DAY 7 –
breakfast: smoothie [protein, fiber, bee pollen, water, blueberries, pineapple, kale]
snack: none
lunch: chicken, hummus, avocado, spinach & lettuce wrapped in a brown rice tortilla. carrots on the side.
snack: pineapple
dinner: smoothie [protein, fiber, water, mango, pineapple, kale]
another day of feeling great. although i did feel more hungry than the previous few days. and i was up really late and so hungry by 1 AM, i could barely stand it.
and so begins week two. YAY!
DAY 8 –
breakfast: smoothie [protein, fiber, bee pollen, flax meal, water, almond milk, blueberries]
snack: apple with almond butter and juice [celery, beets, ginger, apple]
lunch: a bowl chicken, spinach & mushroom soup and lara bar
snack: carrots with hummus
dinner: smoothie [protein, fiber, water, peach, pineapple, kale]
woke up and was certain my stomach was eating itself, i was so hungry. and the hunger continued throughout the entire day. i was never satisfied…thought about food all day and dreamt about what my first meal will be post-cleanse. besides being hungry, i felt great and even climbed the stairs, which also felt great. now to get my butt to yoga [why can't they have more morning yoga times?].
DAY 9 –
breakfast: smoothie [protein, fiber, bee pollen, water, peaches, raspberries, spinach]
snack: none
lunch: [applegate] chicken sausage, lettuce, spinach, avocado, drizzle of homemade dressing, wrapped in brown rice tortilla and 1/2 of a larabar [larabar = dessert]
snack: a few carrots
dinner: smoothie [protein, fiber, water, almond milk, raspberries, pineapple]
while i was feeling good, day 9 was a day of wanting to be done. i longed for a regular meal. my tea was boring. i was never satisfied throughout the day. 2-5 PM are my witching hours, for this cleanse. thank goodness i’m doing this with a friend. we gripe to one another. we share with one another. we support and encourage one another.
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i was reading about breaking bad habits last night and something i read shared about replacing a bad habit with a good one, e.g. replacing coffee with tea. sounds fine and dandy but all i can think about is having coffee again. but maybe that’s because i’m not so committed to giving up coffee, when this is done. i’ve already said that i’m going back to coffee. i just am. so i guess i don’t consider my coffee such a bad habit.
let day 10 begin. although i already really, really want a cup of coffee. it smells so, so good! and i have no idea how i’m going to manage days 11 and 12, being at disney world.
the coffee, that steve left behind when he left this morning, which i longed for but didn’t have…
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doing so awesome deb.
i really cant believe it is day 10 already.
only..um…11 more days of smoothies:):)
I think it’s great that you are doing such an awesome job with this cleanse! I’m curious why you were thinking you would give up coffee? I had heard in moderation, coffee (w/o cream) was actually a good antioxidant.
hi melanie!
the problem is that i don’t drink my coffee with very much moderation. i have three cups every morning, which also includes my sugar free coffeemate. although i might try an organic coconut milk type of creamer once i start drinking coffee again. and yes, i am going to try to limit to two cups a day too. i just love coffee. thanks for asking.
I’m loving your cleanse posts! You’ve inspired me to do a modified version…and finally put my awesome juicier to use!
So hard to do with little kids that snack all day long though! Thx for the inspiration!
deb, i look forward to reading your clean updates. you inspired me to start myself….i had been putting off for 3 months. i am on day 6 today!! i going it solo bc everyone else thinks it’s a little extreme/nutso but i’m thrilled to be finally doing this for myself. this weekend was so hard bc i was home with my family all weekend and preparing meals for everyone. but i am so proud of myself that i didn’t cheat once. i totally agree with you about the coffee thing. i so miss it and i cannot wait to have again. same goes for beer and wine