house.
we didnt close yet, we got delayed because of the title search. no update there really, we heard from the title company and they dont actually even have the deed yet from the seller, so we're just waiting it out. oh and we're not being charged the fee for delaying the closing because its not our fault, so thats good.
job.
karen and i are both working, karen is just sustaining from day to day mostly, and my work has been a bit slow to start. this week things did pick up though and i was fairly busy most of the time with mundane tasks that were just... time occupying i suppose.
other. [heres where the fun starts]
karen and i decided we were going to go on a detox diet after some inspiration karen got from my friend claire's blog. [thanks again claire.] the idea is to just do a general cleanse [and it can result in some pretty nice weight loss as a side effect] but i think karen and i are really just more concerned with feeling as healthy as we can, so we're going to give this thing a shot.
well, we couldnt start right away because we did start looking into all the different options for a detox diet and theres some preparation involved - obviously youre significantly changing your normal diet for any of the ones you can find out there. so, we had a lot of food that wasnt going to be on the diet that would go bad if we didnt eat it before hand, and a lot of food we were going to need to procure in order to do this thing. so we spent the week trying to empty our fridge of all our meats and breads and dairy that wouldnt last till the end of a 7 day detox.
we eventually found a detox diet that we decided we were going to try and it basically consists of nothing but raw fruits, vegetables, and a few nuts & seeds. so... no cooking, no spices, nothing processed, and as i previously stated - no meats, grains, or dairy [which is like 75 percent of our normal diet]. so yesterday we went to the grocery store with our massive list of fruits and vegetables listed on the diet and got enough for hopefully at least the first 3 days. we were afraid to get everything for the 7 days at once, because with everything being fresh & raw, if we didnt get to it in the first couple of days we certainly didnt want anything to spoil. plus, we really didnt need to get as much food as we'll need all at once, its a lot.
so basically we found a couple of sample weeks on this website that lays out your meals for the day - one winter/fall week and one spring/summer week. we decided that we would try and follow the food options per day [theres a progression of specific foods youre allowed to have each day] but mix and match between the seasons. for example: day one breakfast from summer, lunch & dinner from winter. if youre interested in reading it yourself, click here for the outline of our detox diet.
day one.
so all that to get to today. and its been an interesting day. well this morning i got up earlier than karen [she hasnt been feeling good for a few days - im afriad shes getting sick...] and had my breakfast. i did a summer option and had a lot of watermelon. it was quite tasty, i hadnt had watermelon in quite some time and it was really really delicious [but as a side effect you have to pee a LOT]. karen skipped breakfast because of how she was feeling.
lunch came around and we did kind of a combo of the winter breakfast/lunch, we experimented with cracking open a coconut and eating the meat of it and drinking the water + i had a spinach salad with half an avocado and a bunch of orange slices [and i added a little cilantro because i LOVE cilantro]. it was really good once you get used to how relatively dry the salad is without and dressing. but quite tasty. the combination of all those flavors really complimented each other very well.
after lunch we decided to go workout, which ill admit was a bit draining [okay, very.] considering the lack of protein and grains we didnt have today that we're used to. but we got a good workout in. we're now running a solid mile before every workout without stopping [which is a HUGE accomplishment for me! when we started i couldnt even run a half mile without stopping and by the end of the half mile i was so out of breath i thought id go into an asthmatic coma.], we ran about an 8 minute mile, and im only mildly winded afterwards. [we've been doing the solid mile for a few days now, twice we actually did the mile before and after the workout - wow thatll wear you out!] then we worked out for about an hour and were so exhausted when it was over we just went home ready to pass out.
but we didnt. we were starving, haha. so we decided to do our dinner. for dinner we followed the winter plan [im not going to talk about the seasons anymore after this post, lol] and had a large spinach salad with cucumber, tomato, half an avocado, and lemon [and again i added cilantro, hehe]. again it was really delicious and very dry. luckily im already starting to get used to the full yet un-satisfied feeling you have when these meals are complete. but the salad really was good, and it looked great!
so now, here we are. ha, just finished dinner and we're thinking about watching a movie or something. but it was a pretty decent first day - and we're hoping they get better.
cheers!
post script: if you havent already noticed, i did change all the images on the left side of the page. they were all just random images i found online of cincy, but instead i put up a bunch of pictures i took during out adventures in house hunting. the first one is THE house we're buying, and yes - i did dr. the last one a little for the fun of it.
post post script: im about to work more on the house model and i thought id give you a little update on where it is at the moment, enjoy. [door detailing at the request of the wife.]
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