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.

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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)

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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!

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Actual Menu For Day One

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