Day 3 presented me with some logistical challenges, because I needed to be out of the house (I work at home) during the time I usually take the Alkalinize supplement and also when I usually eat supper.
I didn’t time things well. I took my Alkalinize packet with me, wanting to consume it around the same time I usually do — 2:30 — but that didn’t work out, and then I lost track of time. So, as it turned out, I didn’t get my Alkalinize until 5:30, which meant I had to wait 2 hours before I could take my pre-meal supplements, and then a half-hour after that to eat supper. So … 8:00 was supper time — not outrageous, but generally I eat around 5:30, so it was pretty late for me.
At any rate, I am guessing that people who work outside their homes have many more logistical challenges than this small blip for me. They probably are more used to dealing with them, though.
THE MEALS
How were the meals today? GREAT! I dunno, maybe I’m just hungry — although I don’t feel hungry — but the food so far is really good.
Breakfast was the same as day one: 2 eggs, whole wheat bread, spinach (yeah, I went and picked up some spinach, so I didn’t have to eat kale again), and a cup of fruit, which this time was a nectarine.
Lunch was pretty fantastic, the way I altered it, anyway. It was supposed to be green lentil salad and a chopped green salad, but I was like, “why do I want to eat 2 salads?”, so I made the lentils into soup. It included carrots, shallots, cilantro, toasted sesame oil, and, of course, lentils. I hadn’t used French green lentils before. They are really nice, retaining their firmness much better than their brown cousins. The soup — well, it was more of a stew, actually — was delicious.
My late supper was something I would have altered, had I been home to prep it, but, because I knew I’d be out, I made it ahead of time. The cucumber salad was very nice, with rice wine and red vinegars, plus some toasted sesame seeds and seaweed. The miso soup I made from a package. It was good. It was the nori roll that I probably would have reconfigured as a cooked and served hot meal, rather than as a cold sushi style roll. I think the rice, carrots, cucumbers, and smoked tempeh (a soy-based bacon substitute for vegans, something I had not tried before, but which is very tasty) would have made a good hot rice dish. Even cold from the fridge, though, the nori roll was very good.
THOUGHTS AFTER DAY 3
- I feel really good. Supposedly days 3 and 4 are the bears to get through. For me it was Day 1 — Days 2 and 3 were a breeze.
- I am extremely happy with the food I’m eating so far. I have tried several new foods already, and they have all been tasty, things I’m glad to now have in my arsenal. (Kale may become one of them — I must not be cooking it long enough.)
- The burning sensation in my eyes is almost negligible, relative to what I’m accustomed to. Not sure what to make of that, but I like it.