Hi Kelly,
Well thank you and congratulations to you too! We can do this. The farmer market helps a lot. We are fortunate enough to have a large market near by so we go to vegetable market all year long. The produce quality is so much better at the market than in regular grocery store and selection is so much wider! But food is summer is so much better, fresher, bigger, more colorful etc....
Okay, I have been watching video presentations online from dr. Michael Greger. I love this guy! In his Review of 2009 talk he talked about potatoes being not so great. Suggested sweet potatoes. Very interesting.
I don't think I can do MM. Even if you can eat as much as you can, the diet is too restrictive it makes me feel hungry and deprived and that is because I would rather be hungry than eat the same at dinner!! Maybe I can do this once or twice a week but not any days in a row. I have also decided to add some natural fat to my salads such as very little avocado or tofu. I love them and enjoy them better this way. We will see how this goes.
Review of yesterday:
B: brown rice w apple sauce, orange if any
L: white bean soup w leftover veggies, bowl of brown rice, steamed cabbage
D: baked beans (grab some beans from the soup and put some maple syrup), wild rice, KALE salad w 1/4 of avocado, steamed cabbage
Actuals:
B: same - except for apple sauce baby's banana
L: dark rye veggie sandwich (lettuce tomato, lettuce, cucumbers, olives), couscous salad (couscous, tons of parsley (the salad was mostly green), chickpeas, very little or no oil (couldn't taste any!) (lunch out)
D: baked beans as above, kamut puffs w orange juice and banana
Later last night:
2 glasses or red wine, 3 handfuls of potato chips
Today I don't have a plan, but I will try to eat as pure and as healthful as possible.