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.)

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.)

On Exercise...

I'm still not exercising. I want to, but exercise takes an entire schedule change, and those take a commitment that needs to be curated, like transplanting a bush. If you slack a few days, it just won't take.

I always want to start these changes on Mondays, and as I was near death this Monday, I fear now I'll have to wait until next Monday. Maybe not - maybe I can get in gear tomorrow. 

My office is trying to get us some discounts for Equinox, too, and John Mayer works out there, so that might be some added incentive. :P

Day 3.

The headaches abated later in the day today. I think the thing I miss the most at first is the snacking...i'm a pretty hungry guy most days, and the absence of a late afternoon snack really hurts. Also, when I'm home I instinctively look for something to chew on. Freudian basis or no, that prospect is far less appealing when all you have is mulberries.

CONSUMED

Breakfast:

Cup of Green Tea

Banana

Odwalla bar (ew.)

Lunch:

Leftovers from Day 1 Dinner (Mustard Chicken et al.)

Snack: 

High Protein Peanut Butter Chocolate bar (which was green. Isn't peanut butter brown?)

Dinner:

Leftovers from Day 2 Dinner (Whole Wheat pasta, et al.)

Kombucha

Some have complained of boredom - I can relate. Lucky for me, work has been busy enough and I have acres of Lost episodes to watch before the 31st. The only snag I see in this whole Health Month clause is the Superbowl occurring on Feb. 3. Brown, I know you could give half a shit about football, but if it gets you out of this drinkless purgatory 4 days early....