I think I figured out why I'm so tired. Carbs. This diet has a lot of safe carbs. Fruits are safe. Most veggies are safe. Those are all carbs.
Today I telecommuted. That made life a lot easier. I didn't have to think about packing up breakfast, packing up lunch, etc. Tomorrow I make a quick business trip down to West Des Moines to see a supplier. I'll have to plan ahead with meals and snacks for the day.
Today's breakfast was actually quite yummy! I made cream of wheat:
LID Recipe for Cream of Wheat Cereal
1 1/4 cup almond milk (see below)
1 teaspoon safe margarine (Fleischman's salt free, dairy free, marked as Pareve)
1/4 heaping cup Manischewitz cream wheat cereal
pinch of Kosher salt
1 teaspoon honey
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
I warmed the almond milk, stirred in the margarine, cereal, salt, honey and cinnamon. I stirred it well as it bubbled over low heat, for about a minute. I removed it from the heat and added the vanilla extract. Stirred it up and ate it! It was awesome.
To make almond milk: Put 1 cup raw unprocessed almonds whole almonds and 2.5 cups of water in a blender. Blend well until the almonds are pulverized and the mixture is milky white. Add the sweetener of your choice - but NOT brown sugar or molasses. I used 1 Tablespoon of Agave syrup. Blend well. Pour through a fine strainer. Refridgerate the milk. It will keep for 3-4 days. You can save the almond pulp and put it into brownies or smoothies. I tried to dry the almond pulp out and planned to use it as a crust on chicken. I put it into the oven to dry it out and forgot about it and it turned into burnt almond crust...so it got tossed! I still think it would have been good on chicken.