It has been three weeks already! Funny, every day I vacillate between feeling excited about how well the challenge is going overall and wondering why in the name of everything that is good I thought eight weeks was the right time period for a challenge. Seriously, isn't two weeks plenty? Of course it isn't, not if I want to make lasting changes. Still, at this point, I am crystal clear about which changes I want to keep and which foods I plan on bringing back in limited quantities. But, onward I shall march, continuing this challenging 8-week challenge, because I can and because I know it will be good for me.
After the poor eating out experiences of the last two nights, we knew it was critical that we go to the farmers market today. We missed the big one yesterday, so it was more important than ever that we go now. Which we did. We got so much stuff! Nectarines are going away after this week, so I got six of those. I plan on eating one every day for the next four days. Someone else will probably eat the other two. After four days, they tend to start to rot, so it is important to go through them quickly. We also got pears, carrots, lettuce, kale, peppers (also the last week - we're supposed to get a frost this week), a tomato, corn, onion, eggplant and some hummus. We shall dine in style all week!
After the market, we came home to unload the groceries, then load up the dogs and go to the beach. It was a gorgeous day in Portland today, with 70 degree weather, a light breeze and not a cloud to be seen. Perfect! When we got to the coast two and a half hours later, it was 63 degrees, foggy, a 30+ mile per hour wind, and big, dark clouds covering the sky. Brrrr!!!! It was cold. After all of that time in the car, we required a walk (as did the dogs), so we went on out to the beach and started walking into the wind.
You should have seen the dogs. They looked like they were in heaven. Katy has long hair which blew in the breeze (non-stop gusts). Buckley's long ears did the same. They kept jumping and nipping at each other with excitement. After a half a mile or so, I got too cold and we turned around. They didn't like that as much. Katy's long hair kept parting and she couldn't get her butt covered up to her liking. I've never seen such a look of dismay on her fuzzy face. Eventually she figured out how to hold her tail, but it took awhile. Buckley just seemed confused and kept turning around so that he could face the wind. Very funny!
I think we probably walked for a mile and a half today, but it felt like much more because of the effort it took to walk into the wind. When we were done, we loaded up and went back home. As soon as we left the beach, the sky cleared and the sun came out. It was a lovely drive home.
When we got home, we were starving. We had eaten banana bread for breakfast and veggie burritos for lunch. For dinner, Brian made the broccoli/ginger/black bean pasta dish that I tried to make the other day. His came closer to the recipe we were aiming for, but still was a bit off. Ah well, we'll try again. Brian's dish was quite good and I'd gladly eat it again; it simply wasn't quite what we were striving for. There is always next time.
I'm glad this weekend is over. Please wish us well for our fourth week on the challenge. Hopefully we'll have no further food mishaps this week and all will go well. Be happy and healthy!
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