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Today, I feel tall! If you've ever read my bio, then you know that means something. As yesterday progressed I started to feel uncomfortable in the cold air of the office. The outfit I wore was a bad combination of fabrics and fit and I looked frumpy. The weather outside was fog with a visibility of only a few feet from our window. I started to seek out food for comfort...I only found my emergency stash of sunflower seeds.
I started to feel better when I changed into my cycling clothes. As I pulled on my sports bra I saw a little indentation. Touching it, I realized it was a rib protruding from a leaner section of my belly. Let me repeat that. It was a RIB protruding from a LEANer section of MY belly. Whaaaaaaaat?
So apparently, this fast is burning fat in a different sequence than I'm used to. That's why I was having trouble believing that I was losing weight!
Last night, I had my super yummy zucchini noodle, tomato, tofu leftovers and cooked a lentil and spinach stew to have for lunch through the end of the week. It turned out delicious and I can't wait to have a bowl full of it in the next hour.
So, again I feel tall!
I also have been pondering staying vegan. Who says I have to go back? It does limit more things that I eat, and separates me even more from my family. But, I am my own single, black, female person right? Maybe, I should have switched to being vegan/vegetarian when my bowel problems first started around 17. We didn't know anything about this concept back then. Only treehuggers were vegan (I can say that, I lived in Asheville). Only people with allergies were vegetarian. I didn't want to eat cold iceberg lettuce salads and fruit all day every day. I ate what my family and friends ate.
PETA videos still don't bother me, and I don't hate a nice juicy steak, wrapped in bacon, stuffed with chicken, on top of a fish, inside an omelette. Just, my digestive system can't handle it.
Things to ponder. Feeling great!
Onward...
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