The new place is wonderful.

Yay!

There are still a few things left to be done (including all of the baby's room...oy...)

How many weeks are you now?

Burrell, good luck with the diet. As for breakfast - maybe some dairy stuff?

Ginger!

I can't eat eggs 7 days a week, I'll have a heart attack.

Eggbeaters. I eat eggs 7 days a week. Sometimes I have yogurt instead (but not now with no dairy).

Aren't some vegetables problematic in a similar way, as well?

Yep, as Burrell notes. Luckily some of the problem vegetables are ones I dislike already (not a fan of cabbage or broccoli).

Avoiding dairy and wheat though is so much harder.

All of which would be easier if I was actually convinced that such changes would help me avoid x-disease but I'm not, at least not fully.

Maybe not, but sometimes a change in diet shifts one's world food view. I appreciate grains so much more when I've gone without for a while.

Nilly, what's new with you?

Nilly! I've missed your pixels. I thought of you when I heard a radio feature story about a guy who is trying to bring pro (more or less) baseball to Israel.

How many weeks are you now?

34 and counting. Here's a picture from Sunday.

I'm going to try to cut out all sugar and carbs for 3 weeks. It sounds vaguely do-able, except for the breakfast part. I can't eat eggs 7 days a week

When my dad started what he calls his "no funnel cakes" diet, breakfast was a whole wheat English muffin with lox on top. Not 100% carb-free, but pretty close.

I am no longer stuck in an airport hotel in Roanoke, VA. At least I've got that going for me today.

My right shoe has begun squeaking, which I fear is a sign of impending death throes. Oh, my Franco Sarto ankle boots, I'm not ready to part with you!

I love the Mayan Chocolate. But last night I went with B&J's Brownie Batter. It's no Americone but it's still good.

I just went with straight up brownie batter. And no, I'm not even kidding.

Toothiness: I've got a very chipmunk-with-a-golfball-tucked-in-its-cheek look going. V. nice. Hopefully I'll be more human by the end of the week.

Jessica, you are so cute pregnant! How far along are you?

I appreciate grains so much more when I've gone without for a while.

Yeah, I can see that. Unfortunately the person who proposed the diet actually suggests going without grain permanently. And she lives by her word, too. I don't think I can do that, hence the substitution of whole grain in place of no grain ever again.

I think no grain ever is just too extreme, unless you are allergic to grains.

Also, what is a grain in her book? Does corn count? Corn is a major carb and a grain (and undigestible) but still a vegetable too? What about potatoes? Not a grain, but still a carb?

Not no grain, but no gluten, so most grains are out. Corn and rice are about it, or is millet gluten-free too? Anyway, too harsh in my book. I like grains.

But the first part, the cleanse, needs to be completely grain and carb free. And sugar free, including natural sugars, like fruit. And I've never been on a diet in my life. This is going to suck.