Election Day, and I’m a little nervous. My vote was cast a week ago so I don’t have to go to the polls today, just sit back and watch. Depending on how it goes, my biggest challenge today will be not having a drink.
My in-laws are in town. They came in last night at about 11:30 PM. I was really tired from being up with my son the night before so I went to bed around 8:30. Still didn’t have a great night’s sleep because my husband was up and down all night - hopefully he’s not getting what my son had because he has somewhat major surgery scheduled for tomorrow and I’m not sure they’ll do it if he’s running a fever. I ended up getting out of bed at about 5:00 and going downstairs to cut up some carrots and wash some grapes.
I looked at my list of foods yesterday and it really looks like I ate a lot. Our grocery bills are definitely going to go up for a while as we experiment. One recipe I tried last night went immediately into the trash - it was a “taco mush” thing that was supposed to maybe mimic the idea of taco meat. It really wouldn’t have been bad except that I think it called for way too much olive oil. I’m not a fan of olive oil’s taste anyway but this was just gross. A cup of raw almonds and a cup of raw walnuts … straight into the trash. I’ll try again another time, maybe with a milder oil.
I think our expenses will even out though. Much of the reading I’ve done suggests that people who make this shift tend to do exactly what we’re doing - dive in and try to mimic the stuff they’ve been used to eating. Eventually when their buds change and they’re in the habit, they just start eating mostly unprepared stuff, and a lot less of it. We shall see.
12:15 - Oh dear heavens, I am stuffed. I can’t possibly eat another bite, and I’m only up to the carrot in the list. I brought a big thing of salad (romaine today, not spinach - I really don’t like uncooked spinach and have no idea how long it will take to get over that aversion) and still have some of that chocolate pudding but can’t even entertain the thought of eating either at the moment.
1:30 - I am not stuffed anymore, but I now know why I was … nothing was digesting at all. I fear I have fallen to whatever’s going around our family. I can cross off most of what I ate today now …
Foods eaten:
- 2 cups grapes
- 3 bananas
- 1 cup not raw wasabi peas
- 1/2 cup not raw homemade hummus
- 1/2 orange bell pepper
- 4 cucumber slices
- 3 radishes
- 1/2 carrot
7:30 - Going to bed. Anyone who knows me knows that tonight of all nights I wanted to stay up, but I couldn’t do it. I asked a friend to text me when/if Obama hit 270 electoral votes.
9:09 - (but written November 5th) Received the text message. Smiled and went back to sleep.
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