So About That Eating Lifestyle

Thank you all so very much for the warm welcome for Chino!  He has seriously made our lives exponentially happier since we got him and I so appreciate your kind words.



Now onto more trivial issues....When we came back from our vacation I went all hippie with my eating.  I did food combining, blood type diet, kicked caffeine, chocolate, and gluten.  I even successfully went vegan for a week.  This weekend I caught a flu that knocked me on my behind and felt like I was dragged face down in the gravel for several miles.  I enjoyed my first latte in 6 weeks because I needed it and it knocked my socks off.  It was like angels came down from the heavens and I was surrounded by rainbows and unicorns.



I want to be honest with you guys, so here goes.  So why the sudden change of heart?  I don't think my lifestyle is sustainable and it's a little too limiting.  Husband certainly feels the same way.  I was having a hard time feeling satisfied with not being able to eat foods that I have eaten for years and it's honestly not very practical.  Chicken soup was off limits for my cold and I needed ginger ale so that I could calm my stomach, so that was that.  I haven't completely fallen off the track, but I'm going back to 80% on hippie crazy diet and 20% off hippie crazy diet.  I will continue to follow the following guidelines:


LOTS of fruits and veggies (duh)
Limit my processed foods and refined sugar intake
Drink lots of green tea and indulge in coffee on the weekends
Make dessert special- either homemade or OMG-I-just-died-and-went-to-Godiva-heaven-amazing
Explore different sources of protein (quinoa, millet, veggies, and some soy)
Eat organic dairy and goat's milk dairy when I want it
Limit gluten consumption to worth-it items
If I want it, I'll eat it

I am still holding out on chocolate until my birthday (1 more week!) and I haven't really indulged in anything ridiculous since I've been a little under the weather.  But come the 28th, all chocolate bets are off.



So that's all.  I don't feel guilty or bad, just normal and that's OK with me.



And since I can't fathom a single thought without thinking about my fluffy creature, here is my prince training me this weekend:





XOXO