Day 10 + 2 - No Big Deal

This morning, I had a tall glass of freshly squeezed orange juice and a small cup of mixed berries. I have found, from my small time eating, that berries are easier on the stomach then melons or bananas - so I am sticking to that. They also have a lot more antioxidants and nutrients, we know this partly from their dark color.

For lunch, I was in the airport and didn't have many choices. I ended up buying a fruit cup and a cup of tortilla soup from Wolfgang Puck. I eat the soup very slowly completely avoiding the goat cheese and tortilla flakes. I only ended up eating 3/4 of a cup of soup and that took a lot of energy to do. As a chewed each spoonful multiple times until it was liquid, I realized - this is how you are supposed to chew your food. Not my standard gulping and swallowing with my teeth missing their mark. I will have to take this realization back into my regular life. With so little to eat, you need to savor, if you know what I mean.

I tried to eat the fruit cup in the plane but only ended up picking out the grapes and the watermelon - leaving the melon and the cantaloupe to the flight attendants. I remembered reading somewhere that you should only eat melon alone. I think I know why now. It doesn't work in your stomach with other fruit. Now I know.

The banquet was magnificent. The meal consisted of heaping plates of fish and chicken. Fish AND Chicken. Usually there is only one. Considering it was hosted by the governor of Oregon - I guess more meat was in order. I got the vegetarian dish which ended up being a pot pie filled with garbanzo beans, rice, strips of carrots, and tomatoes. Of course I couldn't eat that.

I had imagined a plate full of delicious vegetables - only to find 3 sprigs of asparagus. Man! I rushed my fast for 3 sprigs of asparagus. No one at the table really paid attention to me, too much going on including a large table center piece blocking my plate from my colleagues. My friend to the right knows me well and knew I couldn't really eat. And to the other side was my husband gleefully picked at my cheesecake - when I could only have the lone raspberry on top.

I would have gone till Sunday on my fast if I could have foreseen this. But all in all am glad for what I have done. I wonder when I can eat "regular" again. Sushi is on my brain.

Meanwhile I am definately a skinny version of myself and can successfully fit my whole waredrobe. I wonder how much of this will come back immediately. I plan to eat healthy, chew my food, and drink lots of water. I will see. You will see too.