Apparently, that run took more of my energy than I thought, because I’ve been more or less brain dead for the past three days, sleeping more and forgetting entirely to post. With the exception of a zesty, asian-inspired buckwheat noodle dish (I know purists, that there is a small amount of gluten in these noodles, so put a sock in it), it’s been a fair amount of re-working, re-using, or re-tweaking the previous weeks menu items.
The diet has settled in, and aside from the random craving (usually for sweet baked goods or cured pork) I’m not having too hard a time abiding by the guidelines. I will say that, as an experiment, it works fine, but if there was no return to dietary normalcy in my near future, I’d have downed a burger or a few slices of pizza weeks ago. With just a few days to go, and only a few small dairy or gluten based breaches, I feel as successful as I hoped I’d be when starting this project (and shame on you if you thought I wouldn’t make it out of the first 72 hours). The really hard bit is needing to plan ALL of your meals in advance. No grabbing a quick lunch, no impromptu beer with the boys, no (shudder) beer, pizza and football on Sundays. I like to decide on lunch at the last possible minute, like while I’m walking down the street, so the concept of brown bagging it everyday is just painful to me. And despite the blog, several morose Facebook updates about starving myself and my constant complaining, some folks keep inviting me to drinks, dinners, bull roasts and the occasional wild boar hunting expedition. Really sad about missing that last one, does the season extend beyond next Tuesday???
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