Day 14: AMNESTY DAY.

I hadn't even thought about Amnesty Day until I realized that there was a whole lot of football to watch.

Amnesty Day, to review, is traditionally a "get out of jail free" card for those times where you fuck up. However, it has increasingly become Health Month's Rumspringa (look it up). It's ostensibly a single indulgence of a single vice. 

D and I chose beer, as we missed drinking far and away. We started drinking halfway through the Pats game. Funny thing was, I only made it through 2 beers before I just felt...shitty. Kind of tired and headachy (to be fair, i did sit and watch 6 HOURS of football). I ended up falling aslpe on the couch. Not exactly the wild time it could've been. C'est dommage.

CONSUMED

Breakfast:

I think I skipped Breakfast. I honestly cannot remember, and it was yesterday. Let's just say Smoothie?

Football Snacks:

Popcorn

Olives

Dinner:

Spiced Chicken

Hummus

Baba Ganouj

Foule

Tabouli

Grape Leaves

2 Beers. (Boston Ale - and it worked. Go Pats.)

Day 13

Man, I got behind. Day 13 was Saturday.

Uh...It was OK? The weekends are always kind of tough. I was supposed to truck it out to Williamsburg for a friend's birthday. but ended up sitting home, watching Lost. It's just...easier.

CONSUMED

Breakfast:

Green Tea

Peach Smoothie

Lunch:

Roasted Vegetable and Hummus Sandwich on Whole Wheat

Green Salad

Chicken Apple Sausage

White Peony Tea

Snack:

Olive Hummus

Whole Wheat Pita

Dinner:

Sesame Orange Chicken

Steamed Broccoli

Brown Rice

Dessert:

Licorice

Day 8: Back to they gym

Well, I wasn't feeling 100% yet, but I figured I couldn't stall working out any further. So, after a big smoothie, I headed to the gym.

First, the weigh in: 181 lbs. That's up about 6 from my average. Not terrible, but considering I haven't been building much muscle, not great. I can definitely SEE it.

I started with the treadmill. At my peak I could do 6 miles without much stress - ha! I hat the 20 minute mark (2.5 miles) and was exhausted. I'm not sure if I'm still that sick, weak, or just plain out of shape, but it sucked. Bad.

After that, a rather feeble 10 minutes on the rowing machine, followed by some ab exercises. The one problem I have with the gym is that it takes me 30 minutes to warm up and at least an hour to go through my whole routine, so it's effectively just too long. 

I need to get up earlier.

CONSUMED

Breakfast:

Multi Berry Smoothie

Lunch:

Roast Chicken

Beets (STILL)

Brown Rice with Goddess Dressing

Dessert:

Peanut Butter Cookie (thanks mihow!)

Snack: 

Baked Corn Chips and Pico de Gallo

Hummus and Brown Rise Crisps

Dinner:

Brown Rice Salad (Rice, Greens, Dried Fig, Dried Cranberry

Weekend Edition: Day 6+7

Well, there's definitely one thing i can say about this health month over last year - I'm certainly not starving. Last night D-train and I roast our very first chicken, and, I'll admit, pulling some errant feathers out kind of freaked my shit. BUT, I was able to recompose myself enough to make the naked chicken do a charlie chaplain dance before i shoved tons of tarragon and garlic under its skin.

We ended up eating a bunch of HM Approved® snacks during the football (and beer or no beer, a Pats win still rules), so we didn't even eat the chicken until today. I also cleaved it in two with a, you guessed it, cleaver, which marks the first time I've ever cut an animal in twain. Awesome.

Uh, not much else to report except my body seems finally to have adjusted to the radical shift in diet. I definitely miss me some red meat, but I think I'll be back on the once-a-week train once this madness ends.

Speaking of endings, if the Pats go all the way (which is one victory against the Chargers from happening, sorry Satan Manning) - Health Month ends Super Bowl Sunday. I will not shed a tear for the premature close - if the writers can steal the Golden Globes from me, I can steal a few days back for beer.

CONSUMED

Day 6:

Breakfast:

Granola with Soy Yogurt, cranberries and cashews

Kombucha

Lunch:

Leftovers from Day, uh, 4? The Ragout stuff.

Green Tea

Dinner:

Popcorn

Hummus and Brown Rice Crisps

Olives

1 Stuffed Grape Leaf (no meat)

Dessert (!):

Coconut Sorbet

Fresh Pineapple

Day 7:

Brunch:

Pineapple and Wild Berry Smoothie (with real yogurt)

Whole Wheat and Raisin roll

Uncured Turkey Bacon (totally. so awesome, thanks Toby!) with Grade B Maple Syrup

Green Tea

Snack:

Sesame Pretzels

INKO White Tea

Dinner:

Chicken and Hummus sandwich on Spelt Whole Wheat

Roasted Red Potatoes (suck it, Raoul.)