shake powders in the past that taste so bad there is no way I can stay on the plan. Then I had my 2 slices of toast. I don't like to cook so I decided to skip the whatever I want part.

Mom & I went to Walgreens because I needed to get vitamins. I thought the supplement replaced the vitamins but it doesn't. The doctor recommended taking a multivitamin and CoQ10. My mom is a distributor for Awareness Life products. She said I should just take their multivitamin. I agreed. Her site is http://www.excellenthealthpast100.awarenesslife.com/ They are about the same price as the Alive vitamins. Then we went to Whole Foods. I was so glad my mom was with me. I was also so glad that I had tried Forks over Knives and the whole vegan thing first. Otherwise this would just have been too much. I walked in and looked at the vegetables and panicked. I said lets just go where my mind is going. We are going to do a lot of walking. I saw the cereal aisle. My husband loves the Nature's Path Organic Flax Plus Multigrain Flakes. It's good. What I love about it is that it doesn't settle in shipping. When you open the box it is filled to the top with cereal so I feel like I'm getting my money's worth. Then we went to look for Chia seeds. They are so expensive! The best deal I found there was 8 ounces for $7. That is nuts! I'm going to have to shop around. 1 by 1 we found almost everything on my list. There are some things I just can't buy organic. Like refried beans. $3 at whole foods vs. 10 for $10 for Rosarita brand at Fry's. I won't buy my produce at a regular grocery store though. There is just too big a difference in quality. We were almost done and I said that I needed mint. My mom asked, "What kind?" I looked at her and said, "That is just mean! There should only be one kind of mint, mom!" She laughed at me and went to look for it. She told me, "Fortunately Whole Foods agrees with you and they only have one kind of fresh mint." That is what I bought.

Later that day I finished my shopping at Fry's, Wal-Mart, Food City and Carniceria Sonora.

For lunch we had a shake with Simply orange/tangerine juice, fiber powder, frozen strawberries, banana and chia. 2 slices of whole grain bread. For our salad I used the one recipe I remembered from the class. I took a slice of tomato and put a slice of goat cheese on top and some mint leaves on top of that and some sea salt. Tasty. 2 of those was enough for me.

Then we took my son, Alex, to the movies for his birthday. We saw Grown Ups 2. It was funny.

For dinner we had the same shake as lunch, 1 slice of bread, a small salad made of spinach, mushroom and artichoke hearts topped with a dressing made of olive oil, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar. A cup of sweet potato soup. Then we had 2 tamales with crema and Tostitos salsa. I could only eat one. I gave the other one to Alex. Then we had a single scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream. Ok. I was stuffed but it was tasty.

My migraine just kept getting worse so around 10:30 pm I cheated. I had a bowl of 2 scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream and a slice of cinnamon bread. I felt guilty but satisfied.