Oh boy. I can't say that I'm very good either...

G - celery
B - hummus
O - green onions
M - nope
B - nope
S - uh oh....

Yikes. Gotta smarten up! I have tomatoes too. But then it's just rice and I forgot my breakfast fruit - it's sitting on my counter at home...

At least I'm planning to have a guacamole salad for supper though (make guac, add some cherry tomatoes, some red pepper, some red onion and some celery then toss it with some romaine. So tasty!) So that'll increase my G and my O. Still no M or S, though...

Carla, I’m with you. I need to be eating a LOT more greens. Adding huge handfuls of greens to my smoothies is about the only way I seem to be able to get there. I can eat only so big a salad lol. That’s a great idea about dehydrated mushrooms, never thought of that. I did buy some canned ones last week, I figured they would be fine to add to soups and things, to boost up the flavor and nutrition.

Happy Thanksgiving Lia and our other Canadian friends here in the ETL group. Hope you are feeling better soon. How is that chard and beans recipe?

G – greens and amazing grass in my morning smoothie
B – will throw some beans or edamame in my stir-fry
O – in the stir-fry
M – nope
B – frozen mixed berries in the smoothie
S – chia seeds is in the smoothie, cashews

Not a good ETL day overall though. Lunch was sort of skipped just ate some cashews and a couple handfuls of skinny pop. Dinner will be brown rice and a stir-fry of onions, carrots, celery, peppers. Running out of fresh veggies here need to hit the grocery this weekend. I should revisit the blended salad idea for dinners. I really enjoyed those and I can throw sunflower seeds and beans in there too. And I'll be making the lentil stew again this weekend.

Had a rough day at work yesterday and today was better, but I ate crap today. My boss will be out of town tomorrow so I plan to spend the whole day in the office and try to do some catching up. I'm just totally drowning in deadlines and crises right now.

G - veggies on a subway sub, amazing grass shaken with water for breakfast
B - red lentils
O - shallots
M - nope
B - nope
S - nope

I ate 4 small vegan cookies today, and some blue corn chips, and a slice of toast at breakfast (nothing on it). But, dinner I'm making the red lentil cauliflower curry and brown basmati rice, which I will eat for the next few dinners, and then I'll make a batch of the golden lentil stew for the remainder of the week. I need to have stuff prepared or I'm sunk. I did stock up on lots of baby spinach and spring mix, and I have plenty of romaine and fresh parsley, avocados and tomatoes on hand, so I'm going to try blended salads for breakfast and lunch. Even after all these years throwing greens in my smoothies it still amazes me how much you can stuff in the blender!

Hi Terri!!! Glad to see you. That's awesome that the fasting is resolving your symptoms. Can't wait to hear all about your experiences with the program.

Yesterday was a decent GBOMBS day, lots of greens and some berries in a morning smoothie and more greens in a lunchtime blended salad. Leftover red lentil cauliflower curry with brown basmati rice for dinner. Did eat a handful of triscuits. Spent the day in the office and got quite a bit done. Brought home a couple files to work on here at home today.

Today's plan...
G - greens and amazing grass in my smoothie and a blended salad
B - lentils in the curry
O - in the curry
M - nope
B - in the smoothie
S - chia seeds in the smoothie

Also had 1/4 frozen banana and hemp milk in the smoothie, and will throw 1/2 an avocado in the blended salad. I hope to stay 100% on track today, nothing in the house that isn't ETL at this point. The office is where the temptations are, crackers and pretzels and coffee.

Had a good, productive weekend work-wise. My house is still a disaster, but one disaster at a time... one at a time.

That is so cool your chickies are still friendly Carla! I always liked the hens, they were kind of soothing the way they would wander around pecking and clucking. I read an article that you should never kiss your chickens, apparently people are getting salmonella. I confess I will give my cats and dog a kiss on the head sometimes, but I never was tempted to kiss a chicken lol. How is it going with juicing your lunch? I'm sure you will get back on track and take the weight back off. Sometimes a physical warning is good motivation. I've had a few back twinges and pain in my bad ankle lately, and I know that gaining weight is wearing my body down and bringing back some of those old aches and pains that I thought were gone.

Today was a bust ETL wise. I did great for breakfast (smoothie with tons of baby spinach, amazing grass, liquid garlic extract, chia seeds, hemp milk, frozen berries), then lunch was an Amy's Asian Noodles, which is really good but higher in fat. Then I ate some pretzels, some skinny pop, and some baked Lay's. Good grief. I didn't sleep well last night so I was tired and sluggish, and that's always a trigger for me to start scrounging for food to perk me up. I would be better off drinking a lot of water and herbal tea to perk me up. I'm going to bed early tonight. I am just going to have a hummus wrap tonight, but I'll load it up with onion and greens. The starchy carbs are controlling me again, I know that, so I think the best thing would be to completely ban them for a little while to get rid of the cravings.

Wow still a great job with the GBOMBS, Mihani! It's okay that you're not perfect, lol. Still a great effort I am the same as you when I'm tired... it's like that pseudo hangover feeling where you think you should be allowed to eat all the carbs in one day. lol. Hope you're feeling better today.

Carla, I pretty much squealed out loud about your chickens coming up to you!!! Soo cute. Worth the pecking pain, lol. Hilarious Mihani about kissing them too. I feel like that's something I would try and do... I kiss my dog (and dog nephews) like crazy. Just on the head though... their mouths gross me out lol. Too bad about your gallbladder though... its a good motivator though I guess! Are you going to see your doc?

Terri!!! nice to see you! The water fast sounds great, crazy that your symptoms went away! It's a great experiment. How were the others there with you?

I'm in the same boat. I'm pretty much bigger than I've ever been, I don't even feel like myself in my body right now. I feel like I'm finally getting a better relationship with food though, so I'm not sure if it's worth it or not. I'm not binging so much like before, but I don't feel as healthy for sure. I also really want to get in more walking... it seems like one week I'm great, the next week I do nothing lol. Sigh.

Everyone in my office has a cold. It seems like everyone in town actually caught the exact same cold over the weekend! It's not that bad though, and it's motivating me to make yummy flu-fighter smoothies!

How are the efforts at walking more going Lia? Hope you avoid the cold going around. I haven’t got my flu shot yet, last year I had a really bad reaction to it and it scares me now, but I don’t want to get the flu either.

Carla how are you feeling? The ancestry research sounds fun. One of my uncles on my dad’s side has done a fair amount of that and I keep thinking I should ask him for copies of what he has. I have never been on instagram… I’ll have to check it out. I really admire your artwork. You always have so many irons in the fire, I don’t know where you get all the energy!

I am feeling really mentally blah the past few days, tired of work and I don’t feel like doing anything much. I did meet up with the family last night for dinner and drinks, had a nice time with them. I think I need to make exercise a priority, that always helps my energy and focus. Diet has been total crap for two days, need to get back on track and these starchy carbs gotta go. I just can’t control them and have gone way overboard yesterday and today. I did manage to get lots of greens in at least, in between all the pasta and bread lol.