14-day Diet

I've been suffering through chronic fatigue for about 3 weeks now. Last week I had a bad crash - I completely knocked out in my bed for 13 hours straight and woke up sweating. Starting tomorrow, I'm changing my eating habits to detox-friendly foods only.

I am cutting the following foods from my diet:

• sugar
• dairy: milk, cheese, sour cream
• wheat
• gluten
• chocolate
• yeast: all breads
  
• white rice
• oil (I can have olive oil though)
• red meat

My favorite detox-friendly meal that I made up myself.

Brown Rice Spaghetti ( 1.99 @ Trader Joes)
1 tbsp Honey
1 tbsp of minced garlic (its a lot. I'm korean)
4 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
1/2 tbsp ground red chili peppers
1 1/2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp olive oil (for frying)
1/4 chopped onion
broccoli
cauliflower
white mushrooms
sugarsnap peas
bean sprouts (the kind you put in Pho)
scallions

I need to kick my bad habits, one of them being french fries. I love them. In a guilt-free world I'd eat french fries for breakfast, stuff em' right in my 3-egg-whites-only-omelet. In fact, I just had some Mcdonald's fries and they were delicious. 14 days without them = a lifetime ( I think 'lifetime' is one of the many words I use too often ), but it'll do my body better.

I know I need to just calm down about all of this but there's a reason why I take it so seriously and that's because for a period of 4 years of my life, my sister and I lived off of frozen tv dinners. My mom didn't cook when we were in highschool and our health really took a toll from it. It took me 2 years to build my metabolism back. Now I spend a lot of the time in the kitchen, even when I'm busy and its inefficient to do so. Cooking is my stress-reliever! Last night I made pad-thai for at 1am for no good reason and just fridged it to eat for later.

I want to live a long and full life. And of course, most people do. When it comes to smoking and drinking - I'll be honest, I choose not to do those things, not because of religious, legalistic reasons, but because I know I'd do it for the rest of my life. I'm afraid to try a cigarette because I know I'll like it. It's very simple like that. My dad has been smoking his entire life and now he's suffering from pneuomnia. Everyones dad is suffering from something, but it sucks when you know exactly how it could've been prevented. People seriously underestimate addictions.

Food is my addiction. I love all foods and in large amounts. I eat constantly and frequently. I'll have a hunger-curbing protein shake for lunch, and then eat a meal right after. Its ridiculous. I'm not dieting because I want to lose weight, I'm dieting because I hate how addicted I am to food. I know we only live once, but that's exactly the point. We live once. Live it well. One less french fry at a time.

This is something new I discovered which I think is surprisingly good.

QUINOA (pronounced keen-wah)
An alternative to white rice.



James Choi would look at this picture and probably tell me "That looks DISGUSTING". I don't know why I thought of James Choi. Maybe because I associate him with Yoshinoya.