Hello Everybody! Happy September!
It’s been HOT
here in Los Angeles and the air quality has been poor. I think the temps are gradually going down. Today's high was 109 degrees. Maybe by the end of this week the heat will have lessened and the air quality will have improved.
I taught my first week of school this week and it went pretty well. I think my change in diet is helping me cope and acclimate better than I ever have. I have more energy than usual after a full day of teaching, which is exciting for me. We’ll see how I feel in a week or two. ha, ha!
For anybody new, my woe is the “Plant Paradox” diet, which is basically a low lectin diet. The main foods that I do “not” eat are wheat, corn, soy, cane sugar, white potatoes, night shade vegetables, peanuts, and cashews, which are all very high in lectins. But I have a long list of foods that I do eat! So, I’m pretty happy. The hard part of my diet is that convenience or processed foods are pretty much out of the picture. I have to do a lot of food prep and cooking, but I’ve gotten used to that.
I went out to an Italian restaurant for the first time in months a few days ago. It was one of those restaurants where they leave the evoo and vinaigrette on the table. I had a big salad with all the right vegetables and prosciutto. I dumped a bunch of extra olive oil on my salad and it was heavenly. I also had a glass of wine with my meal. It was perfect. It felt so good to be able to eat out.
I weighed myself today and I am down .2 pounds this week for a total of 17.2 pounds since about mid-June.
Have a great day everybody!