Day 3 of the Fast... and other things.

I know it's a little late, but I might as well say a little something about the 3rd and last day of my fast.  Honestly, it went well.  It wasn't hard on me at all, because I was used to not eating whole food.  I had a good outlook on things, etc.  The acne finally came...  the day after the fast was over...  so I'm not sure if that had to do with the detox as much as it had to do with my cycle... who knows.  The actual "goings on" for day 3 are pretty non-existant.  I ended the day with an oriental chicken salad (I really wasn't going to eat the chicken; THAT was for my mom and mikey, but I let it get the best of me.

So, the POINT of the whole fast was to get me ready for healthier eating.  I plan on having MANY more vegetables in my diet and a LOT less meat...  I want to start shopping locally for any meat that we do eat.  I feel great, and I look good, I think.  I just fit better into my clothes, and I feel better about myself.  For those who are wondering (because I know you're out there), I lost about 4 pounds doing the fast.    I feel like I lost about 10.  I just feel lighter.  My head feels clearer.  I'm happier all the way around. 

I'm currently reading a book called The Garden of Eating: A Produce Dominated Diet and Cookbook by Rachel Albert-Martesz.  And, while looking the name of that book up online, I just realized they have a website as well.  I'm excited to check it out.  I already took a break to start looking over the blog there, and it looks great.  In any case, this book is a "cookbook" of sorts.  It's very large, and it's going to take me a while to read, especially considering the fact that it's getting down to the wire on my classes, and I won't have much time to read ANYTHING but my school books.  When I picked it up, honestly I thought I was going to get "vegetarian, vegetarian, vegetarian" pushed down my throat.  I believe that there is a reason we are meat-eaters...  but that's a discussion for another time.  In any case, I thought I'd just skim through all of that, take it with a grain of salt, and get to the recipes...  because that's what I'm after. Recipes that involve more vegetables.  But, after reading the first 10 pages or so, I realize that's not at all what it is.  This woman supports a meat-eating lifestyle, as long as it's not making up the majority of your diet, and as long as it's from local grass-fed farms.  Makes sense.  I hope to try out her setup eventually.  For now, though, I hope to just use some of her recipes to keep me eating healthier.  Again, my motto has seriously become "one thing at a time". 

That's that in my world of food.  Not much else to say at this moment in that arena.