Eat to Live Day 7

     This morning I slept in since it was Nathan's turn to wake up with Bella.  She naps at 9am so since I was still in bed, Nathan decided he would just go back to sleep too.  My phone rang at 9:45 and it was work asking if I could come in to help out because there were a bunch of patients.  So I got ready, weighed in & I lost 1/2 lb from yesterday, then went straight to work.  Therefore, I didn't eat any breakfast! I only needed to stay a couple of hours, so I was back home at 1:30 and that's when I ate lunch.  This was the first time I was genuinely super hungry and wanted to just quickly make a bowl of cereal or a pb&j.  BUT I didn't and luckily I had washed all my salad yesterday and had it in those nice jars ready to go! I just had to wash my fruit and add the toppings. 


Lunch: A strawberry, blueberry, & spinach salad topped with mixed seeds/nuts and balsamic vinegar.

Later that afternoon we needed to make a trip to Walmart for a few items including Nathan's "normal" food... a warning to anyone wanting to try this diet - DO NOT GO TO WALMART! lol  Literally everywhere I looked were these awful processed (aka delicious and tempting) foods! hahaha  It was very strange for me because I used to spend a good 5-10 minutes picking out Healthy Choice dinners or Smart Ones but this trip I grabbed a couple bags of frozen fruit and I was out of there! We spent way too much money, as usual, because Walmart has this weird way of just emptying your pockets...

Afternoon Snack: Plain Black bean chips (which are better because they don't have any flavoring/extra ingredients) with Jalapeno Hummus which was very good! Just the right amount of spice!

Dinner: I was originally going to make Dr. Fuhrman's recipe for Veggie Pizza but I looked it up too late and realized it was going to take about 40 minutes and I was hungy NOW soooooooooo I went fridge diving and found this package of "BBQ pulled shreds" that I got at Whole Foods last week.  It's meatless and made out of soy/grains??? or something like that...Nathan and I still aren't sure exactly what it is BUT we can both agree that it tastes GOOD!  I heated up a whole grain pita pocket and stuffed it with the bbq mixture while Nathan just put his on sandwich bread w/some mayo. 

 

It was very satisfying and we agreed that if someone would have cooked this and told us it was just pulled pork, we wouldn't have questioned them while eating it.  The only reason someone may not like this is if they over-thought it while eating it, because you know it's not meat which is kind of weird when you're chewing it so you CAN'T overthink it. lol I would definitely buy this again and it really went great in the pita pocket. (Oh and this definitely wasn't on the Eat to Live plan because I'm sure the bbq sauce was full of sugar!)

Dessert: A cup of yummy watermelon! Princess obviously knows what's up!

I can honestly say I'm enjoying eating this way because I can definitely tell my stomach has shrunk, I get full so much quicker and I don't crave anything bad for me! That's not to say I won't dive into a peanut butter sandwich in a couple days but I intend to continue eating mostly vegan from here on out. I still haven't had any meat this week and I'm not missing it yet!  I'll probably eat vegan like 80-90% of the time and then if we are eating out or for a special occasion I will eat dairy or meat.  This has been such an eye opening experience for me and it's like some kind of switch flipped during this week and I all of  sudden stopped craving all the bad foods and I actually desired to put healthy things in my body.  Now don't get me wrong, if you put a donut in front of my face I'm going to want to eat it! lol  BUT I don't have a desire to go searching for a donut to satisfy some sort of sugar craving.  Dr. Fuhrman is right about filling your body with nutrient-rich foods and it causing your body to demolish those bad cravings. 
Tomorrow will be the official weigh in day for the "7 day crash diet" but of course I'm not stopping there.  I'll continue to blog now and again about my progress but it won't be daily menus like this week.  It's been fun though!!! Can't wait to see how I'm going to feel in a few weeks!