Now, so far I think I have been doing really good. I’ve mostly been eating raw foods, but for dinner last night I had basalmic onions and portabello on top of brown rice. It was pretty tasty. Today for breakfast I had a piece of whole wheat bread with 1 tbs of almond butter and halved grapes on it. Very very tasty rendition of a pbj! Then I had a big ole salad for lunch, no tomatoes though (boo, I love them). Snack at a couple different times was a teaspoon of spicy hummus and carrots/celery. Dinner I ended up going a bit out of the tracks and  had a lean cuisine. Not mean, I had the cheese ravioli. (Only 220 calories and tasted so good so I didn’t feel guilty). Then for my fourth little meal I had wholegrain cereal with like 1/8th of a cup of almond milk and a few cut up strawberries. ( i hate hate hate soggy cereal). I haven’t been able to go to the gym but I have ridden my bike to all my classes (all up hill! ugh) at least the ride home is nice. Today I did just walk to class because I didn’t want to be sweaty. It was 90° here!! I’ve also not had anything to drink but lots and lots of water.

Sausage Egg and Cheese, only 460 calories! (and literally half fat!)

I think as far as the detox it self is going, I’ve been feeling okay. I have definitely had headache’s due to caffeine withdrawal. I was not very nice at work last night, but my coworkers were all really understanding, it was nice. I’ve also noticed myself zoning out in classes. I’m not sure if that’s from the diet, or being bored, or just being tired! Weight wise, I’m not sure if I’ve lost weight as I promised myself I wouldn’t weigh myself more than once a week. I don’t want to obsess like I know I would if I did it every day. I haven’t noticed any bursts of energy. Although I did start classes again this week so that is very draining. In fact I just took a 3 and 1/2 hour nap. It was nice. I’ve also heard that when you go on a detox diet, you tend to break out with zits and such. I haven’t noticed any so far. So that’s a plus.

I think the worst part is being at work. Knowing I can’t have any of our tempting Pumpkin Spice Lattes is so sad! They returned on the day I started! :sigh: Also The food is tempting. Especially when we have some of the breakfast sandwiches left over so I don’t have to buy them. They really do taste good. I don’t usually eat the sausage but I thought the image would be less appealing. It is for the record. What I really miss is the Shale cashews that have vanilla glaze and bits of apple and pomegranate stuck to it. It’s not unhealthy, just not detox friendly. Also coffee. I miss coffee and black tea, which is mostly what I drink.

Classes

School on the other hand has been going well. I’m nervous about my Italian class. Perchè? Perchè non parlate italiano bene, ma noi parliamo englise in classe.  In other words, we aren’t allowed to speak English in class. Only Italian. I’m a very bad speaker. I will just need to practice. My other classes are Greek Art and History which is cool because there are a couple girls in there that I’ve had classes with before. I also have a science class devoted to parts of the respiratory and speaking disorders. That seems a bit intense but we’ll see. And my final class is a senior seminar about the aims and methods of Art History. It’s pretty much where all the seniors get together and shoot the shit with one of the awesome art history professors. I like it. Lots and lots of homework. Lots of tests and exams. Lots of papers. I’m still kinda looking forward to it. (I will regret this statement in 2 months.)

Okay Now I’m gonna go do some comment returnage  (e fa molto compiti per italiano.)

** If you don’t know what I’m talking about feel free to go back in my entries, or hit up  “What Is A Detox Diet?” .

But this one will not be filled with cupcakes.

/Begin Rant
My friend Jenn and I made a pact. As I mentioned before, my best friend moved to Senegal (Africa) for two years. The year before she left, she lost a lot of weight. Not through exorcise or hard work, but purely though things like eating only half a pack of ramen for every meal. She also became, well, a bitch! She thought she was hot shit because she weighed 150 lbs after being about 200 for almost as long as I’ve known her. When she decided on going to Africa, she gained a lot of weight back. I asked her about it and she said, “well I’m going to be soooo skinny when I come back, so I can eat whatever I want now.” which is pretty true. She will probably be very skinny and tan.

ugh.

So Jenn and I got really tired of her bitching and being stuck up, so we made the pact. The STR (skinner than rachel) pact! For Jenn and I weight has always been an issue. Me, more so. Especially since I started dating Joe I’ve gain … 60lbs. Damn.

Here I am. 21 and really really overweight. And I feel like everyone around me is on a diet. God it sure does make me feel like shit when I think about how I had chinese food. I need to stop waiting for someone to motivate me, and to do it myself. For myself. So I’m going to. Starting right now. I will be following the 3 week detox diet inspired by Jewels. Basics are the following:

• All fresh fruit, fresh raw or lightly steamed vegetables, beans and lentils
• Some seeds and nuts (pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds, and raw almonds, walnuts, cashews)
• Gluten-free whole grains like brown rice, amaranth, millet and quinoa
• Rice or almond milk
• Herbs, spices and healthy oils
• Drink tons of filtered or mineral water, green tea, or herbal teas

What you can’t have is meat, poultry, fish, soy, gluten, dairy, sugar, alcohol, coffee, black tea, or sodas. Also off limits are peanuts, macadamia nuts, corn, tomato, potato, eggplant, pepper, and all condiments. Week two you can add back in wild fish and organic free-range chicken and turkey, if you choose to.

This is NOT a long term diet. 3 weeks. Jewels blog was really inspiring, and I’m really committed to this. Wish me luck!

/End Rant

clearly very delicious

Today we slept in, how nice! Then got up and went to the fair. By a completely random chance, we happened to see that BETH PHOENIX was coming to the fair, today, at the very time we were going!! -swoon-. So we egarly hopped in line and after only an hour of waiting, we got to meet her! She’s from NY and actually went to school about 5 mins from my Starbucks. So cool. She was so nice and even gave me and Joe autographs. We also got a picture! I look soooo awful in it, but I’ll post it anyways, because it’s a cool memory. The quality was shitty because I forgot my camera in Buffalo so it was taken on my phone.

Joe, Me and Beth Phoenix

After that I ate a big ‘ole plate of fresh cut curly fries covered in vinegar. omg amazinggggg. Then I ran into a couple different people from high school. It was cool because I actually liked them! I got a wine slushie. It was really tasty ( and strong!). Joe had a philly cheese steak. Later I had a special fried dough called pizza frete and a gyro. We played some games. I won a poster, joe won a basketball. I also bought two so cute scarfs. I’ll post the pictures of them tomorrow. (I’m gonna do a big picture post with images of my apartment and a “my purse” one.) Now joe and I are just hanging out, we might go see “The Expendables”.

Last week I saw Eat Pray Love with my friend Jenn. I loved it. Then Joe and I saw “The Other Guys” which was really really funny. I can’t remember the last time I laughed that hard in a theater. Tomorrow I’m going to the beach with my family which will be real nice. Generally, this has been an amazing weekend.

Me Glenny and Rachel

That was two weeks ago. I emailed her several times and only got a response to one of my questions, saying she was moving in this past week sometime. Well, she didn’t and I still haven’t met her. And now I’m going home for the weekend so I can go to the State Fair. So I won’t meet her until sunday night I guess. I hope she’s not a total creeper!

On another topic, My sister just told me a couple days ago that she’s pregnant yet again. While I adore my niece and nephew, I can’t say i’m thrilled. I think 3 kids is too many (think of the planet!) and I can honestly say that I think she’s using this as a ploy to hold on to her current boyfriend. (Whom is not the father of her first two children.) It just seems like a bad time. Oh well. Her choice.

I’m going back to my apartment in Buffalo tomorrow. I’m very sad this is going to be my last semester there, I really like UB. I AM looking forward to being done with school though. It’s weird because I was looking forward to returning back to Starbucks Elmwood, but now that Gina is gone, not so much… She was def my favorite co-worker. I guess we’ll see how it goes.

so cute

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