Day Twenty

Day twenty, two-thirds of the way through the challenge, three of the four weekends down, wow!!  Twenty days does not seem like a real long time, but I have noticed so many changes in the twenty days both in the way I look and feel, but also in our daily and weekly habits.

First I feel great.  Bottom line I have more energy and I feel like I am getting more done.  I look at myself in the mirror and see so many changes, and its not all about the weight loss or the areas of fat that have literally disappeared.  I also see a difference in the my complexion, I can't explain it but I just feel like my skin looks better and healthier.   My eyes look brighter to me, not just in the moning but even later in the day when I am tired.

I am not only experiencing physical changes, but also in the daily routine around our house.  One of the main things is grocery shopping and cooking (these words were not  in our vocabulary prior to this).  We are taking the time to plan and cook our meals instead of going out at the last minute because we don't have time.  We take the time to think about what we re going eat during the week(we have to because of the major restrictions of the diet)  and make sure we have it around the house.  We are bringing lunch everyday when we go to work, usually leftovers from the day before.  And we religiously eat breakfast every morning.  I have my breakfast casserole for the week cooling on my counter right now.

As we were walking around Wegmans I realized that we are spending a ton of money on groceries, but no more than we used to., the difference is we are actually eating what we buy.  I can believe how much we have bought in the past few weeks, it seems like we are always buying bacon, eggs, meats, fruits, and fresh vegetables. We have gone through a large bottles of olive oil since the beginning of January (its only the 20th!!) and a ton of spices!!

I am hoping that some of these changes actually stick when the thirty days are done.  As time consuming as all the planning is, there are many reasons to keep doing it.  One main reason is I feel more control over what we are eating because we are cooking it ourselves.  We will just have to add some homemade vino to our list of new things we are making and consuming when this is done.

We can start the countdown now, the end is near !!