First week on the Engine 2 diet, and running plan

The end of the first week on the Engine two diet. Haven't weighed, but I feel good. The biggest change has been getting rid of the processed breads, and things with cheese in them. I ate as much as usual, though, but I do feel that it was better quality food.

Some of the things I ate:

steamed brown rice half of the week, and homemade cereal were the main things

curry tofu/veggies from Pei Wei in Memphis

a few falafel burgers, with avocado and low-fat honey mustard salad dressing

blue chips with salsa and avocado

vegan Tasty Bite entrees, the Bombay potatoes and the vegetable stew one

two burritos made with mama's kidney beans, mexican seasoning and bell peppers

an all veggie, no-cheese homemade pizza

Not much pasta, but I hope to make some peanut sauce tomorrow, a lot of it, and drizzle it onto some pasta with a crumbled up soy sausage patty.

I feel less hungry eating these foods. I think eating the processed breads was what was the worst. Not just sliced bread, but cheese biscuits, chocolate chip muffins, cookies and cakes. It got ridiculous there for a while.

close-up on the cereal: it's home-made by Mama, and has oats, dried fruit and nuts, walnuts and sunflower seeds, and I add strawberries, bananas and blueberries every time I eat it, plus a little bit of dark chocolate. Then it's soy milk. Since I'm eating vegan food on this diet, minus anything processed, then I was worried for the first time that I would miss the one key nutrient, B12. But, a cup of the soy milk has 50% of the required daily amount, and I drink much more than that. At the same time, I try to stay away from too much soy because it's supposed to be high in hormone production.

The only thing that's been upsetting my plans towards the 2012 Spartathlon is.... wasps. Number one enemy against America right now, Colbert would say. But it's bad. I was attacked by 4 or 5 of them when I was running bleachers on a beautiful night. I had been upset yesterday and so I expected the exercise to be therapeutic for me, but it wasn't meant to be. I did the bleachers at the beginning, and when I got to the top they all came out and one bit me on the foot. Then I walked around the track and felt the poison go all the way to my groin. And it felt like those places had been bit again, too. Now it's Saturday the 4th, and my foot is swollen twice the size.

It hurts just to stand. So when will I run again?