Less than yesterday!

I stepped on the scale today again because I was having a self-masochistic moment this morning - and the needle was not in the same position it has been in for months! It indicated a lower amount than what I was expecting...Surprised, my first thought was that the scale was broken...because although the main purpose of this switch to whole foods is not loosing weight (butter and cheese are whole foods!) but to feel better, I was kind of expecting weight loss to be a side effect...but it wasn't, so I gave up on that hope! I mean, I feel GREAT so that alone is motivation enough, plus, once you really get on the bandwagon, your body protests non-whole food choices, and it even rebels again imitation food choices (trust! it's not pretty!) and then you actually begin to crave weird things like apples and celery and roasted cauliflower instead of chips and cookies and cake and candy. I have had the same tub of ice cream in my freezer for WEEKS (maybe more like a month!) and it only has one scoop out of it! If I was eating the old way, that baby would have been GONE in a weekend! I crave greek yogurt with honey now instead - WEIRD!



And I mean, I have not been watching what I eat at all....Green & Blacks makes a very yummy organic milk chocolate and almond bar - actually, all their chocolate is yummy- and even though I am supposed to have given up all chocolate because of the caffeine content, I am only human (and a girl human to boot) and I already had to give up wine! I use butter on toast (and everything else!) and helllooooo - I made a dish of Mac N Cheese last weekend (with quinoa macaroni - highly recommended!) and it was cheesy goodness! MMMMM!



Somehow, someway, I lost a few pounds....SO, my quest to be healthy is working, I feel great, my spirits are high, I am not hurty all the time (although still some of the time, sadly I don't think this arthritis will go away until I move home and away from such damp conditions), bodily functions are in check I believe, my bp, although it wasn't 'high' has dropped and seems good, I have energy, and I am pretty happy and I am having a blast learning all these new dishes. As a side effect, I dropped a few pounds - yay for me! My skin, however seems to be freaking out as I am having tiny breakouts everywhere and it is very dry lately....but I think that's a combination of this new way of life and ditching most of my beauty products in an effort to remove toxins from my life.