all part of this completely tasteless breakfast

based on the fact that i've recently realized that a lot of my friends don't know about my food restrictions, i have decided right now to list everything that i can't eat, so that all may know. :)

so, let us begin the list:

1. NO beef
2. NO chicken
3. NO wheat/gluten
4. NO heated oils or heated fats
5. NO cow's milk or cow's cheese
6. NO artificial preservatives,
additives, colors, dyes, flavors, etc.
7. NO chocolate or cocoa
8. NO sugar
(9-ish. i have a sliiiight intolerance to soy - so i can't overdo it)

i think that's it. i know, i know - it's eight(ish) things, but in the long run (and the big, big picture) it knocks out a looooot of food, and though it is really annoying to not be able to eat an awesome piece of pizza or a huge bowl of ice cream (or pretty much anything! boo), since i cut out all of the above from my diet a couple things have happened:

.: i've lost a lot of weight, and am much healthier these days (caused by everything)
.: i'm a lot less prone to sudden bursts of temper (oddly enough, those were caused by the beef and chicken...)
.: i'm a lot more clear-headed (the sugar)
.: i'm a lot more willing to get up and get out and do things, exercise, play outdoor games, i can actually run for a while without feeling like i'm about to die... those sort of things

so all in all i'm pretty happy with myself at the moment - something, as a lot of people may know, never happened (or happened extremely rarely) before, when i was eating all the stuff i shouldn't. and the stuff that i've found to eat isn't as bad as i make it out to be - a lot of it is quite delicious, especially if one of my beee-uuuuuuuutee-ful sisters made it. :)

so now, i am going to get breakfast. adios!

-me