So you wanna play mind games? Well that's fine, go ahead, lalala, I can't hear you.

I mean't to post yesterday, I really did, but a 20 page final paper for a sociology class reared its ugly, MLA formatted head and demanded my attention. I won't let it happen again, I promise.

As promised, I went to two different health food stores on Thursday. Wow. Have you ever been to a health food store? Its a new experience. Firstly, both stores that I went to had supplement sections that were equal in size to the grocery section. They sell every powder, pill, poultice or potion you ever need that will do everything from provide a multivitamin to make your toenails grow faster. Amazing. The employees were sweet and caring and wanted to help me find things in their store... it was weird. Secondly, everything costs about 3 times as much as the products that you buy at the regular grocery store. The consumer in me is dying to go and buy as many products I can at Ralphs and compare my receipts. That is the plan for next monday. I shall report my findings then.

So, I have been on this new diet for 2 days now, and I have learned several things.

1. Eating this way takes way more effort than the way I used to eat. Today I spent an hour and a half preparing my snacks and dinner for tonight. What took so long? Chopping vegetables! Man. Halfway through I felt like calling my nutritionist and telling her that I'm going to charge her by the hour for meal prep-time. 

2. I'm going to screw up a lot. Not intentionally. Not in the "screw it, I have to have a chocolate chip cookie, right now!" kinda way. In the oops, I didnt know that, kinda way. 1st screw up was yesterday, when I ate Salsa Verde on my blue corn tortilla chips. I thought since it had no tomatoes in it, I would be ok, but, alas, as I have learned, both tomatillos and jalapenos belong to the nightshade family. Additionally, I bought some "Veggie slices" on the doctor's recommendation, and I actually enjoyed them. My friend Lesley was nice enough to point out that the cheese might have yeast in it, and sure enough, they have something called "Yeast extract (inactive)" in them. I'm not positive this is a problem, but I plan to call the nutritionist to get yelled at on monday.

3. I hate raisins and jicama. Everything else has been ok so far, but these foods are intolerable. Also, gluten-free granola tastes like plastic and nail polish remover.

4. Celery tastes way better if you remove the strings. I'm not lying. You gotta try it.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the week, to see how it goes. I wish that I could report a miraculous cure for all my ailments already, but, its way to soon. If anything, my pain is worse today. Something interesting did happen though. The last time I tried to detox from caffeine, I went into withdrawals like a heroin addict. Excrutiating headache, shaking, chills, vomiting... it was so fun. I haven't given caffeine up all together, but today I only had 57mg, which is like, less than a quarter of what it usually is and yet, nothing!

Today's stat's:
5'10'' tall
Pain: 8
Weight: I haven't weighed myself. I'm playing a mind game. I'm not weighing in until my next appointment on January 2nd.
Caffeine: 57mg

 

In case you're curious, this was my dinner for tonight. Its rice noodles, green beans, carrots, bean sprouts, and onions with tofu. It was actually quite good!

 

Credit for my title goes to: The Barenaked Ladies