Day 6

Weight: 175.6. Well it's not dramatic, but I am up from yesterday. Is that too much solid food or is that PMS? I wonder how this whole thing will effect my cycle?

I slept really well last night. My husband is wearing earplugs and I think that is helping us both. He seems a lot perkier too, though he is hard to wake up now.

Breakfast - Green Juice and coffee
3 leaves Kale - Handful of Spinach - 2 Apples - 3 Carrots - 1 Lemon - 4 Celery - Ginger
This made enough juice for two, but I think my husband is on a break from this and I'll drink it all this morning.

Late morning snack - Raw Persimmon
Thanks to co-worker's family tree. OMG this was delicious.

News from the day: I found a news article to justify my continued coffee drinking. I also note how much more fresh water I drink at work compared to home, which, in my mind, really justifies the Britta purchase yesterday. Last night we only drank Pelligrino though, which I am also a big fan of. And my co-worker asked if i would run with her on Friday! Very excited as my last running buddy moved to Shanghai. This will be great for me.

2nd late morning snack - banana

Exercise - 3 mile jog
Great run outside in gorgeous weather with a friend. I am feeling a bit sluggish though most likely as a result of this fast.

Lunch - Autumn Veggie Bake
Butternut squash, brussels sprouts, broccoli - left over from last night, still delish.

After work, walked 20 minutes in sunshine to meet husband at car in an attempt to avoid viadoom traffic. We still had to wait in incredible traffic. Husband had very frustrating day and desired beer. I agreed to stop at store with him and busied myself over-purchasing veggies while he selected a six pack.

Got home, began our combo of chores/cooking. He put away dishes and took out recycle, while i got to work on dinner. Mid-way through I discovered a bit puddle of water on the floor, he went to investigate sink and garbage disposal fell out of it. Absolute horror. We managed to get it cleaned up, but had to microwave dinner in the end. He enjoyed a beer after and i had a small glass of the juice I had made for breakfast tomorrow as my feel better drink. I have to work from home tomorrow to deal with the plumber, but i guess at least i can do mostly juice then. I have to say that the zen state and the juice somewhat helped as I was extremely upset. This is the 5th major issue we have had with our house since July. I am nervous that my boss is grumpy about how much i have had to work at home because of these problems.

Dinner - Roasted Vegetable "Pasta" and Salad
Spaghetti squash - eggplant - red pepper - zucchini - onion - mushroom - usual toppings
Spinach - avocado - green onion - tomato - usual dressing
I am still in my habit of chop up veggies to roast then make juice while they are roasting. This combo was excellent. The nutritional yeast braggs combo brought the spaghetti squash to new heights, i had tried it before with brown butter and sage, but this totally topped that. I could really eat this meal every day. Plus we are seriously loving that salad combo of the avocado/tomato/green onion. So good.

We ate late again re: problems with kitchen and watched two episodes of Luther. I love this show, but had been putting it off in favor of lighter stuff, but the grittiness of this show really matched the mood i was in last night. All in all, i think this reboot and the zen state helps me. This house stuff has put me in hysterics in the past and i think i recovered ok from the mini-coma that occurred when the dishwasher first fell out of the sink. my only concern is that in the end i told husband, please don't leave any beer with me while i am at home tomorrow, and he delightedly indulged in the whole six pack. I feel like i should have been stronger and not encouraged him to do that as it's too much and i feel for his liver now. I better give him some of my juice it has beets and other liver cleansers in it.