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Fruits, Vegetables and Juicing Fast – Day 2

3 Dec

Haven’t blogged about my fasting for a couple of days… I have been busy, and this Fasting Diet is a lot of work! All the washing, prepping, juicing, blending…oh, and trying to fit it all in my refrigerator!

I had a great night of sleep, and it was actually very hard to get out of bed, I was so sleepy and my muscles were sore, as if I had done exercise the day before. I still had a headache and low energy.

I started my day with hot tea with lemon. Then on to the breakfast:

Excellent juice this morning! Pinneapples, apples, blackberries, kiwis, mint and coconut water in the blender! I was happy! I drank it all fast!

Mid Morning Juice

I have to say this was the worst juice I have ever drank in my life! It has beets,carrots, celery, tomatoes,parsley, radishes and a jalapeno pepper. The recipe called for a lot of parsley, but I used less. I am trying to adapt the recipes to my taste buds, and to what I have in my pantry and fridge. I did not like this one! It took me over 2 hours to finish it and I left some on the cup, way too nasty!

Lunch

Another green salad with your favorite veggies! Nice!

Snack and Dinner

Curried zucchini, spinach, leeks and basil soup

This soup was light and tasty. As with all the other recipes, I twist it to accommodate my palate. So with this one I added some red pepper flakes, and yellow curry powder. I was delicious! The hubby didn’t like it that much, but he does not like soup…well, more for me…haha

Roasted Acorn Squash with Mushrooms and Thyme

This recipe for dinner was my favorite. I roasted the squash first, then placed on top a mix of onions, garlic, thyme and mushrooms sauteed in extra virgin olive oil. I roasted it again for 10 minutes and Voila!!Awesomeness! Even my husband that does not like squashes in any way, shape or form loved this one.

Another herbal tea with lemon before bed, and and Advil. I tried not to take anything but I could not handle my headache anymore.

Day 2 is gone and I am so happy is much easier than what I thought it would be!

Fruits, Vegetables and Juice Fasting – Day one

30 Nov

The day before starting our Detox fasting I went to get groceries buy and prepare the ingredients for the next day. Groceries were so expensive! I bought provisions for two days, and spent $103. I also bought Flax Seed Oil for $9, and 4 boxes of tea for $12. I didnt find cherries, mushrooms and some other stuff, so I will switch it around.Also, I did not buy it all organic, because of the prices. For example one bunch of organic red radishes is $1,49 vs. 49 cents of the regular kind.

I understand now why there is an obesity epidemic! Nobody can afford to eat healthy in America!

First thing in the morning

We woke up excited and anxious about the Fasting. Had a mate tea with lemon and stevia. I know I am not supposed to have caffeine, but I don’t consider mate to have caffeine, it is actually a different stimulant that it has. And well, I am very addicted to coffee, so just by eliminating it from my diet or ten days is a big difference already.

Breakfast

Breakfast was Baked Apples with Cherries, Raisins, Cinnamon and Agave. We didn’t have cherries, so I substituted for Pears. It was very good. I couldn’t finish the whole thing, and I had to save half and eat it forty minutes later.

Mid-Morning Juice

The mid-morning juice was fine, a mix of apples, kale, celery, cucumber, and spinach. It is not something you can just drink in one sip. It took me about an hour to finish it. And I wasn’t hungry.

Lunch

For lunch we had the Green Reboot Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing, which was basically all the greens you want with your veggies of choice. The dressing is a basic vinagrette that can be made in the blender, and very tasty. I added some alfafa sprouts, which are ok, but bean sprouts are not because they are hard to digest.

Snack

I was starting to get hungry when snack time came, and was excited about this concoction. It was carrot juice, blended with avocado, coconut meat, ginger, cayenne pepper, sea salt, and olive oil. It was a pleasant mixture of sweet,salty and spicy. I couldn’t finish the whole thing. I also started feeling sleepy, with low energy and had a headache.

Dinner

Dinner was supposed to be a green salad, and Broccoli, Snow Peas and Green Beans Steamed with Honey Ginger Garlic Soy Sauce Dressing. I said supposed to because we could not even eat the salad! Yep! That is how full we were. Pretty amazing! And the dressing is so delicious, it tastes great with the veggies.

Steamed Green Beans and Broccoli

By the time I was done with dinner my head was pounding, and I felt like my head was foggy, almost like I was dizzy. I took a nice bath and went to bed, proud for having being able to finish Day 1! And it was not so hard! I guess the hardest thing was not to have coffee in the morning. Okay, maybe the headache,bloating and indigestion are things I am happy about, but I guess it is my body reacting to the extreme changes I made in my diet today. And I am fine with that.

One thing that I noticed was that every time I changed the channel there was something about food, Fast Food Nation was on, then Dr. Oz show about families going hungry in America because they cannot afford to put food on the table. I think you just became more aware of what is happening.

The first day is over and I am looking forward for tomorrow!

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