The Weekend

When I started this trek to detox and to get focused on my health again I was a bit nervous about the weekend.  I generally let myself be a bit more lax on the weekend.  I typically eat out more and don't follow such a regimented schedule as during the week.  Not that I have really been on any regimented schedule for awhile!!!  Thinking about the weekend made me a bit nervous that I might not stay on track. 
Well, so far, I want to say that things are looking up!
Yes, it's only Saturday morning before noon, but it's still going well! And I'm being positively optimistic.
My tummy was rumbling very noisily this morning when my eyes popped open.  Actually, I'm pretty sure that it was the noise coming from my gut that brought me back to life.  I jumped up out of bed...well, more like hobbled out nursing my hurt heel, my aching hip and swollen knee.  Yes, I am falling apart!
Breakfast this morning was scheduled to be a buckwheat pancakes and I was anxious to get into the kitchen and see what this recipe was going to taste like.  I adapted the recipe just a bit (of course, I did!)  Adapted is code for making substitutions...hehehehe.  I'm even thinking I should change the name of the recipe.

Buckwheat Pancakes (made with 10 grain flour into a waffle)
1 cup buckwheat flour (I used 1/2 cup 10 grain flour pancake mix +1tsp olive oil + 1 tsp powered eggs substitute)
1 tsp active dry yeast ( didn't use this at all)
Pinch of sea salt
1 1/2 cups warm water (1/4 cup almond milk)
1/4 baking soda (didn't use)
1 tsp. molasses ( agave nectar)
1 cup fresh blueberries ( I also added some cinnamon and walnuts)

So basically you can see that I pretty much veered away from the recipe to make my own waffles.  They were mighty tasty!! I looked at the ingredients in the 10 grain flour pancake mix and it all was organic and didn't seem to have any of the foods I'm to stay away from so I deemed it OK.   However, if you want to be true to the recipe in Dr. Colbert's book Get Healthy through Detox and Fasting, then just follow it as written without my changes.  Let me know if it's good.

The one thing that I am sad about is that right now I am not really able to do much exercise so my results will most probably not include much if any weight loss.  Monday I am seeing a doctor about my heel that has been hurting for sometime and I have self diagnosed as Plantar fasciitis.  I'm anxious to see if the doctor concurs and what the treatment will be.  In addition to that issue, my left knee is swollen, clicking and painful.  Yes, I am falling apart at the young age of 54.  So, while I would like to be doing cardio or walking I am sticking to upper body strength training right now.

Ok, I'm off to grab another cup of ginger tea and do my Bible study.  I'm going to be totally lazy today. May even stay in my pj's all day!