DAY 1 The Beginning

We have begun! Today was our first day and it went well as most resolutions do at first. We had guests but we all ate great today.
We started our morning with a smoothie made with berries and kefir, and hard boiled eggs.
For lunch we had chicken, and finished up a lot of the dips from New Years Eve. Guacamole, salsa, hummus.
For dinner we ate roasted organic chicken, squash, and a variety of veggies. When hungry we snacked on fruit or raw milk.
We are trying hard not to diverge from the Phase 1 of the plan but some things we just have to "cheat" on. Right now it's impossible to get goats cheese or milk, we are eating some fruit not on the list but since it's in season we are, and we had some weird crackers with the majority of the OK foods in them but had a small amount of quinoa in it.
I did cheat today on a couple stuffed mushrooms from the party to finish up and we had some wine leftover.
I don't feel different because often in the past we've eaten well like this on and off, so it wasn't a huge change. the biggest change is to do this eating day after day without fast food or treats.

Some other things we started today were the HSO supplements Rubin recommends, starting all of us on a teaspoon of cod-liver oil, continuing our whole foods vitamins.
Before we left for vacation we also took Rubin's advice and replace our kitchen and living room lights with Full-spectrum flourescents that will help Vitamin D building and hope to help with the Michigan winter doldrums.
Justin weighed himself tonight and his unofficial starting weight was 203.

there are a few other keys that the maker's diet uses that we will try to undertake as the week or month progresses like the cleansing rituals each day and the prayer.

We're off to a good start! I am optimistic we can make it thru the next 40 days but wonder if we can stick with it forever. Justin isn't so sure. I just pray that we can come up with foods for the kids to eat.