Eva
03-20-2007, 08:59 AM
I have posted about various struggles with my husband and his even worse than SAD red meat etc. diet...
WELL, the last two days in a row, he has wanted to have a green smoothie with me in the morning. Yesterday at dinner, he said he was having dinner with me instead of the kids! And he made it! He wants to make one of Alissa's recipes for dinner tonight! (He watched the DVD before I did!)
The kids had a big cooked dinner with a smaller raw salad. About half an hour to an hour after eating this huge dinner, Carlinhos (he's 7) was hungry. Carlos fussed at him for being hungry, thought he wanted some chocolate or something. I said, "Oh, Carlos (gently), what do you expect? Most of the food he ate was dead and didn't nourish his body. It's not his fault." I asked Carlinhos if he wanted a green smoothie, he got excited. We made it together, he helped me pick stuff out... We did kale, banana and orange together. He was asking about kale, and I asked him if he knew who popeye was. He couldn't remember, but then I told him it was sort of like the spinach popeye eats. And then I was going to explain who popeye is, but then, the light bulb went off and Carlinhos said "ooooohhh, he's the guy who eats the spinach, then his arm is like this (pointed to his bicep, then used the other hand to show that it was huge.)... I said yeah, yeah. That's the guy. By this time, Yan (he's 12) came around. We split the smoothie 3 ways, and the kids LOVED it.
That was about 7pm, and Carlinhos didn't ask for food again last night (we were reading and playing some games, went to bed a little late around 10).
And Carlos has been asking me all these questions left and right about raw. He's starting to say it makes sense instead of making fun of me! And this morning, we were talking, and he says, out of the blue, "Your face! The pimple patch is almost gone!" (That what I coined it! I've had this whole area of about 20-30 pimples that hang out and breed on one side of my face. They alternate between who wants to be the scar for the week and who wants to be active. This is the first time in my life I had a problem like this for so long, about/at least for the last year.) And it's true, even the scars are starting to go away because my skin is regenerating itself so quickly.
And I've been sooo much less grumpy. And he's noticing all of these things. He actually told me this morning that he thinks he might do this with me!!!
AND my mom was asking me questions on the phone last night! :)
WOW, this is so exciting! Anyhow, just thought I'd share. :D
WELL, the last two days in a row, he has wanted to have a green smoothie with me in the morning. Yesterday at dinner, he said he was having dinner with me instead of the kids! And he made it! He wants to make one of Alissa's recipes for dinner tonight! (He watched the DVD before I did!)
The kids had a big cooked dinner with a smaller raw salad. About half an hour to an hour after eating this huge dinner, Carlinhos (he's 7) was hungry. Carlos fussed at him for being hungry, thought he wanted some chocolate or something. I said, "Oh, Carlos (gently), what do you expect? Most of the food he ate was dead and didn't nourish his body. It's not his fault." I asked Carlinhos if he wanted a green smoothie, he got excited. We made it together, he helped me pick stuff out... We did kale, banana and orange together. He was asking about kale, and I asked him if he knew who popeye was. He couldn't remember, but then I told him it was sort of like the spinach popeye eats. And then I was going to explain who popeye is, but then, the light bulb went off and Carlinhos said "ooooohhh, he's the guy who eats the spinach, then his arm is like this (pointed to his bicep, then used the other hand to show that it was huge.)... I said yeah, yeah. That's the guy. By this time, Yan (he's 12) came around. We split the smoothie 3 ways, and the kids LOVED it.
That was about 7pm, and Carlinhos didn't ask for food again last night (we were reading and playing some games, went to bed a little late around 10).
And Carlos has been asking me all these questions left and right about raw. He's starting to say it makes sense instead of making fun of me! And this morning, we were talking, and he says, out of the blue, "Your face! The pimple patch is almost gone!" (That what I coined it! I've had this whole area of about 20-30 pimples that hang out and breed on one side of my face. They alternate between who wants to be the scar for the week and who wants to be active. This is the first time in my life I had a problem like this for so long, about/at least for the last year.) And it's true, even the scars are starting to go away because my skin is regenerating itself so quickly.
And I've been sooo much less grumpy. And he's noticing all of these things. He actually told me this morning that he thinks he might do this with me!!!
AND my mom was asking me questions on the phone last night! :)
WOW, this is so exciting! Anyhow, just thought I'd share. :D