Pre Breakfast:
Fresh Vegetable Juice
Carrot, celery, beet, cucumber
Breakfast
Scrambled Egg with onion, garlic, and celery topped with salsa
Diced veggies in ACV (apple cider vinegar)
Lunch
Lettuce Salad (same as all week)
Dinner
Baked chicken
Steamed Asparagus
Steamed Cauliflower
Snack
Soaked, dried almonds
My new favorite thing is having salsa on my eggs. I think it will replace Ketchup, and it is much healthier. I find that as long as I eat a protein with breakfast and dinner, I am satisfied all day. I don't get hungry between meals. I do miss eating fruit and having green smoothies, along with bran muffins, wild rice and yogurt with granola.
I did have one great surprise - I got on the scales just for fun on Sunday morning just to see if I had lost any weight. I thought maybe a pound or two, but when the scales read 8 lbs less I was just plain excited. It makes all this so much more bearable. It's not that this is a really hard diet for me. It really isn't. There just isn't a lot of flexibility, mainly because I don't want to fix two different meals every night for dinner and Dennis does not like much but meat and potatoes and a few other things. I would love to have Thai food and would eat it several times a week, but he hates it. Maybe I just need to buy him a pizza and make myself some Thai. That sounds like a plan. In order to get plenty of good healthy nutrition I know that I need a salad everyday, and I opt to eat it at lunch. I don't usually get bored of them, but right now I miss all the extras like a variation of fruit, or tortilla chips on a taco salad. It just wouldn't be a taco salad without the crunch of a chip. I am pretty sure that when this is all over, I won't eat another egg for a very long time.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Day 7
Today was Fast Sunday so I did not eat anything until about 5:00 pm
Dinner
Black bean chili
Black beans
Chopped onions
Chopped garlic
Chopped bell peppers
1/2 packet chili seasoning
1 qt stewed tomatoes (blended)
1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes, chopped
Lettuce salad - same as other days
I don't mind fasting anymore. Haven't minded it for years. I feel even better about it since I learned how much good it is for our physical bodies. Some studies even say that for optimal health we should fast once every week. I will stick with the once a month thank you.
I really enjoy Sundays. It is a day to be renewed Spiritually, step away from daily and worldly activities, and plan out the week ahead. I got a few letters written today that I haven't been able to write these past 6 weeks. That felt really good.
Dinner
Black bean chili
Black beans
Chopped onions
Chopped garlic
Chopped bell peppers
1/2 packet chili seasoning
1 qt stewed tomatoes (blended)
1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes, chopped
Lettuce salad - same as other days
I don't mind fasting anymore. Haven't minded it for years. I feel even better about it since I learned how much good it is for our physical bodies. Some studies even say that for optimal health we should fast once every week. I will stick with the once a month thank you.
I really enjoy Sundays. It is a day to be renewed Spiritually, step away from daily and worldly activities, and plan out the week ahead. I got a few letters written today that I haven't been able to write these past 6 weeks. That felt really good.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Day 6
Breakfast
1 glass vegetable juice (freshly made)
1/2 beet
1/2 cucumber (peeled)
3 stalks celery
3 medium carrots
small handful spinach
Handful of soaked almonds
Lunch
Scrambled egg & fried potatoes
Rainbow salad
1/2 zucchini, diced
1 cucumber, sliced
2 tomatoes, diced
cauliflower florets
broccoli florets
Dressing: Apple Cider Vinegar, olive oil, flax seed oil, oregano, basil, dulse, kelp
Dinner
Salmon
Steamed butternut squash with red chili sauce
Steamed asparagus
Snack
Almond milk with stevia
Nuts
I used up the last two eggs yesterday and could not figure out what to have for breakfast. I have been wanting to make vegetable juice since Tuesday, so I decided to make some today. I looked on the internet and in a juice book and kind of combined a couple, as almost all of the recipes have fruit in them. I have to admit that I was kind of worried how the juice would taste, but it was really good. You can tell that I must have went to the grocery store because I had eggs for lunch. We did have eggs in the house, but I have learned to much about what is in the white eggs. How the chickens are put in cages that they barely fit in, can't move around at all, and are fed hormones to make them produce more eggs, and then are given antibiotics because they get bacteria from their living conditions. I really only try to eat brown eggs if I have to eat them. I would really prefer to have fresh multicolored eggs, but I don't have the time nor desire to raise chickens in my backyard.
The rainbow salad was so....s0.....s0 good. It is much like the tomato, cucumber, red onion stuff I got from Amanda and ate earlier on this week, and it was a nice change from lettuce salad. Not that I am tired of salads, just the dressing. I definitely need to a recipe I have somewhere for raw, vegan ranch dressing made from either sunflower seeds or cashews.
The hardest thing today was remembering to take all the pills that I need to take. Being busy on weekends makes it more challenging and I forgot to take them with me when I went miniature golfing with my grandkids. 6 days down, 12 more to go. I am 1/3 the way through.
1 glass vegetable juice (freshly made)
1/2 beet
1/2 cucumber (peeled)
3 stalks celery
3 medium carrots
small handful spinach
Handful of soaked almonds
Lunch
Scrambled egg & fried potatoes
Rainbow salad
1/2 zucchini, diced
1 cucumber, sliced
2 tomatoes, diced
cauliflower florets
broccoli florets
Dressing: Apple Cider Vinegar, olive oil, flax seed oil, oregano, basil, dulse, kelp
Dinner
Salmon
Steamed butternut squash with red chili sauce
Steamed asparagus
Snack
Almond milk with stevia
Nuts
I used up the last two eggs yesterday and could not figure out what to have for breakfast. I have been wanting to make vegetable juice since Tuesday, so I decided to make some today. I looked on the internet and in a juice book and kind of combined a couple, as almost all of the recipes have fruit in them. I have to admit that I was kind of worried how the juice would taste, but it was really good. You can tell that I must have went to the grocery store because I had eggs for lunch. We did have eggs in the house, but I have learned to much about what is in the white eggs. How the chickens are put in cages that they barely fit in, can't move around at all, and are fed hormones to make them produce more eggs, and then are given antibiotics because they get bacteria from their living conditions. I really only try to eat brown eggs if I have to eat them. I would really prefer to have fresh multicolored eggs, but I don't have the time nor desire to raise chickens in my backyard.
The rainbow salad was so....s0.....s0 good. It is much like the tomato, cucumber, red onion stuff I got from Amanda and ate earlier on this week, and it was a nice change from lettuce salad. Not that I am tired of salads, just the dressing. I definitely need to a recipe I have somewhere for raw, vegan ranch dressing made from either sunflower seeds or cashews.
The hardest thing today was remembering to take all the pills that I need to take. Being busy on weekends makes it more challenging and I forgot to take them with me when I went miniature golfing with my grandkids. 6 days down, 12 more to go. I am 1/3 the way through.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Day 5
Breakfast
Scrambled egg with onion and garlic
Potato fried in olive oil
Salsa
Lunch
Lettuce salad (same as previous salad days)
Dinner
Taco's
Ground beef
chopped onions
salsa
red chili
Chopped tomatoes
Lettuce
Wrapped in a cabbage leaf
Steamed broccoli & cauliflower
Snack
Soaked almonds
Breakfast stayed with me a lot longer today than yesterday. I guess I will be eating eggs most every morning as I don't know what else to have for breakfast.
I do prefer to eat a nice salad over crudites (raw veggies). There is something about green leafy vegetables that have a powerful effect on my body and I feel health and vitality from eating it.
I find that at night around 9:00 I want to eat something, but not necessarily hungry. I think this comes from a long habit of snacking around that time. I have read over and over again, that it is best to not eat after 6:00 or 7:00 pm so our digestive system has a chance to rest. As we are constantly eating throughout the day it never gets a rest and really needs one. About 10-12 hours is optimal. It is good for the body to go to bed a little hungry, this is part of the process. I know, I know, it is a hard thing to do because we are so used to putting things in our mouth, often without even thinking about it when we feel the slightest bit hungry. Many people put food (mostly junk) in their mouth not because they are hungry, but because the body is craving it, like a smoker craves a cigarette.
I want to admit that I have included a lot of prayer in this process. I know that I am human and prone to much weakness, so I need all the power from Heaven I can get. I am so thankful for it.
Scrambled egg with onion and garlic
Potato fried in olive oil
Salsa
Lunch
Lettuce salad (same as previous salad days)
Dinner
Taco's
Ground beef
chopped onions
salsa
red chili
Chopped tomatoes
Lettuce
Wrapped in a cabbage leaf
Steamed broccoli & cauliflower
Snack
Soaked almonds
Breakfast stayed with me a lot longer today than yesterday. I guess I will be eating eggs most every morning as I don't know what else to have for breakfast.
I do prefer to eat a nice salad over crudites (raw veggies). There is something about green leafy vegetables that have a powerful effect on my body and I feel health and vitality from eating it.
I find that at night around 9:00 I want to eat something, but not necessarily hungry. I think this comes from a long habit of snacking around that time. I have read over and over again, that it is best to not eat after 6:00 or 7:00 pm so our digestive system has a chance to rest. As we are constantly eating throughout the day it never gets a rest and really needs one. About 10-12 hours is optimal. It is good for the body to go to bed a little hungry, this is part of the process. I know, I know, it is a hard thing to do because we are so used to putting things in our mouth, often without even thinking about it when we feel the slightest bit hungry. Many people put food (mostly junk) in their mouth not because they are hungry, but because the body is craving it, like a smoker craves a cigarette.
I want to admit that I have included a lot of prayer in this process. I know that I am human and prone to much weakness, so I need all the power from Heaven I can get. I am so thankful for it.
Day 4
Thursdays I serve as a missionary at the BYU Family History Library so I have to take my lunch with me. Usually I take a frozen green smoothie (that one of my fellow missionaries call's pond scum) and by lunch time it is nice and creamy. Since I couldn't take that in, I had to get creative.
Breakfast
Sweet potato, cubed and fried in coconut oil
The last of the veggies in ACV
Lunch
Crudites (cut up veggies)
Hummus
Celery stuffed with fresh/raw peanut butter
Tomato juice (I blended my bottled tomatoes before I left)
Dinner
Red bean soup
Red beans soaked for 48 hours
Potato, carrot, onions, garlic, celery and herbs/spices
Snack
Celery stuffed with fresh/raw peanut butter
The one thing about eating only vegetables is that I get hungry sooner. The sweet potato didn't last long and I was hungry by 10:00am. I ate part of my lunch and saved the rest for later, figuring I would be hungry again, and I was around 2:30, so I ate the rest. I find that if I don't have protein or grains, then I have to eat sooner. There is nothing wrong with that, it is just something I have noticed.
Breakfast
Sweet potato, cubed and fried in coconut oil
The last of the veggies in ACV
Lunch
Crudites (cut up veggies)
Hummus
Celery stuffed with fresh/raw peanut butter
Tomato juice (I blended my bottled tomatoes before I left)
Dinner
Red bean soup
Red beans soaked for 48 hours
Potato, carrot, onions, garlic, celery and herbs/spices
Snack
Celery stuffed with fresh/raw peanut butter
The one thing about eating only vegetables is that I get hungry sooner. The sweet potato didn't last long and I was hungry by 10:00am. I ate part of my lunch and saved the rest for later, figuring I would be hungry again, and I was around 2:30, so I ate the rest. I find that if I don't have protein or grains, then I have to eat sooner. There is nothing wrong with that, it is just something I have noticed.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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.
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.
Day 2
Breakfast
Oat groat cereal
Oat groats
Cinnamon
Stevia
Chopped walunts
Grated unsweetened coconut
Almond milk (homemade, unsweetened)
Lunch
Lettuce Salad
Romaine, Spinach, Red leaf lettuce
Cauliflower
Radishes
Avocado, sliced
Sprouts (homegrown)
Homemade salad dressing (olive oil, ACV [apple cider vinegar], mustard, sesame seeds)
Leftover chicken from last night
Dinner
Shrimp (pan steamed with a little olive oil)
Asparagus, steamed
Tomatoes, cucumbers and red onions in ACV
Snacks
Cashews
Almonds, soaked
Carrot sticks
I am still struggling with what to have for breakfast since I don't love eggs and that is about the only breakfasty thing I can think of on this cleanse. Yesterday I called the School of Natural Healing of which I am a student and who sponsors the Healthier You Saturday morning radio program to talk to someone about this diet. They said it would be okay to eat only oat groats occasionally as it is still a grain which turns into sugar in the gut. So I tried it today. The best way to cook them is to put 1/4 cup per person (in this case just me) in a thermos and cover with 1 cup boiling water (per person), place the lid on and gently shake so all the water and grain mixes well and lay it on its side and leave it till morning. When you wake up, like magic, your cereal is all cooked. Just add the rest of your ingredients and it is ready. I often times put the oat groats and milk in a saucepan so the milk will warm up. I have to admit that I did not care for this too much. I am too used to having a banana and agave to sweeten it up. I only added about 1/2 tsp of stevia, but it was not enough to sweeten it sufficiently. I was leery of adding too much as I don't want to do anything to help the yeast grow as I am trying to rid it from my body.
The dressing I made for my salad is not the greatest either, but again, I am too used to adding agave to my homemade dressings. You try and find a recipe out there that does not add any sweetener. There just are not too many.
My favorite part of tonights meal was the fresh veggies in ACV. I was shocked that my body actually seemed to be craving it. It actually tasted sweet and very yummy. I also loved the asparagus.
I went shopping today and got lots of fresh veggies. I am looking forward to lots of fun recipes for the next 20 days.
Oat groat cereal
Oat groats
Cinnamon
Stevia
Chopped walunts
Grated unsweetened coconut
Almond milk (homemade, unsweetened)
Lunch
Lettuce Salad
Romaine, Spinach, Red leaf lettuce
Cauliflower
Radishes
Avocado, sliced
Sprouts (homegrown)
Homemade salad dressing (olive oil, ACV [apple cider vinegar], mustard, sesame seeds)
Leftover chicken from last night
Dinner
Shrimp (pan steamed with a little olive oil)
Asparagus, steamed
Tomatoes, cucumbers and red onions in ACV
Snacks
Cashews
Almonds, soaked
Carrot sticks
I am still struggling with what to have for breakfast since I don't love eggs and that is about the only breakfasty thing I can think of on this cleanse. Yesterday I called the School of Natural Healing of which I am a student and who sponsors the Healthier You Saturday morning radio program to talk to someone about this diet. They said it would be okay to eat only oat groats occasionally as it is still a grain which turns into sugar in the gut. So I tried it today. The best way to cook them is to put 1/4 cup per person (in this case just me) in a thermos and cover with 1 cup boiling water (per person), place the lid on and gently shake so all the water and grain mixes well and lay it on its side and leave it till morning. When you wake up, like magic, your cereal is all cooked. Just add the rest of your ingredients and it is ready. I often times put the oat groats and milk in a saucepan so the milk will warm up. I have to admit that I did not care for this too much. I am too used to having a banana and agave to sweeten it up. I only added about 1/2 tsp of stevia, but it was not enough to sweeten it sufficiently. I was leery of adding too much as I don't want to do anything to help the yeast grow as I am trying to rid it from my body.
The dressing I made for my salad is not the greatest either, but again, I am too used to adding agave to my homemade dressings. You try and find a recipe out there that does not add any sweetener. There just are not too many.
My favorite part of tonights meal was the fresh veggies in ACV. I was shocked that my body actually seemed to be craving it. It actually tasted sweet and very yummy. I also loved the asparagus.
I went shopping today and got lots of fresh veggies. I am looking forward to lots of fun recipes for the next 20 days.
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