For two days now, I've been parked firmly at 108.4. Not a fluke. The veggies and no-dairy, no-eggy diet (I like to call it vegan with meat) with limited wheat is working. And I've done yoga three times in the last 5 days. So we're making progress here! It's just a shame that the price was not being able to eat every-frickin-thing-that-I-love (mac 'n cheese). I'd really love to have a doughnut every once in a while. And I might kill someone for a Micky D's cheeseburger and fries. But I can have a regular hamburger and fries if I want, and in 3 months, I can even have a cheeseburger maybe once a week. (Having watched Food Inc., however, I might have to make my own burgers in future.)
Oh, and I tried quinoa (pronounced keen-wah for all the Safeway employees who had no idea what I was talking about last weekend). And it is good! I like it even better than rice and will be making it lots in future. Made some with my own apricots (yeah -- the trees are finally paying off!) and almonds. I've got to develop some favorite recipes, but so far, so good.
Surprises so far:
Tofu is tasty. Yes, I said it. I was always terrified of this strange and crazy health food called tofu and figured it would be awful. Growing up in Kansas, if it wasn't beef with my beloved taters, I didn't know it and I didn't want to know it. (Don't get me started on seafood, most of which I still won't touch. And you can forget sushi -- why would I want to eat it raw, if I won't eat it cooked?) But I've been making a Greek salad with firm tofu that is delicious. You just marinate the tofu in some oil, vinegar and spices and, voila, tasty chunks of tofu that might as well be feta cheese or egg or whatever. I think I'll try a tofu omelet in the near future. I'm missing my eggs.
Earth Balance faux butter. Works and tastes just like butter, but without the dairy/saturated animal fat. I just didn't know. This has been VERY educational.
Toffutti cream cheese. Yep. looks and tastes like regular cream cheese. (Don't get the Tofutti sour cream unless you're cool with some transfat, but the cream cheese doesn't have any transfats.) If I could eat wheat more, I'd have bagels with this cream cheese on them every day.
There are a few restaurants in town where I can eat out and have options. Friend Steve recommended Pita Jungle the other day for dining pre-Chelsea Handler tour. And it was excellent. Hardly any cheese or dairy, beyond some yogurt in sauces, so it was healthy and I could actually eat a lot of it. And I'm going to try a popular vegetarian, dairy-free restaurant in Sedona over Memorial Day weekend -- the Chocolate Tree Cafe. It's supposed to be good -- will let you know how it goes.
Post Script having nothing to do with above:
Holy swimming-pool-features-I-didn't-know-I-had, Batman! I just had the pool guys out to look at the Red Clay Sea next to the deep end of my pool. Now this pool was here LONG before I moved in 21 years ago, and I thought I knew all there was to know about it -- it has expensive in-pool filters that need to be replaced about once every ten weeks, a separate ugly sand filter, a diving board, and a light at the deep end. That's it, right? Wrong. While planting a queen palm poolside last weekend, I encountered serious red slime that used to be desert clay next to the pool. So I called my pool guys, who just left. Turns out that the pipe that was leaking into my soil and using up all my pool water was once part of a solar water hearing system. WTF? I didn't know I ever had that. But wait there's more. On the other side of the pool, we have another tube that was, at one distant and unknown time in the past, used as a self-leveler. NOW, how much would you pay? But my very favorite part? I HAVE A FOUNTAIN SPRAYER FEATURE! Holy cool sprayer feature! And it's a quick, easy fix (because the valve that hasn't been used for 21 years is frozen -- shocker)!!! I'ma be sprayin' up a decorative and refreshing storm at my pool this summer. I frickin' can't believe it -- I have a fountain built into my pool and didn't even know it. I could've been spraying for the last 21 years.
Post Script having nothing to do with above:
Holy swimming-pool-features-I-didn't-know-I-had, Batman! I just had the pool guys out to look at the Red Clay Sea next to the deep end of my pool. Now this pool was here LONG before I moved in 21 years ago, and I thought I knew all there was to know about it -- it has expensive in-pool filters that need to be replaced about once every ten weeks, a separate ugly sand filter, a diving board, and a light at the deep end. That's it, right? Wrong. While planting a queen palm poolside last weekend, I encountered serious red slime that used to be desert clay next to the pool. So I called my pool guys, who just left. Turns out that the pipe that was leaking into my soil and using up all my pool water was once part of a solar water hearing system. WTF? I didn't know I ever had that. But wait there's more. On the other side of the pool, we have another tube that was, at one distant and unknown time in the past, used as a self-leveler. NOW, how much would you pay? But my very favorite part? I HAVE A FOUNTAIN SPRAYER FEATURE! Holy cool sprayer feature! And it's a quick, easy fix (because the valve that hasn't been used for 21 years is frozen -- shocker)!!! I'ma be sprayin' up a decorative and refreshing storm at my pool this summer. I frickin' can't believe it -- I have a fountain built into my pool and didn't even know it. I could've been spraying for the last 21 years.
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