for the past several years, i have been obsessed with my body and its relationship with food. i love biochemistry. every little thing about it. while i'm waiting in line at the grocery store, i read as much as i can about how specific things can heal, what is most detrimental to your body, how to get the best nourishment from particular foods, etc etc. i spend hours upon hours per week reading food blogs and trying new recipes. i plan meals for my friends, i plan meals for myself for each day of the week, i make lists of things to try, i am constantly writing down new recipes, and i am totally that girl in the doctor's office who rips out all of the recipes from the whole living magazines.
so here it goes. yesterday was my first day starting my own little makeshift cleanse. its an easy one for the most part avoiding the following ingredients:
1. gluten products
2. alcohol
3. caffeine
4. dairy
5. sugar
6. corn products
7. soy products
pretty basic. i stole a few ideas from the whole living magazine, from the book Clean by alejandro junger, md, and another book called The Body Ecology Diet by donna gates. all of these i highly recommend. i would say that the whole living ideas (the Jan 2012 issue) are pretty simple and for beginners who just want to adjust their eating habits. in this issue, it basically allows you full blown meals for each meal of the day, snacks in between and you actually get to have some pretty hearty meals. the Clean method is a bit more of a challenge because it makes you fast for 12 hours, no snacking or anything each night. also, you have to "eat" liquid meals for at least 2 meals a day, and keep your "cooking" to a minimum... meaning that you need to simply heat things as little as possible and throw them in a blender, just so that you can increase its nutritional value and your body will truly digest it this way and replenish your cells. i am trying to do this as much as i can, however i'm not too strict on it because i feel like little adjustments are just as beneficial right now. additionally, i am avoiding sugar more than this book says to. junger allows dried fruits, agave, and some other sweeteners, but i am strictly sticking to stevia because of my own beliefs. The Body Ecology Diet is a great read. i would say that it is definitely more of a guide to a lifestyle change. it's big on finding ways to adjust your diet to what your body needs, based a lot on blood typing and other factors. this book in particular really lays things out nicely and has a lot of interesting recipes that i have yet to try. i will get more into this later.
so! the first couple of days were a bit of a struggle. not hard, just working out the kinks and getting in the flow of changes. my meals were as follows;
Wednesday
breakfast: kale, blueberry, kiwi, almond smoothie
snack: cashews + apple
lunch: green salad with turkey lunchmeat, tomatoes and olive oil
snack: apple
dinner: sauteed kale with curried butternut squash and millet
other notes: i went to a 45 minute spin class and did a lot of stretching.
Thursday
breakfast: blueberry, cranberry, flax smoothie
snack: apple + almond butter
lunch: salmon and salad wit broccoli
snack: none
dinner: curried lentil and carrot soup
other notes: went to a difficult 70 minute spin class. lots of stretching. headaches a bit from coffee withdrawals. drinking lots of water. need to start doing more meditations and skin brushing?
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