Days 10 through 12

Been busy these last few evening and have not got to the computer to write. I ended up having to cheat on a couple meals due to our schedule. I definitely feel more bloated and stuff after a meal on the town-even though I ate fairly well for where I went. Tonight I made pizza with my nomato sauce and it was good as usual. I added mushrooms this time to make it a bit healthier. I also made a homemade blue cheese dressing and some Swerve Chocolate Chip cookies. My wife and daughter did not care for them, but I thought they were good. This is the first time my wife has ever not eaten a chocolate chip cookie! There is definitely a change in how your body reacts to things. Since I've only been drinking water and using Swerve and things like that my sugar intake is almost nil, so things appear sweeter to me. However, my wife and daughter's bodies are geared for high quantities of processed sugar, so it doesn't taste good to them. I bet if I had a Dr. Pepper right now (which sounds good) it would taste bad to me as I would pick up on the chemicals. Disclosure, I have experienced this once before when dropping soda for awhile, but it doesn't take long to get the taste for it back. I got some packages today, one with Psyllium Husk Powder for baking and Root Beer extract in an attempt to make a compliant and healthy soda. I also got a Kitchen-aid Pasta maker so I can make my own pasta which is much cheaper than going to Lawton and buying it. Hopefully I can carve out time more routinely to do this daily, but life happens. Thanks for carving out a minute to hear me ramble.

Day 5 & 6

It's been a bit busy and I'm really late this time. I had another Caesar salad yesterday for lunch. I also tried some Quest protein bars at work and didn't care for them. I spent most of the night in the kitchen cooking. I made a pizza for dinner, but at it late due to our Toastmasters meeting. The crust was good, but not as good as the almond crust I bought (but they were close). This one had almond flour, coconut flour and tapioca flour along with some Italian seasons and an egg. Put the cheese and prosciutto on top and put it on the spinner. What a tasty dinner. I then made bread and more Caesar dressing with the intention of making croutons for the Caesar salad for our lunch with the General today. Stayed up so late I didn't have time to blog. I had them in the oven to dry and crisp this morning, but ran out of time, so no croutons and no blog. I've been drinking the super reds at work with a bottle of water and everytime I make it I make a mess with the powder. I really need to remember to bring my small funnel. Tonight I had to have dinner with the General at a Steakhouse. I was about as good as I could be there getting grilled shrimp and a sweet potato for a side along with drinking water. I didn't even eat any of the peanuts on the table. Still doing well and hoping to get some more recipes worked in to bring more variety. I finally took some food porn of a slice of my lectin free pizza; who thought being healthy could actually taste good?