When I started this vegetarian thing I thought I’d do it for a month for Kerrie, but there was no way I was going to do this forever. I mean…BACON, CHICKEN, HAM and TURKEY Paninis! Come on, am I really supposed to give up those things for the rest of my life? But today when my son-in-law asked me how I felt I realized something. I feel good. Really good. Sure, I still have a whole lot of weight to lose, but I actually feel good. I sort of accepted the idea that I was going to live in pain for the rest of my life. Some part of my body has hurt for the past, probably 1 to 2 years. I’ve gone to doctors to see if they could help. I found out the varicose vein I knew I had really needed to be taken care of. I had it zapped. (That’s what they do now, they used to rip them right of you, now they stick a wire into your leg, heat up the wire and kill the vein and it just sort of dissolves, anyway, I had that done.) But the leg kept hurting. All the doctors said the other pains I had were probably stress related. That’s doctor speak for: “I really don’t know what’s wrong with you.” I chalked it up to age. Now I know it’s only been a week, but if a week of this vegetarian thing can make me feel this good, I don’t know that I want to go back. I have a big salad bowl I made a long time ago. On the rim of the bowl I painted: Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels. I think I’ll make another one only this one will say: No meat tastes as good as feeling good feels.
Wednesday – 20 Min. 1 mile on the elliptical
- Breakfast – An orange, whole grain toast and 1 cup of coffee.
- AM Snack – 1 hard boiled egg, 2 small pita pockets and guacamole/humus
- Lunch – Grits and cheese. (Oh come on, I was hungry and busy and tired and I opened the fridge and could hear them softly calling my name, "Sherry," they whispered, "Sherry, we're still in here."
- PM Snack – an apple and ¼ cup peanuts and almonds
- Dinner – Tofu, bean, cheese, sweet pepper and onion burrito. (And I only had one!)
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