Monday, November 5, 2012
Food Fantasies
I'm finishing the last day of Phase 1. This is the most restrictive phase. Tomorrow, I can have salmon and lentils! I'm putting a root vegetable mulligatawny in the crock pot tonight - yum!
The cleanse feels easier this time around for many reasons:
First and obviously, it's shorter. 12 days seems so much more do-able than 21, and I'll be able to have turkey in time for Thanksgiving. Hopefully, this'll have me craving a side of brussels sprouts, too.
Second, I've done this before & know what to expect. I'm comfortable with all of the "rules"", so I've experimented more with the "legal" foods & created my own recipes. I knew that after two days of caffeine headaches, I'd feel much better.
Third, I have a juicer!! It's almost impossible to mess up juice. It's an easy breakfast, and I've gone through two whole bunches of kale in four days!
Finally, I'm doing it with a friend, which makes it so much better. The work "lunch bunch" ate together today, and I didn't feel like I was missing out on anything.
Tonight, I went back to Open Harvest for only the 2nd time since I was last doing the cleanse. I'm in love. I looked in the deli case & they have so much homemade YUMMY stuff. I bought 2 types of hummus to eat tomorrow :) Plus, they have weird vegetables that I want to try! I bought some bok choy, a persimmon, a pomegranate, a turnip, a ginger root, a black radish, and some lacinato kale. I've never even heard of those last two before! Plus, I picked up some dried pears, dates, and raw cashews.
Unfortunately, they also have a lot of healthy delicious food that's NOT on the cleanse diet, like a whole cooler full of mouth-watering cheeses. I think I crave cheese even more than the leftover Halloween candy lurking in my house. When the 14th hits, I'm throwing myself a Harvarti Parti. nom nom nom Other food fantasies: beer cheese soup & lavosh from Lazlo's and banh mi.
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can you invite me to the harvarti parti? :) I've been told I'm half of a four legged party...
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