Lesson #1: I think that next time I do this, I will only shop for 1 or 2 days at a time. There just simply isn't enough room in my refrigerator for more produce than that. Also, I think I would have saved a LOT of money if I had made my shopping trip for a shorter duration. I would have been better able to gauge which fruits and vegetables I needed and which ones I still had left over.
Lesson #2: Beware of the beets. Not only do they move things along (if you know what I mean), but they also make things a very intense shade of red. If I didn't know better, I would have thought that I had a major medical issue.
Lesson #3: I will be going off the program next time! For this go-round I didn't really know what I was doing so I tried to stick to the program as closely as possible. But I think I would enjoy it a little more if I stuck to the fruits and veggies I know that I like and not holding my nose to gag down the ones that I don't.
Lesson #4: Going along with the last lesson, I will be eating WAY more leftovers next time. The non-juice recipes on the plan are for more than one person so when I made them, it made way too much for just me to eat. I feel like I wasted a lot of food (and money) because of this. Next time I'll make a veggie dish that I like and eat it for lunch (or dinner) until it's gone. That way I will reduce waste and keep my money in my pocket where it belongs.
Lesson #5: They say that you should make a juice and then consume it right away or else you lose some of the nutrients. However, it is imperative for me to make the juices the night before so that I have everything ready for the next day. If I lose some nutrients because of it, I'm okay with that. I know myself and if I don't have things handy, I will go off course in a millisecond.
Lesson #6: I don't like spending hours at a time chopping vegetables but the more prep-work done at the beginning, the easier it will be in the long run.
Lesson #7: There wasn't one day on the challenge where I was able to eat everything that the plan said that I should. Each day, either I ran out of time to chop things, or I just wasn't hungry enough to eat everything. I'm not sure this is good or bad but I did waste a lot of vegetables that I bought. Again, I think shopping for 1 or 2 days at the most and prepping everything before hand would help a lot with this, I think.
Lesson #8: I do not like coconut water plain. I've tried it in smoothies and love it that way but I just can drink it by itself.
Lesson #9: The first day eating regular food again, no matter how good you try to eat, you will feel sick. Trust me!
Lesson #10: I really have nothing to say for this one. I just wanted to end on Lesson 10. :)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
10 Day Reboot - Results
Halle-freakin-lujah!! I finished the reboot without cheating! Although to be honest, I did have vivid dreams of cheating and then woke up thinking "Oh, crap!" Luckily that was all in my head. :) I was surprised to learn that most of my cravings were for carbs and not for sugar. Crazy!
So, 10 days of nothing but fruits and vegetables! Did anything happen? Did anything change?
Well, I'll tell you what I've noticed. First of all, I never stumbled on this supposed well of new found energy but that might just be because I have many other hurdles to overcome (like insomnia) before that happens. I think this plan is a step in the right direction and can only help, over time.
I do feel more healthy, over all. I have noticed a change in the clarity of my skin and my hair seems to behave itself more often. My clothes are looser, which is good. Also, several of my coworkers caught a cold during this reboot and I didn't get sick! For those of you who know me know that I catch just about everything that is going around. My immune system isn't really up to par, so the fact that people got sick around me and I didn't catch it is HUGE for me.
I woke up this morning (Wednesday) not looking forward to jumping on the scale. I felt bloated and backed up (if you know what I mean) -- sorry for the abundance of information. To be honest, I was afraid that the scale would say that I was the same weight, or worse, that I weighed more than when I started. After I got on the scale, I was so shocked that I had to step off and back on 3 times in order to believe what I saw.
Total weight lost during the 10-day Reboot Challenge: 21.4 pounds
I know!! Holy Guacamole!!
So, would I do this challenge again? Absolutely! However, I would tweak it a little bit so that my grocery bill didn't land somewhere in outer space. I think that I will be revisiting this challenge every 3 or 4 months. I also think that I will be doing a 3-day juice only fast every month.
So, 10 days of nothing but fruits and vegetables! Did anything happen? Did anything change?
Well, I'll tell you what I've noticed. First of all, I never stumbled on this supposed well of new found energy but that might just be because I have many other hurdles to overcome (like insomnia) before that happens. I think this plan is a step in the right direction and can only help, over time.
I do feel more healthy, over all. I have noticed a change in the clarity of my skin and my hair seems to behave itself more often. My clothes are looser, which is good. Also, several of my coworkers caught a cold during this reboot and I didn't get sick! For those of you who know me know that I catch just about everything that is going around. My immune system isn't really up to par, so the fact that people got sick around me and I didn't catch it is HUGE for me.
I woke up this morning (Wednesday) not looking forward to jumping on the scale. I felt bloated and backed up (if you know what I mean) -- sorry for the abundance of information. To be honest, I was afraid that the scale would say that I was the same weight, or worse, that I weighed more than when I started. After I got on the scale, I was so shocked that I had to step off and back on 3 times in order to believe what I saw.
Total weight lost during the 10-day Reboot Challenge: 21.4 pounds
I know!! Holy Guacamole!!
So, would I do this challenge again? Absolutely! However, I would tweak it a little bit so that my grocery bill didn't land somewhere in outer space. I think that I will be revisiting this challenge every 3 or 4 months. I also think that I will be doing a 3-day juice only fast every month.
10 Day Reboot - Day Ten
Planned Menu
First Thing in the Morning
1 Tbsp fresh ginger root, 8 oz hot water, squeeze of lemon 16 oz. water
Breakfast
Blackberry Kiwi
Mid Morning Juice
Spinach-Fennel-Cucumber
Lunch
Sunset Blend Juice
Afternoon Snack
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Dinner
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Gazpacho Juice
Before Bed
Hot Herbal Tea (you can add Stevia for sweetness as desired).
*****
Ah, the last day! I'm probably more excited for this experiment to be over than I should be! A weird side effect for the end of the reboot plan is that I keep thinking today is Friday! It's only Tuesday! I guess in my head I'm associating the end of eating only fresh fruits and veggies with the end of the week. That is going to stink tomorrow when I can't sleep in.
*****
Actual Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Nothing
Breakfast
Blackberry Kiwi
Mid Morning Juice
Spinach-Fennel-Cucumber
Lunch/Dinner
Sunset Blend Juice
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
First Thing in the Morning
1 Tbsp fresh ginger root, 8 oz hot water, squeeze of lemon 16 oz. water
Breakfast
Blackberry Kiwi
Mid Morning Juice
Spinach-Fennel-Cucumber
Lunch
Sunset Blend Juice
Afternoon Snack
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Dinner
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Gazpacho Juice
Before Bed
Hot Herbal Tea (you can add Stevia for sweetness as desired).
*****
Ah, the last day! I'm probably more excited for this experiment to be over than I should be! A weird side effect for the end of the reboot plan is that I keep thinking today is Friday! It's only Tuesday! I guess in my head I'm associating the end of eating only fresh fruits and veggies with the end of the week. That is going to stink tomorrow when I can't sleep in.
*****
Actual Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Nothing
Breakfast
Blackberry Kiwi
Mid Morning Juice
Spinach-Fennel-Cucumber
Lunch/Dinner
Sunset Blend Juice
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
Thursday, March 22, 2012
10 Day Reboot - Day Nine
Planned Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Herbal Tea or hot water with lemon
Breakfast
Melon Mania
Mid Morning Juice
Beet, Celeriac, Carrot Juice
Lunch
Squash & Apple Soup
Afternoon Snack
Crunch & Munch
Dinner
Reboot Green Salad
Corn and Tomato Salsa
Before Bed
Herbal Tea
*****
I'm not going to lie -- today was tough. It wasn't hard because of temptations or hunger level or anything. It was tough because I didn't go grocery shopping on Saturday like I was supposed to and today was the first day I really felt it. Today is an eating day (instead of all juice) and I just didn't have anything prepared.
For breakfast I ended up drinking the rest of the berry smoothy that I made a few days ago and never finished. I didn't have anything left to make juice to bring to work, or the soup for lunch, so I ran to the grocery store before work thinking I would just pick up a pre-made salad there. Unfortunately, all of the salads contained meat or cheese.
I ended up getting a couple apples, an orange, and a bag of baby carrots to munch on throughout the day at work.
The end is so close now, I can hardly stand it! But, I am determined to reach the end without cheating! Unfortunately, "not cheating" meant "going without food" for dinner tonight. I just couldn't look at another salad. Remember way back in high school when you were a Senior and it was close to graduation and you didn't want to do anything? They called it Senioritis. I think I have Veganitis.
*****
Actual Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Nothing
Breakfast
Berry Smoothie
Mid Morning
Apple
Lunch
Orange, Baby Carrots
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
First Thing in the Morning
Herbal Tea or hot water with lemon
Breakfast
Melon Mania
Mid Morning Juice
Beet, Celeriac, Carrot Juice
Lunch
Squash & Apple Soup
Afternoon Snack
Crunch & Munch
Dinner
Reboot Green Salad
Corn and Tomato Salsa
Before Bed
Herbal Tea
*****
I'm not going to lie -- today was tough. It wasn't hard because of temptations or hunger level or anything. It was tough because I didn't go grocery shopping on Saturday like I was supposed to and today was the first day I really felt it. Today is an eating day (instead of all juice) and I just didn't have anything prepared.
For breakfast I ended up drinking the rest of the berry smoothy that I made a few days ago and never finished. I didn't have anything left to make juice to bring to work, or the soup for lunch, so I ran to the grocery store before work thinking I would just pick up a pre-made salad there. Unfortunately, all of the salads contained meat or cheese.
I ended up getting a couple apples, an orange, and a bag of baby carrots to munch on throughout the day at work.
The end is so close now, I can hardly stand it! But, I am determined to reach the end without cheating! Unfortunately, "not cheating" meant "going without food" for dinner tonight. I just couldn't look at another salad. Remember way back in high school when you were a Senior and it was close to graduation and you didn't want to do anything? They called it Senioritis. I think I have Veganitis.
*****
Actual Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Nothing
Breakfast
Berry Smoothie
Mid Morning
Apple
Lunch
Orange, Baby Carrots
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
10 Day Reboot - Day Eight
Planned Menu
First Thing in the Morning
1 Tbsp. fresh ginger root, 8 oz hot water, squeeze of lemon 16 oz. water
Breakfast
Sweet N Tart Citrus
Mid Morning Juice
Green Juice
Lunch
Apple-Beet-Carrot Juice
Afternoon Snack
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Dinner
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Carrot-Kale Combo
Before Bed
Hot Herbal Tea (you can add Stevia for sweetness as desired).
*****
Today I'm still living in Migraine town, although I've moved out to the outer edges and am on my way out (I hope). Because of not feeling well yesterday, I didn't go grocery shopping for the last 3 days of the program. Today is one of the days I was supposed to shop for yesterday so I might have to do some fancy juicing of whatever left over fruits/veggies that I have left in the refrigerator. It might be an interesting day.
This morning I made the Lemon Lime juice that I was supposed to make for dinner yesterday. I really like this juice.
It is day 3 of only juices (and water) and I have had absolutely no issue with hunger or temptation to go off the plan.
Again, because of how I was feeling (headache) I started eating late and just made juice when I was hungry. It ended up not being a lot.
*****
Actual Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Nothing
Breakfast
Lemon Lime
Mid Morning Juice
Green Juice
Lunch
Apple-Beet-Carrot Juice
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
First Thing in the Morning
1 Tbsp. fresh ginger root, 8 oz hot water, squeeze of lemon 16 oz. water
Breakfast
Sweet N Tart Citrus
Mid Morning Juice
Green Juice
Lunch
Apple-Beet-Carrot Juice
Afternoon Snack
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Dinner
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Carrot-Kale Combo
Before Bed
Hot Herbal Tea (you can add Stevia for sweetness as desired).
*****
Today I'm still living in Migraine town, although I've moved out to the outer edges and am on my way out (I hope). Because of not feeling well yesterday, I didn't go grocery shopping for the last 3 days of the program. Today is one of the days I was supposed to shop for yesterday so I might have to do some fancy juicing of whatever left over fruits/veggies that I have left in the refrigerator. It might be an interesting day.
This morning I made the Lemon Lime juice that I was supposed to make for dinner yesterday. I really like this juice.
It is day 3 of only juices (and water) and I have had absolutely no issue with hunger or temptation to go off the plan.
Again, because of how I was feeling (headache) I started eating late and just made juice when I was hungry. It ended up not being a lot.
*****
Actual Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Nothing
Breakfast
Lemon Lime
Mid Morning Juice
Green Juice
Lunch
Apple-Beet-Carrot Juice
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
10 Day Reboot - Day Seven
Planned Menu
First Thing in the Morning
8-16 ounces of hot water with lemon 16 oz. water (filtered is recommended).
Breakfast
Minty-Fresh Berry
Mid Morning Juice
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Refreshing Fennel-Pear
Lunch
Green Lemonade
Afternoon Snack
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Dinner
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Lemon Lime
Before Bed
Hot Herbal Tea (you can add Stevia for sweetness as desired).
*****
Today I spent the day in Migraine town (unrelated to diet). Because of that, I spent most of the day sleeping. I got off schedule with the juices I was supposed to drink so I didn't end up drinking all of them.
All of the juices that I did have were pretty good.
*****
Actual Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Nothing
Breakfast
Minty-Fresh Berry
Mid Morning Juice
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Refreshing Fennel-Pear
Lunch
Green Lemonade
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
First Thing in the Morning
8-16 ounces of hot water with lemon 16 oz. water (filtered is recommended).
Breakfast
Minty-Fresh Berry
Mid Morning Juice
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Refreshing Fennel-Pear
Lunch
Green Lemonade
Afternoon Snack
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Dinner
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Lemon Lime
Before Bed
Hot Herbal Tea (you can add Stevia for sweetness as desired).
*****
Today I spent the day in Migraine town (unrelated to diet). Because of that, I spent most of the day sleeping. I got off schedule with the juices I was supposed to drink so I didn't end up drinking all of them.
All of the juices that I did have were pretty good.
*****
Actual Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Nothing
Breakfast
Minty-Fresh Berry
Mid Morning Juice
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Refreshing Fennel-Pear
Lunch
Green Lemonade
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
10 Day Reboot - Day Six
Planned Menu
First Thing in the Morning
8-16 ounces of hot water with lemon 16 oz. water (filtered is recommended)
Breakfast
Purple Power Juice
Mid Morning Juice
Green Lemonade
Lunch
ABCs
Afternoon Snack
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Dinner
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
V28
Before Bed
Hot Herbal Tea (you can add Stevia for sweetness as desired).
*****
Today is the first day where I am on all liquid. There will be no eating for the next 3 days -- only juice and water.
I've learned that I do not eat as much as they say that I should. I'm not sure if that is good or bad on this plan but I'm simply not hungry. I didn't drink all of the juices that were planned but I didn't cheat and eat anything else, either.
Today was also the first day that I was supposed to drink straight coconut water. I've used it in smoothies before but hadn't had it straight. Coconut water is loaded with vitamins and potassium so it is really good for you. For some reason, I just could not make myself drink it. I'll have to think of some other cleaver ways to get that in tomorrow.
*****
Actual Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Nothing (late for work)
Breakfast
Purple Power Juice
Mid Morning Juice
Green Lemonade
Lunch
Nothing
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
ABCs
Before Bed
Nothing
First Thing in the Morning
8-16 ounces of hot water with lemon 16 oz. water (filtered is recommended)
Breakfast
Purple Power Juice
Mid Morning Juice
Green Lemonade
Lunch
ABCs
Afternoon Snack
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
Dinner
16 oz Coconut Water, unsweetened.
V28
Before Bed
Hot Herbal Tea (you can add Stevia for sweetness as desired).
*****
Today is the first day where I am on all liquid. There will be no eating for the next 3 days -- only juice and water.
I've learned that I do not eat as much as they say that I should. I'm not sure if that is good or bad on this plan but I'm simply not hungry. I didn't drink all of the juices that were planned but I didn't cheat and eat anything else, either.
Today was also the first day that I was supposed to drink straight coconut water. I've used it in smoothies before but hadn't had it straight. Coconut water is loaded with vitamins and potassium so it is really good for you. For some reason, I just could not make myself drink it. I'll have to think of some other cleaver ways to get that in tomorrow.
*****
Actual Menu
First Thing in the Morning
Nothing (late for work)
Breakfast
Purple Power Juice
Mid Morning Juice
Green Lemonade
Lunch
Nothing
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
ABCs
Before Bed
Nothing
10 Day Reboot - Day Five
Planned Menu
Breakfast
Very Berry Mango Blend
Mid Morning Juice
Refreshing Fennel-Pear
Lunch
(from day 4)
Baked Zucchini with Tomatoes and Herbs
Reboot Green Salad
Mustard Vinaigrette
Afternoon Snack
Crunch & Munch
Dinner
Garam Masala Spiced Collard Greens
Sweet Potato and Bok Choy Soup
Before Bed
Herbal Tea or hot water with ginger root and lemon.
*****
I've reached the half-way point!
Breakfast was good but very filling. I didn't want to waste any berries by using only part of the containers so I used them all. It turned out good but was too much to drink all for breakfast.
I have to admit that my stomach was a little unsettled today and I didn't really feel like eating much. Breakfast filled me up so much that I wasn't hungry again until after lunchtime when I had my juice.
I brought a big salad for lunch instead because I didn't make the zucchini/tomato thing the night before but I didn't eat it while at work. I brought it back home and ate it for dinner. I was supposed to eat the salad with the mustard vinaigrette that I made a few days ago but I think I must have used old oil or something because it doesn't taste good. Instead I made up some Italian dressing (from the packet) and used that. I guess that could be considered a cheat but I'm not thinking of it like that. I'm choosing to think of it as inventive. :)
I was proud of myself today because I went with my sister to a midnight showing of The Hunger Games. Usually I would use that as an excuse to drink gallons of Dr. Pepper and consume tons of popcorn and candy but I wasn't really tempted to go off of the plan. Other than the popcorn smelling like heaven to me, I was fine with not eating anything.
*****
Actual Menu
Breakfast
Very Berry Mango Blend
Mid Morning Juice
Nothing
Lunch
Refreshing Fennel-Pear
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
Big Salad w/Italian dressing
Before Bed
Nothing
Breakfast
Very Berry Mango Blend
Mid Morning Juice
Refreshing Fennel-Pear
Lunch
(from day 4)
Baked Zucchini with Tomatoes and Herbs
Reboot Green Salad
Mustard Vinaigrette
Afternoon Snack
Crunch & Munch
Dinner
Garam Masala Spiced Collard Greens
Sweet Potato and Bok Choy Soup
Before Bed
Herbal Tea or hot water with ginger root and lemon.
*****
I've reached the half-way point!
Breakfast was good but very filling. I didn't want to waste any berries by using only part of the containers so I used them all. It turned out good but was too much to drink all for breakfast.
I have to admit that my stomach was a little unsettled today and I didn't really feel like eating much. Breakfast filled me up so much that I wasn't hungry again until after lunchtime when I had my juice.
I brought a big salad for lunch instead because I didn't make the zucchini/tomato thing the night before but I didn't eat it while at work. I brought it back home and ate it for dinner. I was supposed to eat the salad with the mustard vinaigrette that I made a few days ago but I think I must have used old oil or something because it doesn't taste good. Instead I made up some Italian dressing (from the packet) and used that. I guess that could be considered a cheat but I'm not thinking of it like that. I'm choosing to think of it as inventive. :)
I was proud of myself today because I went with my sister to a midnight showing of The Hunger Games. Usually I would use that as an excuse to drink gallons of Dr. Pepper and consume tons of popcorn and candy but I wasn't really tempted to go off of the plan. Other than the popcorn smelling like heaven to me, I was fine with not eating anything.
*****
Actual Menu
Breakfast
Very Berry Mango Blend
Mid Morning Juice
Nothing
Lunch
Refreshing Fennel-Pear
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
Big Salad w/Italian dressing
Before Bed
Nothing
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
10 Day Reboot - Day Four
Planned Menu
Breakfast
Tasty Tart Treat
Mid Morning Juice
Mexican-Style Jugo
Lunch
Refreshing Cucumber Salad
Sunset Blend Juice
Dinner
Sweet Potato and Carrot “Fries”
Baked Zucchini with Tomatoes and Herbs
Before Bed
Herbal Tea or hot water with ginger root and lemon.
*****
Yum! Yum! Yum! My breakfast for this morning was SO good! Instead of chopping up the fruit to eat like I was supposed to, I threw it all in my blender and made a smoothy. By far, this has been my favorite thing on the diet. I did leave out the grapefruit because I've never liked them and I'm happy with that decision because the outcome was fantastic. This is going in my favorite recipe binder. :)
After work yesterday, I made all of my juices for today because I knew I would have no time in the morning to make anything due to an early meeting for work. Unfortunately the day didn't start out perfectly because I couldn't find my keys (long story) and missed the meeting. But, because I prepared ahead of time, I don't have to worry about starving or going out for fast food for lunch because I have my stuff all ready to go.
For lunch, I didn't bring the cucumber salad that the program suggested. I ran out of time last night and so I just ended up slicing up a cucumber and eating that plan (along with the juice, of course).
Also, a friend from work commented that my skin is looking a lot clearer. Hooray! I don't take compliments well at all -- I tend to go either catatonic or into this whole denial routine when a compliment is given, but, it was really nice to have that feedback. Results! After only 4 days!
For dinner I was just too tired after work to make what I was supposed to so I just threw together a big salad and ate that.
*****
Actual Menu
Breakfast
Tasty Tart Treat
Mid Morning Juice
Mexican-Style Jugo
Lunch
Sliced Cucumbers
Sunset Blend Juice
Dinner
Big Salad
Before Bed
Nothing
Breakfast
Tasty Tart Treat
Mid Morning Juice
Mexican-Style Jugo
Lunch
Refreshing Cucumber Salad
Sunset Blend Juice
Dinner
Sweet Potato and Carrot “Fries”
Baked Zucchini with Tomatoes and Herbs
Before Bed
Herbal Tea or hot water with ginger root and lemon.
*****
Yum! Yum! Yum! My breakfast for this morning was SO good! Instead of chopping up the fruit to eat like I was supposed to, I threw it all in my blender and made a smoothy. By far, this has been my favorite thing on the diet. I did leave out the grapefruit because I've never liked them and I'm happy with that decision because the outcome was fantastic. This is going in my favorite recipe binder. :)
After work yesterday, I made all of my juices for today because I knew I would have no time in the morning to make anything due to an early meeting for work. Unfortunately the day didn't start out perfectly because I couldn't find my keys (long story) and missed the meeting. But, because I prepared ahead of time, I don't have to worry about starving or going out for fast food for lunch because I have my stuff all ready to go.
For lunch, I didn't bring the cucumber salad that the program suggested. I ran out of time last night and so I just ended up slicing up a cucumber and eating that plan (along with the juice, of course).
Also, a friend from work commented that my skin is looking a lot clearer. Hooray! I don't take compliments well at all -- I tend to go either catatonic or into this whole denial routine when a compliment is given, but, it was really nice to have that feedback. Results! After only 4 days!
For dinner I was just too tired after work to make what I was supposed to so I just threw together a big salad and ate that.
*****
Actual Menu
Breakfast
Tasty Tart Treat
Mid Morning Juice
Mexican-Style Jugo
Lunch
Sliced Cucumbers
Sunset Blend Juice
Dinner
Big Salad
Before Bed
Nothing
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
10 Day "Reboot" - Day Three
Planned Menu for Day Three
Breakfast
Maple & Cinnamon Baked Apples and Pears
Mid Morning Juice
Minty-Fresh Berry
Lunch
(from day 2)
Green Basil Salad
Afternoon Snack
Reboot Green Salad
Ginger Honey Soy Dressing
Dinner
Sweet Potato and Carrot “Fries”
Vegetable Soup
Before Bed
Herbal Tea or hot water with ginger root and lemon.
*****
I'm feeling better today, thank goodness. I didn't end up making the breakfast I was supposed to for this morning because it would have taken too long and I had to get to work. Instead I just had the leftover baked apples with raisins and cinnamon from the first day.
I spent some time in the morning making the berry juice. I was really excited about this one because I love berries and it turned out really good, although it was a little tart. The only problem was the amount of juice. The two other juices I've made have produced a huge amount of juice that almost filled the jug that caught it from the machine to capacity. This juice only produced less than a pint. Oh well. I guess I'll just have to expect to chug gallons of the human blood looking juice and sip my beautiful berry juice to make it last longer.
Lunch was a little rough because it contained a LOT of mushrooms and I am not a mushroom fan. I had also never had an acorn squash before. My lunch did not look very appetizing to me so I made sure I had plenty of water to chase each bite if I needed to. The acorn squash, onion, mushroom concoction tasted pretty good but in the end it was the texture that got me. I gave up after eating about 1/2 of it.
I messed with the green soup a little yesterday when I was making it. It didn't look to appetizing so I got out my immersion blender and went to town. I figured I could just drink the soup if it wasn't very good. The soup turned out pretty bland, actually. Next time I'll have to add more herbs or something. I did eat (or drink) it all though.
I had a salad with me as a snack but I just wasn't hungry after lunch. By the time I started feeling hungry again it was pretty close to when I was leaving to go to the grocery store so I didn't eat it.
At the grocery store today I think I did a little better than I did last time. I shopped for 4 days of food this time and spent $80. I have much to learn about bargain shopping, that is for sure!
*****
Actual Menu for Day Three
Breakfast
Apple/Raisin bake (from day 1)
Mid Morning Juice
Minty-Fresh Berry
Lunch
Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Mushroom and Sage
Green Vegetable Soup
Afternoon Snack
None
Dinner
Sweet Potato and Carrot “Fries”
Before Bed
Herbal Tea
Breakfast
Maple & Cinnamon Baked Apples and Pears
Mid Morning Juice
Minty-Fresh Berry
Lunch
(from day 2)
Green Basil Salad
Afternoon Snack
Reboot Green Salad
Ginger Honey Soy Dressing
Dinner
Sweet Potato and Carrot “Fries”
Vegetable Soup
Before Bed
Herbal Tea or hot water with ginger root and lemon.
*****
I'm feeling better today, thank goodness. I didn't end up making the breakfast I was supposed to for this morning because it would have taken too long and I had to get to work. Instead I just had the leftover baked apples with raisins and cinnamon from the first day.
I spent some time in the morning making the berry juice. I was really excited about this one because I love berries and it turned out really good, although it was a little tart. The only problem was the amount of juice. The two other juices I've made have produced a huge amount of juice that almost filled the jug that caught it from the machine to capacity. This juice only produced less than a pint. Oh well. I guess I'll just have to expect to chug gallons of the human blood looking juice and sip my beautiful berry juice to make it last longer.
Lunch was a little rough because it contained a LOT of mushrooms and I am not a mushroom fan. I had also never had an acorn squash before. My lunch did not look very appetizing to me so I made sure I had plenty of water to chase each bite if I needed to. The acorn squash, onion, mushroom concoction tasted pretty good but in the end it was the texture that got me. I gave up after eating about 1/2 of it.
I messed with the green soup a little yesterday when I was making it. It didn't look to appetizing so I got out my immersion blender and went to town. I figured I could just drink the soup if it wasn't very good. The soup turned out pretty bland, actually. Next time I'll have to add more herbs or something. I did eat (or drink) it all though.
I had a salad with me as a snack but I just wasn't hungry after lunch. By the time I started feeling hungry again it was pretty close to when I was leaving to go to the grocery store so I didn't eat it.
At the grocery store today I think I did a little better than I did last time. I shopped for 4 days of food this time and spent $80. I have much to learn about bargain shopping, that is for sure!
*****
Actual Menu for Day Three
Breakfast
Apple/Raisin bake (from day 1)
Mid Morning Juice
Minty-Fresh Berry
Lunch
Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Mushroom and Sage
Green Vegetable Soup
Afternoon Snack
None
Dinner
Sweet Potato and Carrot “Fries”
Before Bed
Herbal Tea
10 Day "Reboot" - Day Two
Planned Menu for Day Two
First Thing in the Morning
Herbal Tea or hot water with lemon
Breakfast
Blackberry Kiwi Blend
Mid Morning Juice
V28
Lunch
Ginger Honey Soy Dressing
Carrot-Dill Salad
Afternoon Snack
Green Basil Salad
Dinner
Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Mushroom and Sage
Green Vegetable Soup
Before Bed
Herbal Tea
*****
Sick, sick, sick, sick, and sick. That is how I describe this day. I had major headaches and body chills all day and ended up staying home sick from work. I made myself eat as much as possible, however. I didn't want to compound my "detoxing" with a side of starvation.
The blackberry kiwi smoothy that I made in the morning was really good! I'll definitely remember that one for future use. The V28 juice was a different matter entirely. That juice contained beets, carrots, celery, tomatoes, radishes, jalapeno, and lots and lots of parsley. It made a LOT of juice and it was all dark red. It looked like a quart of blood, I am not kidding you! Too bad I didn't take a picture. I have to drink this juice again later in the program so I'll try to remember to get a picture then.
To say that the juice was disgusting is an understatement! Maybe if you like V8 juice (which I don't) then you might like this one. The only way I could get it down was to hold my nose and chug. Luckily once it was down, it stayed down -- but I was burping up the taste of parsley the rest of the day.
I started making lunch pretty late in the afternoon and it made a really big salad so I ended up skipping the snack salad I was supposed to have later.
I also started making the green vegetable soup and the acorn squash late (like 7pm) and by the time I finished it was after 8pm. I decided that was too late to eat so I packed it all up and will have that for lunch tomorrow.
I went to bed a little hungry again.
*****
Actual Menu for Day Two
First Thing in the Morning
Herbal Tea or hot water with lemon
Breakfast
Blackberry Kiwi Blend
Mid Morning Juice
V28
Lunch
Ginger Honey Soy Dressing
Carrot-Dill Salad
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
First Thing in the Morning
Herbal Tea or hot water with lemon
Breakfast
Blackberry Kiwi Blend
Mid Morning Juice
V28
Lunch
Ginger Honey Soy Dressing
Carrot-Dill Salad
Afternoon Snack
Green Basil Salad
Dinner
Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Mushroom and Sage
Green Vegetable Soup
Before Bed
Herbal Tea
*****
Sick, sick, sick, sick, and sick. That is how I describe this day. I had major headaches and body chills all day and ended up staying home sick from work. I made myself eat as much as possible, however. I didn't want to compound my "detoxing" with a side of starvation.
The blackberry kiwi smoothy that I made in the morning was really good! I'll definitely remember that one for future use. The V28 juice was a different matter entirely. That juice contained beets, carrots, celery, tomatoes, radishes, jalapeno, and lots and lots of parsley. It made a LOT of juice and it was all dark red. It looked like a quart of blood, I am not kidding you! Too bad I didn't take a picture. I have to drink this juice again later in the program so I'll try to remember to get a picture then.
To say that the juice was disgusting is an understatement! Maybe if you like V8 juice (which I don't) then you might like this one. The only way I could get it down was to hold my nose and chug. Luckily once it was down, it stayed down -- but I was burping up the taste of parsley the rest of the day.
I started making lunch pretty late in the afternoon and it made a really big salad so I ended up skipping the snack salad I was supposed to have later.
I also started making the green vegetable soup and the acorn squash late (like 7pm) and by the time I finished it was after 8pm. I decided that was too late to eat so I packed it all up and will have that for lunch tomorrow.
I went to bed a little hungry again.
*****
Actual Menu for Day Two
First Thing in the Morning
Herbal Tea or hot water with lemon
Breakfast
Blackberry Kiwi Blend
Mid Morning Juice
V28
Lunch
Ginger Honey Soy Dressing
Carrot-Dill Salad
Afternoon Snack
Nothing
Dinner
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
10 Day "Reboot" - Day One
This is how I'm going to update my progress. I'm going to post the original menu plan for the day followed by my account of what happened and then finally the menu that I actually ate. Hopefully those menus will be very similar but, hey, things happen.
I want to stick as closely as possible to the menu on the Join The Reboot website but there are some things I KNOW I won't eat (like bananas) so I've already swapped those things out for other meals.
Menu for Day One
First Thing in the Morning
Herbal Tea or hot water with lemon
Breakfast
Cherry Cinnamon Apple Bake
Mid Morning Juice
Green Juice
Lunch
Arugula Spinach Salad
Mustard Vinaigrette
Dinner
Reboot Green Salad
Ginger Honey Soy Dressing
Before Bed
Herbal Tea (add lemon optional)
Day one has finally arrived. I have to admit, I'm a little excited about the challenge and I'm optimistically hopeful that I will be able to make it the full 10 days without cheating.
Since today is Sunday and church isn't until 1pm, I slept in (my favorite thing) and got up around 9am. I went straight to the kitchen -- after letting my dogs out to do their thing -- and started heating up the water for some herbal tea.
I chopped up the apples for my breakfast (minus the cherries because they are out of season) and put them in the oven. While I was waiting for that, I started the chopping. I chopped up and washed 4 different kinds of lettuce, kale, and spinach. I decided to do it all at once because I want to make it easier on myself throughout the next several days. With the lettuce ready to go, all I had to do was grab a few handfuls and go. Too bad I got burnt out on chopping lettuce and I didn't chop any other veggies for the salad.
When it came time for me to make my first juice, I was excited because I was using my juicer for the first time. The green juice had kale, spinach, cucumber, celery, green apples, and ginger root in it. True to it's name, it came out green -- really green! But to be honest, it wasn't bad at all. I mostly tasted the celery and I like celery so that was fine with me.
I felt fine for the beginning of the day until I was at church and things were screaming to get out. TMI...I know, but that is what happened. After that, I felt fine again until after I ate my first really BIG salad. I've never been a fan of arugula and the salad was full of it. But, I dutifully chowed it down and then sat down to relax a little bit.
Later on in the early evening is when I started getting a headache. I'm sure it had something to do with the fact that I hadn't consumed my weight in Dr. Pepper that day, but whatever was happening, I was starting to feel not so well. I had NO energy or desire to chop any vegetables or eat anything else. I skipped dinner and went straight to bed.
To be fair, the website warned that the first few days would be tough and that I might experience flu like symptoms as my body detoxed from bad stuff. However, I wasn't expecting it to happen the first day! I'm determined to continue, though!
First Thing in the Morning
Herbal Tea or hot water with lemon
Breakfast
Cherry Cinnamon Apple Bake (minus the cherries)
Mid Morning Juice
Green Juice
Lunch
Arugula Spinach Salad
Mustard Vinaigrette
Dinner
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
I want to stick as closely as possible to the menu on the Join The Reboot website but there are some things I KNOW I won't eat (like bananas) so I've already swapped those things out for other meals.
*****
Menu for Day One
First Thing in the Morning
Herbal Tea or hot water with lemon
Breakfast
Cherry Cinnamon Apple Bake
Mid Morning Juice
Green Juice
Lunch
Arugula Spinach Salad
Mustard Vinaigrette
Dinner
Reboot Green Salad
Ginger Honey Soy Dressing
Before Bed
Herbal Tea (add lemon optional)
*****
Day one has finally arrived. I have to admit, I'm a little excited about the challenge and I'm optimistically hopeful that I will be able to make it the full 10 days without cheating.
Since today is Sunday and church isn't until 1pm, I slept in (my favorite thing) and got up around 9am. I went straight to the kitchen -- after letting my dogs out to do their thing -- and started heating up the water for some herbal tea.
I chopped up the apples for my breakfast (minus the cherries because they are out of season) and put them in the oven. While I was waiting for that, I started the chopping. I chopped up and washed 4 different kinds of lettuce, kale, and spinach. I decided to do it all at once because I want to make it easier on myself throughout the next several days. With the lettuce ready to go, all I had to do was grab a few handfuls and go. Too bad I got burnt out on chopping lettuce and I didn't chop any other veggies for the salad.
When it came time for me to make my first juice, I was excited because I was using my juicer for the first time. The green juice had kale, spinach, cucumber, celery, green apples, and ginger root in it. True to it's name, it came out green -- really green! But to be honest, it wasn't bad at all. I mostly tasted the celery and I like celery so that was fine with me.
I felt fine for the beginning of the day until I was at church and things were screaming to get out. TMI...I know, but that is what happened. After that, I felt fine again until after I ate my first really BIG salad. I've never been a fan of arugula and the salad was full of it. But, I dutifully chowed it down and then sat down to relax a little bit.
Later on in the early evening is when I started getting a headache. I'm sure it had something to do with the fact that I hadn't consumed my weight in Dr. Pepper that day, but whatever was happening, I was starting to feel not so well. I had NO energy or desire to chop any vegetables or eat anything else. I skipped dinner and went straight to bed.
To be fair, the website warned that the first few days would be tough and that I might experience flu like symptoms as my body detoxed from bad stuff. However, I wasn't expecting it to happen the first day! I'm determined to continue, though!
*****
Actual Menu For Day OneFirst Thing in the Morning
Herbal Tea or hot water with lemon
Breakfast
Cherry Cinnamon Apple Bake (minus the cherries)
Mid Morning Juice
Green Juice
Lunch
Arugula Spinach Salad
Mustard Vinaigrette
Dinner
Nothing
Before Bed
Nothing
Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead
I think I've gone crazy! It all started when I was home sick from work one day and decided to watch the documentary "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead" which had been sitting, unwatched, in my Netflix instant queue for a long time.
I have no idea what made me watch it, or even put it in my queue to begin with, but the documentary was very interesting and informative. It is about a man from Australia who was living with an auto-immune disease and was generally unhealthy. He decided to take an extreme approach and go on a juice-only fast for 60 days.
Along his journey he met a very unhealthy truck driver who had the same disease as him and he gave the man his number when/if the man decided to make a change in his life. For some reason, I identified with this truck driver. He was fat and sick and tired of being fat and feeling sick all the time.
After watching the documentary, I went online to the website associated with the film (www.jointhereboot.com) and learned that they have a number or diet programs listed (of varying lengths of time). I decided that I really wanted to try one so I settled on the 10 day program. It isn't an all juice diet like the guys did in the documentary but it is a combination of eating fruits and veggies and drinking freshly made juices.
The first thing I had to do was buy a juicer (since I didn't have one) and I did a little research before setting on a Breville juicer. Next up was making a grocery list and going to the store. I have to admit that this first trip to the store was PAINFUL! I decided to only buy for the first 3 days but I still filled up my cart with practically the whole produce section! When I checked out the total came out to $175. FOR THREE DAYS OF FOOD! See what I mean -- painful! This darn economy!
I decided to start on a Sunday, because the Saturday before I was going to be in Tucson all day for a Broadway in Tucson show and of course I would have my "last meal" that day.
So now I'm all ready for this crazy adventure. I'm a little scared because I love eating meat and I love dairy (both of which I won't be having for the next 10 days). I'm not really doing this to lose weight, although I hope to lose weight -- if that makes sense. I'm doing this as a jump start for eating healthier, as a way to shock my body into walking d0wn a healthier path.
I'm going to weigh myself Sunday morning (starting day) and then not again until the morning after the last day. I'm not going to share my weight here, as I am too chicken, but I will post how much I lost (if any) at the end. I'm going to try to post my progress every day so stay tuned for the progress reports.
I have no idea what made me watch it, or even put it in my queue to begin with, but the documentary was very interesting and informative. It is about a man from Australia who was living with an auto-immune disease and was generally unhealthy. He decided to take an extreme approach and go on a juice-only fast for 60 days.
Along his journey he met a very unhealthy truck driver who had the same disease as him and he gave the man his number when/if the man decided to make a change in his life. For some reason, I identified with this truck driver. He was fat and sick and tired of being fat and feeling sick all the time.
After watching the documentary, I went online to the website associated with the film (www.jointhereboot.com) and learned that they have a number or diet programs listed (of varying lengths of time). I decided that I really wanted to try one so I settled on the 10 day program. It isn't an all juice diet like the guys did in the documentary but it is a combination of eating fruits and veggies and drinking freshly made juices.
The first thing I had to do was buy a juicer (since I didn't have one) and I did a little research before setting on a Breville juicer. Next up was making a grocery list and going to the store. I have to admit that this first trip to the store was PAINFUL! I decided to only buy for the first 3 days but I still filled up my cart with practically the whole produce section! When I checked out the total came out to $175. FOR THREE DAYS OF FOOD! See what I mean -- painful! This darn economy!
I decided to start on a Sunday, because the Saturday before I was going to be in Tucson all day for a Broadway in Tucson show and of course I would have my "last meal" that day.
So now I'm all ready for this crazy adventure. I'm a little scared because I love eating meat and I love dairy (both of which I won't be having for the next 10 days). I'm not really doing this to lose weight, although I hope to lose weight -- if that makes sense. I'm doing this as a jump start for eating healthier, as a way to shock my body into walking d0wn a healthier path.
I'm going to weigh myself Sunday morning (starting day) and then not again until the morning after the last day. I'm not going to share my weight here, as I am too chicken, but I will post how much I lost (if any) at the end. I'm going to try to post my progress every day so stay tuned for the progress reports.
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