One Week Down

I have to say that our first week came with a wrath of emotions. We spent the weekend searching for recipes, planning our menu for the week, clearing out our fridge and refilling it with wonderful, healthy foods.  We woke up with great excitement to start our challenge.  I didn't have any real cravings the first day as I was to looking forward to the day.  As the week went on, my husband started experiencing some headaches, what we assume was from caffeine withdrawal. We aren't coffee drinkers so cutting out our soda intake was a bit tough as we didn't realize the need we had for caffeine. We also found lunch to be an interesting challenge, especially for my husband who doesn't work from home.  It took a little extra planning to make sure that he had the right kind of food with him at work.  I did, however, find it fun to try new recipes all week.  I've been to the library checking out vegetarian and vegan cookbooks searching for yummy  recipes.  I've also received some great recipes from friends that I can't wait to try.  The kids haven't really noticed that meat has disappeared from their plates.  They are just super excited to have so much fruit.  Typically we would save fruit for dessert in our house because that is all the would eat and we would have to bribe them to eat the meat on their plates. I have to say that I am thankful that they are used to eating fruits and vegetables so it wasn't a total shock to them.  My favorite comment of the week came from my 5 year old while eating the minestrone. "Mom, what is this? A cucumber or something?" as she holds up a zucchini. I reply "Sort of, it's a zucchini, kind of a like a mix between a cucumber and celery." She says, "well I like it, along with these little potatoes, they are super yummy." She then held up a cannellini bean.  We also were happy to report that we both lost 5 pounds the first week. I'm sure that pace won't continue but still exciting.