Indulge Me...

Hello Readers of this here blog. See how I capitalized the word "Reader"? That's because you're important. Keep on reading important person. Maybe you'll be inspired.

Let me start off by saying I want to be healthy, and dang it I'm trying. I am hoping that by changing my eating habits I can feel better and in the process, change my circle shaped body into a curvy line instead. I have have spent the past couple of months battling illness. No matter what I did, I couldn't seem to feel any better. I tried everything. The last thing I tried, which in retrospect should have been my first, was to change my diet. By change, I don't mean watch my calories and stop eating fast food. Change for me, came in the form of cutting out gluten and dairy products almost completely. Some of you might be thinking "Whoa, that's nuts!" Maybe it is, but let me tell you, I feel FANTASTIC. I am on day 5 of practicing basically a vegetarian, gluten-free diet. Is it hard? Yes. Do you have any idea how many things are NOT gluten-free? Let me put it this way, even McDonalds french fries contain traces of gluten. So, yeah. It has been fairly easy for me to stick to it and not even be tempted because I feel great and don't want to jeopardize that. That just shows you how BAD I felt before. 

Anyways, this post might be a little boring. Sorry for that. Sometimes I am lazy and want to eat stuff that is quick and easy. I just felt like sharing some of the things I have been eating this week. I wanted to show how easy it is to omit the aforementioned items and still eat delicious, healthy stuff. 

For example, my lunch on Tuesday was oven roasted broccoli and red peppers, a little scoop of leftover spanish rice rolled up into a lightly fried corn tortilla. It was so tasty I had the same thing for dinner. 

This is my new favorite snack. Apples are in season right now so they are cheap and oh so tasty! I also have always loved raw almonds so I usually cut up my apple and munch on an almond in-between bites.

Sweet potato fries!! Slice a sweet potato, spritz with cooking spray, sprinkle with sea salt, bake, eat! I also dipped some in a little sugar-free maple syrup and WOW. You definitely should try it.

 

So there you go. Things I eat. Delicious things. Healthy things. 

For those who doubt their own ability eat this way, let me tell you I have lost 3 lbs this week already. How's that for motivation?

Coming soon, as promised, gluten-free brownies.