The 6th Day Off the Cleanse
Hello Everyone!
Happy Friday and happy belated 4th of July!
I'm now on my 6th day off of the cleanse and I feel pretty darn good! I'm just happy that I don't have to get up at 5am anymore...although I have to say that I wish I could so I could do some morning exercises before work. I think because I know that I don't "have to" get up (to do the salt water), then I just hit snooze like 2 or 8 times...next thing you know it's 6:30. I guess I just have to put it in my head that I "have to" get up so that I can exercise. We'll try that starting tomorrow!
So what have I been eating, you may be asking? Well, for the first day I had orange juice and watermelon. The next day I had more orange juice throughout the day, and more watermelon. Then Monday, I brought a lemonade, mango, orange juice, and watermelon. That night we went to a Mets game and I brought more mango, watermelon, and OJ with me...although the smell of the hotdogs was killing me! I did fine though. The 4th of July I decided to try more solid foods since the mango went down so well. I had my first bowl of GUACAMOLE! It was so amazingly good! Doing the cleanse really makes you appreciate every little bite so that you don't eat to excess. After I had that, I made a salad for us to eat, for Joe it was a side to his rib-eye steak that he grilled on our new little $25 propane grill. The salad was perfect: chopped organic hearts of romaine, tomatoes, celery, cucumber, chopped walnuts, onion, garlic, sea salt, pepper, olive oil, and a squeeze of a lemon. Then, I became very brave...I had a few bites of the grilled salmon filet that we decided to make as well. OMG...to die for! I felt a little full though after eating all that throughout the day..my guacamole was for lunch so it wasn't like I totally pigged out! ;-)
The past couple of days I've slowly been reintroducing other foods. I had the rest of that salad for lunch on the 5th along with an orange and this interesting combination of chopped celery, chopped dates, and sliced banana for breakfast. It was quite good! A little sweet for me, but good. Then I had to go to Whole Foods (on a mostly empty stomach...bad idea) and I ended up getting so much food...all raw and organic. It really feels great to know that what I'm buying to put into my body is as healthy as I can get to maintain all that I accomplished over those 21 days. I bought lots of veggies, fruits, and "raw" snacks, made of nuts and seeds and spices...pretty good! I had a snack on the way home which I think was a little tough to digest...I had a little tummy ache, but I know it was just too soon to eat it, but that one day I'd be able to enjoy it.
That night, I made this fantastic soup--Gazpacho style "raw": tomatoes, red and yellow peppers, onions, 1 avocado, garlic, basil, dill, sea salt, pepper, olive oil, sun dried tomatoes, and raisins (to add a little sweetness) all chopped and then blended together in the blender et voila! It is AMAZING. I had several tastes of it and couldn't wait to have a bowl. You'd never imagine how good cold, raw soup can be until you try it! So I had that for lunch yesterday and will have it again today. For the rest of the day, I had fruit and orange juice for breakfast (all eaten slowly before noon) my soup at about 2pm, then a snack at 4pm of dried apple rings and almonds. Then I had guacamole again for dinner but this time I had a few brown rice crackers to complement it. Delicious.
So I'm doing my best to eat as raw and healthy as possible to keep of the 1 inch that I got rid of and to hopefully get rid of another inch...I just have to incorporate cardio exercise and yoga/pilates/Callanetics...then I'll be set! I feel great, happy, a little sluggish because my body isn't used to digesting, but that will pass. Today I have quite a bit of energy though so that's good.
Tonight I will step beyond what I have been eating this week: sushi! I'm so excited. It really will be wonderful...it's one of my most favorite foods ever. I'll have to take it easy and not go overboard, but I think a salad will help curb my desire to wolf down every piece that comes to us. Hey, we might even go upstairs and sing a little karaoke to celebrate!
So that's that! Did you catch that I lost an inch all around?? Pretty cool, huh? I've been able to wear jeans that I haven't worn in over 5 years! I think I need to buy new ones in a smaller size! (insert Lissa jumping up and down and cheering like mad). I also have an incentive to stay on the right track because we just booked our September trip back to Aruba!! That bikini doesn't look quite so scary now.
Stay tuned for more posts...and these will be like my old ones...enough about the cleanse already!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
~Happy
Happy Friday and happy belated 4th of July!
I'm now on my 6th day off of the cleanse and I feel pretty darn good! I'm just happy that I don't have to get up at 5am anymore...although I have to say that I wish I could so I could do some morning exercises before work. I think because I know that I don't "have to" get up (to do the salt water), then I just hit snooze like 2 or 8 times...next thing you know it's 6:30. I guess I just have to put it in my head that I "have to" get up so that I can exercise. We'll try that starting tomorrow!
So what have I been eating, you may be asking? Well, for the first day I had orange juice and watermelon. The next day I had more orange juice throughout the day, and more watermelon. Then Monday, I brought a lemonade, mango, orange juice, and watermelon. That night we went to a Mets game and I brought more mango, watermelon, and OJ with me...although the smell of the hotdogs was killing me! I did fine though. The 4th of July I decided to try more solid foods since the mango went down so well. I had my first bowl of GUACAMOLE! It was so amazingly good! Doing the cleanse really makes you appreciate every little bite so that you don't eat to excess. After I had that, I made a salad for us to eat, for Joe it was a side to his rib-eye steak that he grilled on our new little $25 propane grill. The salad was perfect: chopped organic hearts of romaine, tomatoes, celery, cucumber, chopped walnuts, onion, garlic, sea salt, pepper, olive oil, and a squeeze of a lemon. Then, I became very brave...I had a few bites of the grilled salmon filet that we decided to make as well. OMG...to die for! I felt a little full though after eating all that throughout the day..my guacamole was for lunch so it wasn't like I totally pigged out! ;-)
The past couple of days I've slowly been reintroducing other foods. I had the rest of that salad for lunch on the 5th along with an orange and this interesting combination of chopped celery, chopped dates, and sliced banana for breakfast. It was quite good! A little sweet for me, but good. Then I had to go to Whole Foods (on a mostly empty stomach...bad idea) and I ended up getting so much food...all raw and organic. It really feels great to know that what I'm buying to put into my body is as healthy as I can get to maintain all that I accomplished over those 21 days. I bought lots of veggies, fruits, and "raw" snacks, made of nuts and seeds and spices...pretty good! I had a snack on the way home which I think was a little tough to digest...I had a little tummy ache, but I know it was just too soon to eat it, but that one day I'd be able to enjoy it.
That night, I made this fantastic soup--Gazpacho style "raw": tomatoes, red and yellow peppers, onions, 1 avocado, garlic, basil, dill, sea salt, pepper, olive oil, sun dried tomatoes, and raisins (to add a little sweetness) all chopped and then blended together in the blender et voila! It is AMAZING. I had several tastes of it and couldn't wait to have a bowl. You'd never imagine how good cold, raw soup can be until you try it! So I had that for lunch yesterday and will have it again today. For the rest of the day, I had fruit and orange juice for breakfast (all eaten slowly before noon) my soup at about 2pm, then a snack at 4pm of dried apple rings and almonds. Then I had guacamole again for dinner but this time I had a few brown rice crackers to complement it. Delicious.
So I'm doing my best to eat as raw and healthy as possible to keep of the 1 inch that I got rid of and to hopefully get rid of another inch...I just have to incorporate cardio exercise and yoga/pilates/Callanetics...then I'll be set! I feel great, happy, a little sluggish because my body isn't used to digesting, but that will pass. Today I have quite a bit of energy though so that's good.
Tonight I will step beyond what I have been eating this week: sushi! I'm so excited. It really will be wonderful...it's one of my most favorite foods ever. I'll have to take it easy and not go overboard, but I think a salad will help curb my desire to wolf down every piece that comes to us. Hey, we might even go upstairs and sing a little karaoke to celebrate!
So that's that! Did you catch that I lost an inch all around?? Pretty cool, huh? I've been able to wear jeans that I haven't worn in over 5 years! I think I need to buy new ones in a smaller size! (insert Lissa jumping up and down and cheering like mad). I also have an incentive to stay on the right track because we just booked our September trip back to Aruba!! That bikini doesn't look quite so scary now.
Stay tuned for more posts...and these will be like my old ones...enough about the cleanse already!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
~Happy
posted by HappyGillmore at
8:34 AM
1 Comments:
hi, i am responding to your abdominal pain comment. i have been experiencing the same sensation u describe for the last 1-1/2 YEARS. it is very frustrating, cause all drs will say is that its GAS. i finally demanded an endoscopy, and guess what?! they found a stomach ulcer, erosive gastritis, and a hiatial hernia! (my pain is in the left upper abdomen.) i had 3-1/2 yrs of pain killers/muscle relaxers/anti-anxiety meds for a medical condition until i started having all those stomach symptoms. your antibios and advil could be effecting the stomach/liver etc. i am hoping this cleanse will help me, as after 1000's of dollars, drs still dont have a clue. good luck, but look into it.
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