Its funny how I really thought yesterday would be a bit rougher since I had to go out and do a few things as well as go shopping. I had enough food for a day or so of my challenge but not enough for the week.
Living in the woods has it's perks but it also has what most City people ( a former one myself) wouldn't like, Dump day. You see no one picks up our trash we deliver it. Now some people see this as a hassle but I see it as keeping my taxes down. Since I do it the town does not have to hire people, spend gas and then in large their facility now to accomplish it. So I really do not mind. It does make for a interesting topic as we go through the drive thru and everyone is so nice and if I didn't go I would never get to see all the other people from our town. Its only open a few days a week and a extra day in the summer due to everyone being at their camps. It also is a reason to have to leave so I make it a day out you can say.
I had made my list already and had decided that I would leave early to beat the heat. Ollie, I and my son headed off for the dump and once we were done I would drop them off and head out alone since it was to hot for Ollie to be in the car for any length of time.
Since it was going to be another hot one I was rushing around trying to get things done and making a smoothie or juice was not top on my list. I usually have a bad habit of leaving the house without eating. In the past I head out and then grab something on the way home. I end up eating one meal that day or buying a pizza ( yes have a great vegan, gluten free pizza place in a near by town!) and then calling it a day when it comes to eating. Why would I think yesterday would be any different.
I can't lie, knowing that I was going to be alone while shopping had my mind trying to figure out if it was okay to stop at Dunkin for a coffee or one of their other summer drinks. I was spending my time driving thinking about how I should of ate, its getting hot and now I was going to put myself in a grocery store full of food and how getting something from Dunkin would help. Funny how your mind works against you when you really listen. I had a few stops before the store but I knew the first place I would pass was Dunkin. You think it would of been easy to pass by but I put on my blinker and was about to go in until I realized that I would only be cheating myself and that it was only the second day with the challenge but 3 days without coffee or a substitute. I manged to pass it by but believe me going into the store was another thing.
Summers gets a bit crazy in New England and especially around the 4th with campers coming up to the White Mountains and everyone up for the Camps so the stores were a mad house. Many people and shelves looking like a Storm was coming. People rushing around deciding what to get for the 4th and weekend I am sure. Here I was in the Product dept getting some fruits and vegetables. Now of course I was getting hungry and the heat was starting to peek so everyone including myself were just trying to get in and out. As I followed the shopping list my mind was trying to figure out what more I could eat. Going down every aisle looking for something to jump out at me. You see on the way to home to drop them off we had a discussion about how with the heat I might need more than sugars so maybe we would extend the challenge to include anything I could make Raw and not cooked. That way if I needed some protein I could get it from nuts, beans, ect. So here I was in the store trying to figure out how to put a Vegan Ruben Sandwich in the Vitamix!! I managed to get out of the store with sticking mostly to my list but my mind was racing on the fact that I really needed to eat something. It was going on noon by now and I hadn't ate a thing.
By the time I got home my Son could tell that I was getting grumpy, hot and hungry and we joked that maybe doing this challenge now was not the right time. It made me think about how many times I had used that excuse to not do something. Oh diets work better if started on a Monday, I would go for a walk but its to hot, it's to cold, oh if only this, if only that. Wow that is what got me to were I am now. If you follow my blog you know I start out good but I let excuses get in the way of following through. Like in true Gemini fashion I just move on. This time was the right time and the heat in its own way was helping. I was not getting as hungry for hot foods and wanted to be cooled down with salads and smoothies anyways. I told him about wanting to put a Ruben Sandwich in a blender and we had a huge laugh about it.
Once everything was unpacked I ended up making lunch for everyone else then had to decide on what I was going to eat or drink. By now I was starving and knew I would need more than a juice or smoothie to get me by. Yes, I am still cooking foods for everyone else, even Ollie gets some brown rice and sweet potatoes with his food. I had decided that I would make a chickpea lettuce wrap.
It would take some time but be worth it and it so was. With some easy prep work and beautiful radicchio lettuce it made for a filling meal.
That did ended up being the only meal of the day like always but at least it was light and hit the stop. With the heat as the day went on I didn't feel much like eating which I am sure helped. With the extra water I am drinking it seemed to be the perfect way to satisfy my craving for something more hearty while helping me to not put a Ruben Sandwich in the Vitamix!!
Like the old saying never put off today what you could do tomorrow because when tomorrow comes you will of made more work then if you just did it yesterday!!! It's never to late to start something especially when it comes to your health and well being!
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