If at first...

So, it's been over three months since I "started" my blog.  I guess I was all caught up in the excitement of my dietary resolution and not really focused on the actual time I would have to set aside to keeping it up (the writing, that is).  But, if there's something I need to work on, it's not obsessing over how I might possibly, somehow, someway, change and fix the past, which, as any sane person would tell you, is impossible.  

Well, now that my sanity is up for questioning....hmmm.  Anyway, here I am.  Mind churning, ideas swirling, and I never seem to be able to get it all down.  So, here's attempt number two.  We'll see how I do.  

wheat-free challenge - day one

I'm not sure what it is about going wheat-free that prompted me to finally start a blog, but here I am.  This dietary change is motivated by my continued quest for optimal health.  It's been several years since I went (mostly) vegan, and I feel better now and enjoy food more than I did before going veg.  I have eliminated HFCS, dyes, preservatives, white sugar, etc, but I still am bothered with persistant skin disorders.  Much of my reading suggests that wheat is a common trigger for such ailments, so I decided to give it a go.  (Thanks to my sister for the encouragement!)


Today was not too hard.  Breakfast was an apple, just purchased yesterday from a local farmer, with homemade sunflower seed butter and steel-cut oats with a sprinkle of Himalayan pink sea salt, generous pinch of cinnamon, and a little agave.  


This is much more than I usually eat on weekday mornings, so it held me over for quite awhile.  I wasn't really hungry at lunch time; early in the afternoon, I did make some fresh-popped organic popcorn to share with my boys.      


Dinner consisted of frozen organic lima beans, thawed and tossed with a little melted Earth Balance and no-salt seasoning, diced local red potatoes, also with EB and seasoning, and some wonderfully fresh russian kale, which was so tender, I couldn't bear to cook it so I just chopped it and served with salad dressing.  (The kale and potatoes were also scored yesterday from local farmers.)


Dinner was great.  Hubby liked it; our little guys ate only a few bites of the potatoes and limas but chowed down on the kale!  :D  And soymilk; boy, does the little guy love his milk.  I did have some organic chocolate milk for my sweet tooth (a treat we don't usually have in the house), and now, as I type, I'm sipping on my chai tea.  


So, day one has been a success.  Hopefully I can keep it going; my guys are not going wheat-free, so it will be hard not to munch on the bits of sandwich leftover from packing my son's lunch.  And give up my Ezekiel english muffins.  Oh well...one day at a time.