Some "aha" moments

We picked a date to start the four week E2 diet - 3/16 - between two out of town board meetings. We decided to try a recipe or two to figure out if we could hack this diet for four weeks. No meat, eggs, dairy, highly processed grains or oil. It actually sounds harder than it is.
I've been on this for a week now and feel great. I don't miss anything I'm not "supposed" to eat. Oh, I've also dropped two pounds and I'm still continuing to enjoy my evening wine.
The aha here is - vegans are not freaks.

We traveled to Fremont today to enjoy our favorite close ride. 22 miles total, it's all paved and no worry about cars and mostly flat. You ride out 11 miles, the last third is along the bay. We saw a few Great Blue Herons, which I think are beautiful birds. There's a picnic table at the end where we eat our lunch, then turn back. On the drive to the trailhead I was marveling at how clear and beautiful the entire bay area was. We had a few miles of a very tough head wind that was not a lot of fun.
Aha here is, if it's crystal clear all over, it's gonna be windy out by the bay.

I made an enchilada casserole last night, of course, I found it in the E2 book. It had a lot of spinach in it and I was dubious, as when I was a kid I hated spinach. Pat declared the dish delicious and I could barely gag it down.
Aha number three - I hate spinach. Still hate it.