perfect 10 update

hullo!

having a good day today.

i have the evening off so i get to make dinner for that cute husband of mine

before i have to work 6 nights in row

then it's time for a weekend trip home!

gosh, i can't wait to see all my family.

(ps... "family" being both of ours... i love them each so, so much)

so this perfect 10 book...

i'm not 100% sold on everything. i'm only still reading through the early stages of the book.... and i'd like to do more research on it all (maybe i should call doctor oz to see what he thinks... i trust him with my life, haha!) but i am buying into the whole natural deal. i would like to stop being scared of fat... this idea has definitely been circulating for some time... all of the nonfat products they fed us ended up being hydrogenated or loaded with high fructose corn syrup, which we now know is killer and contributed to diabetes earlier and earlier in life.

the first step (one that scares the crap outta me) for me personally was to switch from nonfat to whole. i must admit, i was terrified. i love whole milk cappucinos... but when you compare nonfat to whole as far as calories and fat are concerned, it's like the end of the world. one thing i understood right away is that moderation is key. of course it isn't ideal to consume 3 cups of whole milk a day. why not try 1 or 1.5. some days i wasn't even consuming milk... instead i'd eat foods that were heavily processed (like breakfast sandwiches) and had double the fat of a glass of milk anyway. now that i'm trying to cut out that processed food i have room for a little more fat. i definitely want to see where this leads me. a co-worker of mine told me he'd had some blood work done recently. his doctor determined he had a vitamin D defiiciency and put him on a vitamin D supplement and told him to start drinking whole milk. that's another idea the author of the perfect 10 diet talks about: the nutrients we lose when we take the fat out of our foods. so of course if i gain 15 lbs or something i'll stop drinking the milk. obviously, that wouldn't be healthy. but again, i would like to see where this takes me. maybe... just maybe... i'll feel better through the extra vitamin D my body has trouble absorbing just solely through a supplement. maybe i'll feel fuller longer. i'm keeping a little food journal to see where i'm at in a couple of weeks. oh, and sugar and i are going to end our love affair if it kills me. i haven't had a pastry in several days and that, folks, is an accomplishment.

today has been awesome so far. i had some ezekiel toast with an egg fried in butter (not canola oil spray). i had a yogurt, banana, berry smoothie (that, i had to use nonfat for.. husband's not going for the whole milk idea as of yet... so that's what i have at home). for my first 10 minute break i had 1/4 cup of oatmeal with about 1/6 cup of whole milk, a few almonds, cinnamon, agave nectar. that was awesome. then for my lunch break, i had a kashi cereal with 1/2 cup of whole milk. of course, the menu for dinner consists of chicken soft tacos, zatarans rice, and corn... and tomorrow i plan to make a soup with a bunch of canned ingredients... but i'm making smaller strides that i think might count at the end of the day.

i really want to feel better. i want to have more energy. and i don't want to be addicted to foods that jack my hormones all up.

so there it is in a nutshell.