I'm at the half way point of my twice yearly dietary cleanse which helps me get my eating (post holidays) back into a healthy groove. As usual the first week wasn't bad at all. Jill - the nutrition counselor that my wife and I follow the advice of - plans our meals during our cleanse: What foods we'll eat, what our snacks during the day look like, and ensures, or tries to, that I drink all the water that I'm supposed to. (Which doesn't always happen. Long story, but it's a rarity for me to drink enough water during the day). So, week one is in the books and I feel good.
The first week was full of whole foods, lots of vegetables, and everything was as minimally to non-processed as possible. No caffeine, no alcohol.....just water. Everything is done with a focus on detoxifying the body. This weekend, however, began the 3 day period of raw foods and juicing.
I'm not opposed to raw foods - heck, I like apples! And juices? Sounds yummy.
Here's an excerpt of my Saturday menu:
Day 7 Juices
8am: Energizer: apple, ginger, beet, lime juice
10am: cucumber, spinach, parsley, spirulina, kiwi, lemon
12pm: carrot, apple, beet, grapefruit, ginger
2pm: cucumber, carrot, celery, kale, parsley, lemon
6pm: carrot, apple, celery, zucchini, lemon
Wait, I'm juicing kale? I don't even know what kale is! Well, that's not true, I do. But I'm pretty sure I don't want to juice it. And can I just say that my 1000a juice yesterday was, well....how can I put this delicately?.....a little tough to take.
I should have taken a picture of it - it was green, sludgy. The image is forever burned in my brain.
I'm really poking fun here (mostly) as a lot of the above mentioned juices are actually quite tasty, filling, and I still have energy and mojo. When I say I'm "mostly" poking fun, it's because there are a couple things on there that I just had to substitute. (I'll leave it to you to decide what got tossed off the recipe list).
In the end, however, I'm feeling good - had a good session on the bike trainer the past couple of days, and I'm headed to the pool shortly. And with less than a week to go I know that I'll be feeling refreshed and will once again have a firm grip on my diet and the ridiculousness of the holiday season consumption will be behind me.
The first week was full of whole foods, lots of vegetables, and everything was as minimally to non-processed as possible. No caffeine, no alcohol.....just water. Everything is done with a focus on detoxifying the body. This weekend, however, began the 3 day period of raw foods and juicing.
I'm not opposed to raw foods - heck, I like apples! And juices? Sounds yummy.
Here's an excerpt of my Saturday menu:
Day 7 Juices
8am: Energizer: apple, ginger, beet, lime juice
10am: cucumber, spinach, parsley, spirulina, kiwi, lemon
12pm: carrot, apple, beet, grapefruit, ginger
2pm: cucumber, carrot, celery, kale, parsley, lemon
6pm: carrot, apple, celery, zucchini, lemon
Wait, I'm juicing kale? I don't even know what kale is! Well, that's not true, I do. But I'm pretty sure I don't want to juice it. And can I just say that my 1000a juice yesterday was, well....how can I put this delicately?.....a little tough to take.
I should have taken a picture of it - it was green, sludgy. The image is forever burned in my brain.
I'm really poking fun here (mostly) as a lot of the above mentioned juices are actually quite tasty, filling, and I still have energy and mojo. When I say I'm "mostly" poking fun, it's because there are a couple things on there that I just had to substitute. (I'll leave it to you to decide what got tossed off the recipe list).
In the end, however, I'm feeling good - had a good session on the bike trainer the past couple of days, and I'm headed to the pool shortly. And with less than a week to go I know that I'll be feeling refreshed and will once again have a firm grip on my diet and the ridiculousness of the holiday season consumption will be behind me.