Day 3

Breakfast
Omelet
2 eggs, organic, brown, Omega 3
Chopped onion, bell pepper, Anaheim pepper, garlic, grated carrot
Leftover fried potatoes from the other morning
Leftover veggies in ACV from last night

Lunch
Lettuce salad
Same as yesterday

Dinner
Spaghetti
Homemade spaghetti sauce
Grated zucchini
Steamed broccoli
Celery stuffed with peanut butter

Snacks
Homemade tomato juice
Sprouted almonds

The omelet was very tasty. I put in lots of garlic and onions and love it. I forgot to put in celery which I wish I hadn't forgotten. The veggies in ACV was my favorite part of breakfast and I again felt like my body was craving it.

Lunch was just okay. I do miss my good salad dressings and added fruit on top.

I was craving tomato juice this morning between breakfast and lunch so I took a pint of my homemade stewed tomatoes I bottled last fall, put it in the Vitamix for about one minute and poured it back into the pint jar and drank it while eating the sprouted almonds. It was so sweet and delicious.

Dinner was really tasty. I had wanted to have sauce over spaghetti squash, but Buy Low didn't have any, so I used zucchini squash instead. I didn't want to eat it cold, so I grated it and put it in the sauce and warmed it all up.

Interestingly enough I have not had any cravings for the things I should not be eating. I was worried about this because for the past several weeks I went overboard on eating yogurt when I started adding chocolate chips to it along with a banana and granola. I found that every day I was craving those darn chocolate chips. So craving them, that I was tempted to just eat them straight out of the bag. I resisted that, because I knew it would probably be the end of my self control. I was justifying it by telling myself I was going on this cleanse program. I have found that since Christmas I have just gradually changed my mindset and was giving in to old eating habits and taking a little liberty with food that I shouldn't have. One instance was eating some white chocolate covered popcorn. I didn't do it too often, but it was just enough that my body was remembering and craving "sweet things" too often. Where I used to have a sweet treat a few times a week (and that was usually a small bowl of yogurt, granola and berries), I was now eating something sweet daily which is not good even if it is supposed to made from healthy ingredients. Sweet is sweet and it is addicting......and.....I am an addict to sweets.

I had gained 13 pounds last winter from eating popcorn several times a week, covered with nice warm butter. I justified it saying it wouldn't be harmful because it wasn't sweet. I only ended up loosing about 5 pounds during the summer, so when this winter hit I was determined to not gain any more weight. I did pretty well with that and was maintaining that weight until I broke my arms. The first couple of days I thought this would be a breeze and I would probably loose weight since I could not fix my own food and the only way I could eat was to have someone spoon feed me. I don't know if it was all the good food that was brought into us or that my body was craving food, especially protein, that as soon as I could feed myself, I overate. I would eat my portion, then clean up Dennis' plate. I just couldn't stop myself. It was during this time I started eating so much of the yogurt and chocolate chips because it was something I could fix for myself and tasted SO good. Well that all did me in and I gained an additional 10 pounds. On a spur of the moment action Saturday night, I remembered I had a free coupon for Menchies Frozen Yogurt and did the unthinkable for me (again justifying this cleanse) and I stopped and got me one. Oh boy.....was that......ever.....so.....GOOD.....and.........ADDICTING!!! When it was gone I just wanted more, more, more. I guess it is good to have these experiences on a rare occasion, because it proves to me yet again, that no matter how long I go without that stuff, it is still an addiction I have. An alcoholic cannot have just one drink and a smoker cannot have just one cigarette. I cannot have just one dessert.

To sum this all up, I am really glad I have this opportunity to cleanse my body, to purge the fat and cravings along with the yeast overgrowth. I can and will make the best of what I CAN eat and not dwell on what I can't. It is, after all, only for 20 days and will get me back into eating more fresh vegetable and drinking fresh vegetable juices.