What a week!

I cheated.

This past week has been a blur!  Over my long, 4 day weekend, I was all over the suburbs and the city running errands, watching friends and family get hitched, and watching my brother compete in his first half marathon (and watching Apollo Anton Ohno, only I didn't know he was running!).  Tiring, yes, but an amazing weekend.

I knew when I started this 30 day detox, this weekend was going to be trouble so I decided for that 24 hours (just enough time for both ceremonies and receptions), I was going to try to stay on the diet.  As the days approached, I just accepted I would probably blow it completely.  I ended up eating my weight in a lot of the things I've been avoiding: wheat, dairy, beef, wine, sugar...  It was delicious but boy did I pay for it.  I got the mother of all headaches at the end of that 24 hours.  It was the kind of headache where you just don't want to move, talk, eat, or even sleep.  Sure, it was a stressful few days and my regularly schedule life had been interrupted, but I haven't experienced a headache like that in I can't even remember. 

I knew the receptions would be a lost cause, but I failed to realize how difficult it would be to travel and stick to this diet!  I was super hungry at one point and almost bought something but luckily my sister has some carrots.  Life saver!!  I know, I know, I could have just gotten something and it wouldn't have been a big deal but I knew I would be cheating hardcore, so I was glad when I didn’t break down.

Since I also want to share recipe ideas, on Sunday afternoon, after eating all that sugar the day before, I wanted ice cream.  Bad.  It was so hot in our living room and all I wanted was something cold and creamy.  Obviously ice cream is not part of the plan, but I did have some frozen fruit.  Strawberries, bananas, almond milk, a touch of natural sweetener (the berries weren’t great) and my food processor, and I may never eat ice cream again!  I started out trying to make a smoothie, but the almond milk taste was too strong.  I added more fruit and made it a thicker consistency.  You know when you have that “I want something but I won’t know what it is until I eat it” feelings?  This was like that but I knew what I wanted.  When I tasted that pureed frozen fruit, it was more perfect than a bowl of ice cream could have been.  Mmm, I think I might go make some more!