Week two winding down

I can't believe it's been two weeks already!  We have already decided 30 days isn't enough, we want to keep going! The strangest thing to me, is how I don't miss sugar.  I mean, you're talking about someone who could down ice cream like it was water!  I don't even really think about it, or miss it.  I think I will stick with the no sugar thing even when I'm ready to slowly reintroduce gluten and dairy.
So, after two weeks, I've lost 12.5 pounds!  Before we started, I dreamt that I lost 14 pounds in the first two weeks, and I thought, "yea right!"  Who would've thought I'd actually get close to that number?
Tonight, we are making pan-seared sole with lemon and capers, served over a watercress salad with a lemon vinaigrette, and roasted brussels sprouts.  Oh yea!  Tomorrow night, my husband is going to smoke a pork shoulder and make a cranberry-apple-honey glaze.
Also, tomorrow is my first day of work.  I am anxious on a number of different levels, one being: what can I eat there?  What if they want me to taste things I'm not supposed to eat?  I'll have to, but I will do as little as possible, and spit out when I can.  I don't want them to think I'm nuts on my first day!!!
The thing I really wanted to talk about today, is how strangely people view food in this country.  Even with the rise in popularity of the Food Network and Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, people still think it's a waste of money to spend "a lot" on food!  People think they're getting ripped off if they have to pay $2 for a head of local organic lettuce.  Why can't it cost the $1.30 like at the super market?  What's even crazier to me than that is that people will spend hundreds of dollars on special pet food for their animals to make sure they don't get filled up on "fillers" that cheaper foods use.  But, they go to the super market and buy food made from "fillers" for themselves!  Guar gum, dextrose, xantham gum, corn syrup, anything with -ase at the end.  All preservatives and fillers made from processing corn and soy.  They trick us into thinking it's yummy and that we're full.  Even store bought bread is full of these things!
What is the solution?  I'm still trying to figure it out.  I realize not everyone gets to stay home with their children and cook all day, but there must be some middle ground!  The only answer can't be "I don't have time, so I'm going to buy this."  Maybe it starts here, with us, creating simple, easy to reproduce recipes to share with everyone.  We aren't the only ones!  There's information out there, I am just trying to share how easy it is and can be.  How much better you feel when you eat this delicious, healthy food.  How much better you feel to actually KNOW where your food came from!  Stick with me, and I hope you will see.