5 day detox: in the home stretch

it's kind of amazing how long 4 days can seem when exercising such control over one's intake. i have actually managed to eat only whole foods these past 4 days with no smoking and no wine.

the challenge for me came in around dinner time tonight. we had plenty of food in the house to cook for the girls, but i had managed to eat every last vegetable with my lunch today which left nothing for me to eat for dinner.

my work got out early today so i came home and pulled out a yoga dvd that i hadn't looked at in probably 8 or 9 years. i hadn't looked at it because the one time i tried to do the workout i completely failed. my friend and i made it about 20 minutes into the 60 minute program, gave up and watched the rest from the sidelines like it was entertainment. which, frankly, it was at that point. today, i went through the whole thing. i don't know why i have a 60 minute "power yoga" dvd in the first place, but i am kind of proud that i can do it now. 10 years later...

anyway, back to my salad, it had a whole head of bibb lettuce, half an ear of farm fresh corn, avocado, cucumbers, a little onion and lemon to dress it. so. good.

this evening, after the kids went down for bed, i sat and planned the menu for this week coming up. i thought i had missed something, but in planning, there's only one meal that has meat and we're going to grill chicken. in 4 days, my thinking about what makes a meal a meal has shifted. again, i ate pretty well before, but this is different. after tomorrow, i won't be quite as vigilant, but i'm willing to make an effort.