(personal/health) Day 1 of the 21-day Sugar Detox

So, today’s blog post (and the posts for the next 3 weeks) are going to be heavy on food and health things.  Be warned.

 

I’ve decided that I’m going to do a 21-day challenge to myself of eating mostly Paleo (I say mostly, because I’m not giving up rice or potatoes yet.  I need to make sure that if my Crohn’s decides to act up, I have some bland foods I can revert to.).  No gluten, no wheat, very little additional sugar.  Lots of fresh foods.  No real processed food.  No fast food.  Not a lot of dairy.

 

I hear the first 7 days are the hardest.  I have GF bread and English muffins.  I have fresh fruit and veggies in my fridge.  I have corn tortillas and fresh eggs.  I’m going to bake tomorrow (yay, paleo brownies!).  I’m also going to be documenting my days here, so people can see what I’m doing.

 

Why am I doing this?  Because I’m not rebounding as quickly as I want to from my hospitalization.  I just had to talk to my doctor, and we extended my part-time working for another 2 weeks.  Also, I’m looking to get myself healthy, and with everything I’ve been experiencing, I know that even though I LOVE bread/pastries/pasta, it doesn’t love me.  I can’t eat it anymore.  I’m not Celiac, but I do have some sort of gluten sensitivity.

 

So, I weighed in this morning at 277.4 lbs.  I’m going to be weighing in on Thursdays for the blog, and we’ll see how this works.  Breakfast this morning was 2 pieces of the potato crust quiche I made on Monday, and a cup of tea.  Lunch is going to be mushroom-stuffed chicken and broccoli and bacon, and unsweetened iced tea.  Dinner is egg salad sandwiches with broccoli slaw (my new favorite sandwich stuffing).  Snacks include cherries, strawberries, homemade guacamole with tortilla chips, banana blueberry muffins and bananas.

 

Also, I’ll be posting my menus each day, so you can see what I’m eating.  And if you decide to try eating like this, let me know!  I’m always looking for folks to help me out!

Originally published at The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford. You can comment here or there.

(writing) Leveled up! Day 25 is in the books

Yesterday, I hit Level 3 in the Magic Spreadsheet.  This means that my new word count goal for the day is 350 words, and that I am chugging along.  The first Pendragon novella is at a little over 14k, and is coming along nicely. I’m thinking it will probably top out at 25k, which is great.  I can’t wait to share it with you guys!

 

Today’s wordcount was 445, and I did it in about 45 minutes.  Writing in the morning is working out well.  No darlings today, but I’ll be sharing more in the days coming.

 

Now, time for lunch and getting ready for work.  Have a good day, folks!

 

Originally published at The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford. You can comment here or there.