Well, the first day was…….discouraging at best. This is DEFINITELY a different experience for me. As I have mentioned earlier, I have roller skating lessons on Saturday mornings. Normally my sons come with me but we had a late Friday night so I decided to let them sleep in and go solo. I wanted some fuel in my tank before I left so I fixed myself an almond butter and fruit spread sandwich. I also prepared the waffle batter to be ready for my husband to make breakfast when everyone else awoke.
As I was preparing the batter, my son woke up, rubbed the sleep from his eyes and informed me that it was time for our skating lesson. Dang! I didn’t know they actually looked forward to it. They are always so scared on their skates but I guess they like it. Anyway, I now have to switch gears, get myself and them ready, and fix them something to eat. I made them the same type of sandwich I was eating and some fruit. I wanted to give it another try, see if they would be more responsive to the sandwich this time. Negative. They ate the fruit and used the sandwiches to bludgeon each other. Fail #1.
We go to our lesson. Skating was great. I am really seeing progress and I worked up quite a sweat and an appetite. So now it’s time to eat. I come home and ask my husband how the waffles were. He said they tasted like “healthy waffles”. He also said he burned the first two before the waffle iron we have is new and we don’t really know how to use it. So now it’s my turn. Should be easier for me right? Wrong. I forgot to spray the iron with cooking spray first and poured the batter on it. Bad idea. I was scraping the waffle onto my plate. Fail #2. The whip cream turned out well and I just ate the scraps with the cream and maple syrup and berries. It was very good.
Lunch was another matter. My husband took my sons to get a hair cut and some new shoes. I shudder to think what he to them to eat while they were out because he wouldn’t tell me. That is another frustration. Mr. Sawyers is not completely on board with this so I feel like I am doing it by myself. Not to thrilled with that. I stayed home and decided on a BLT. I love mayo, so imagine my dismay when I read the ingredients on the “healthy mayo” I had and found it to be unacceptable. So I get this brilliant idea to make my own mayonnaise. Fail #3. I wasted almost a dozen eggs and over a cup of olive oil on my first try. I was so disheartened. I finally got the hang of it and it was very good. So was the BLT. for dinner the kids had an apple, Triscuits, and fresh guacamole. I went to the store, spent more money on food, and came home.
All in all, a VERY challenging day. I hope I can stick with this for 10 days, let alone change my lifestyle. My house is a mess, I have spent more time in the kitchen than I care for and washed more dishes than I like to think about. I am going to have to borrow a mantra from recovery, one day at a time, one day at a time.
Keep it up, its tough, but you will start to feel better. Try baked potatoes too, you can make them in the oven and then keep them in the fridge for a while and reheat. The prep work is exhausting, I spend aa few hours of my Sunday in the kitchen getting lunches ready for the week, but it helps if I put on my headphones and power through the chopping of the fruits and veggies 🙂
Loving your blog Evita,you really do have a way for me to actually see what is going on without being there.You are very good at writing about this.I am really enjoying it and I look forward to reading each new post.And you have also encourged me !
Evita, you are so funny! I have so much sympathy for you regarding trying to get your boys to eat some thing different! My son is the same way! I have caught him feeding his “wierd” food to the dog before! I really respect you for taking such a huge step because I don’t think I could give up processed foods!