Day Three

Wow! Three days down already! And I am feeling........crap. I woke up to my 5am alarm this morning with horrific nausea. When I crawled out of bed and put on my gym gear, I was worried that I would need to run to the toilet and be sick so much that I ran there anyway. Luckily I wasn't sick, and I was able to make it to my spin class on time. Nausea isn't a mentioned side effect of the 21 DSD, but I am hoping it will pass by Day 5. The worst part was that it came in waves, and being in a car for two hours today was not a great place to be.

Spin class was a whole other story. It turns out the boot camp and power session yesterday took a lot out of my legs, to the point where I am still having trouble walking! However, I persevered, and I am dreading waking up tomorrow because I know how my legs are going to feel. Dead weight anyone?

Now, eating today. It was a bit of a muddle because:

1. I knew I was going to Hamilton with my Mum, which is an hour away. I prepacked food last night, including the Apple Streudel Muffins for breakfast, Enchilada Stew for lunch, carrot sticks for a snack, and a small box of coconut water.

2. I had no appetite at all in the morning. None whatsoever. The thought of consuming food made the nausea even worse.

Anyway, we drove down to Hamilton to see a friend who was in Waikato Hospital. He had a fall off a horse about four weeks ago, and although he wasn't looking great at first, he is doing much better now. That trip ended up lasting a lot longer than we anticipated, and during this time my appetite came back. I had eaten the muffins and the carrot sticks on the way down so was completely out of food. So, we ventured down the road to a yummy Japanese restaurant and I was able to order sashimi! I love sashimi so much, and was so excited to see that I could eat it while on the 21 DSD. It was very hard not to eat the rice that came with the meal, and not drink the miso (which is one of my all time favourites) but I was able to get through it.

Dinner time was awful - the nausea was back in full swing, and I was feeling absolutely crap. I was a bit worried that I hadn't eaten a whole lot today, so I had a salad with egg, avocado, tomatoes, mushrooms and mesculun. Thank god it was nice and light.

When the man and I got back from the supermarket (which, by the way, was pure torture), I got to making my all time favourite - almond butter! I love almond butter so much - it is so smooth and delicious, and stupidly easy to make.

How to Make Almond Butter

1. Put roasted almonds in a food processor. Roasted almonds are the best to use to make almond butter, as the roasting process brings out the natural oils, making them easier to process.

2. Turn on food processor, ensuring that you have the stainless steel blade on.
3. Let food processor do its thing! Here are some photos of what will happen:

4. When the almonds are at this stage, you will need to use a spatula to push the sides down. I had to repeat this about four or five times during the process.

And - voila! You have lovely, homemade almond butter! I like mine really smooth so I let it keep going until it is at that stage, however you can turn it off at any time depending on how crunchy you like it!

Almond butter definitely made my not-so-great day a lot better! In fact, I might go grab some now...