Birds on Wires

Awesome Food Stuff: Round 1.

Because there will inevitably be a round two. . .
The Good Mood Food Blog
Vegan Yumy Yum
Cal King
Dietriffic
Pinch my Salt
Glutenfree

-E

Things I’m Grateful For

-Sleeping in on Saturdays.

-Having a job I like love.

-French Bulldogs.

-Order in Thai food.

-Stationary.

-Warm weather.

-The color “purple”.

-Wine and cheese nights.

-Good friends.

-Laughter.

-When Scott lets me pluck his gray hairs.

-The sound of paws on the kitchen floor.

-The smell of coffee.

-Having well hydrated skin.

-Prank phone calls.

-Lists.

What things make you happiest in life?

Whoops-bad link!

Hey kiddies,

Sunday marked the end of our detox; overall, it was a great experience and Scott and I are going try and continue trend of healthy eating. I realized that I posted a bad link to the detox info in an earlier blog (I blame the early detox jitters). If you want to see the right one click here.

Happy trails,
E

What a Beautiful Shade of Gray

Through my internship with HEY, I’ve gained a wonderful mentor and friend named Gail.  Originally, our relationship was formed with the objective of having Gail take me under her wing and introducing me to HEY’s board meeting procedures.  Fortunately for me, our relationship has extended beyond that awkward formal setting and we’ve become closer in our personal lives.  During our time together I do most of the talking, but Gail listens and is always ready with heartfelt and experienced advice.

Recently, Gail and I had dinner together and we discussed the possibility that life is less black and white than most chalk it up to be.  For the most part, we believe, that life is lived in varying shades of gray. Coming to this resolution has offered me a little bit of comfort in this past week.  I’m especially guilty of getting caught up in “all of nothing” thinking; Gail offered me a valuable reality check.

Our whole conversation started with a story of Gail telling me of a documentary she had helped collaborate on, about Hurricane Katrina.  Gail works for HUD, and in 2005, was assigned work in New Orleans directly related to Katrina and Rita.  Without giving too much else away, I’m just going to post the link to the documentary and hope that you’ll be interested enough to watch it.  It’s a beautiful story of an 82 year old man who stayed in New Orleans after Katrina to rebuild his home with his own two hands.  If you stick it out until the end, you might be blessed with the epiphany that we all live, walk and breathe in a world that is a most beautiful shade of gray.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/katrina/

Enjoy.  And if I’m breaking any copyright laws, or putting myself in a position to be sued by posting this, someone please let me know.

-E

T-Minus 17

It’s seems like haven’t posted forever. The detox is underway and going well. I’ve lost more weight than I expected to, so I’m warping the menu plan a bit to prevent any further weight loss.

School also started this week, so far, I haven’t got into any of the classes that I need to graduate (namely: organic chemistry), but not to fret my darlings, I have the gift of persistence and I have a few favors that I haven’t called in yet.

I’m also really into this new blog and if you have time, check it out: http://www.revolutionofrealwomen.blogspot.com/

Be back soon,
E

“T-24″ or, “Disaster Strikes”.

I’m a rather optimistic person, but today has been one disaster after the next.

In order of occurrence:

A. Dirk’s ER vet visit.  

B. Being late to work (as a result of Disaster A.).

C. Fighting with Scott (See Disasters A and B).

D. Puke on BART.

E. Finding out what was wrong with Dirk.  If you want to know, ask me, it’s THAT disturbing.

F. Traffic.

G. All of the avocados that I needed for guacamole going bad.

H. Scott putting an entire habenero pepper in the salsa (OK, the faces he made after sampling it made me smile).

I. Burning my mexican rice.

J. Making dry chicken.

and

K. Having no clue how to use spell check on a Mac.

“T-Minus 25″ or, “Erika Wants a Steak”.

Day three.
No wheat.
No dairy.
No mercy.

Wasn’t bad until the smell of pot stickers fought their way through the doors of the office earlier this afternoon. The image of a big fat burger dripping with fat, drenched in cheese with a side of crunchy french fries hit me. It’s all OK, we’re staying strong over here. Scott and I made a tasty allergen-free dinner.

The program gets harder in 2 days.
Keep an eye out.

T-Minus 28.

So at the end of the year, my boss, Dr. Thomas decided that it would be a good idea to ring in the new year with an office wide detoxification program. Being a proud student of dietetics, I’m in love with the idea.

After telling Scott about our plans, he willingly decided (OK-I forced him) to jump on board. Everyone in the office seems to be starting on different days. Scott and I chose Monday (tomorrow) to start. Most of the people in the office have opted for the 10 day plan, but a few of us (including Scott and myself) are doing a 28 day plan.

For days 1-6 we are going to be eliminating potentially allergenic foods: refined sugars, artificial coloring/flavoring/sweeteners, caffeine, gluten, red meat, shellfish, soy, corn, eggs and dairy products while taking some sort of a powdered supplement. From what I understand (correct me if I’m wrong, please) the theory behind all of this is, if we take out these foods and slowly reintroduce them later, we can see if our bodies have developed allergies to them.

Does that make any sense?

Yeah-I think I need to ask for a little clarification.

The point to all of this being, that if you, dear reader, choose to visit me in the next four weeks and I’ve written about how I’d kill for a deep fried twinkie, you’ll know why. I’m turning my body into a science experiment for your reading pleasure. *evil cackle*

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go pack up the rest of the contraband food in my pantry.

If you want to learn more about the detox, check this out.

And on an unrelated note, if anyone knows how to make Bittorrent work on an Apple (I already tried turning off the firewall), drop a little knowledge on me. P&TY.

28 and counting,
E