Day 3

So glad to write about a fully successful day on day 3 of our journey.  I had extra encouragement today from my cousin who has been eating healthy for a couple of months now: lost 35 lbs so far and now enjoys vegetables!  He says that the first 2 weeks was extremely hard dealing with cravings, but once that was over it was a breeze and his taste buds even changed! During the first week, he ate grilled asparagus by holding his nose and making faces. Last week, he had grilled asparagus for the first time since and was surprised that he could not eat enough of the stuff! That was enough to get me pumped about dinner tonight!

Breakfast: Smoothie

2 kale

1 cabbage leaf

1/2 banana

mixed berries

1 multi vitamin

Lunch: Spinach and mixed green salad with the pecans and strawberry dressing & vegetable soup

1 1/2 C greens

about 10 pecan halves

3/4 C veggie soup - celery, carrots, onion, and mushroom

Snack: fruit salad

strawberry

orange

apple

blueberry

Dinner: Mixed greens salad with a new dressing I tried tonight & either zucchini and white beans or black bean bundles (I had the zucchini, Alan had the bundles)

1 C greens

1/4 C chopped apples, carrot, red onion

Dressing: balsamic vinegar, dijon mustard, raisins, almond butter, almond milk (Dr. Fuhrman recipe)

3/4 C zucchini, white beans, garlic

3/4 C black beans, avocado, bell pepper, garlic, cilantro, green onion, & lime juice with corn chips

Dessert: Peach slices for me, mixed berry smoothie for Alan

I have to admit that we both feel good to have accomplished today's meals! And you know what, these were all very enjoyable ones!  I hope you had a good day, too.