This was one LONG week. But we did it! We made it through what I think is going to be the hardest part of this cleanse. Tomorrow we can start eating beans, soy, and fish! I'm soaking my black beans now.
How is everyone feeling? I'm feeling pretty good. As was expected for me, not eating bread and sugar has been the hardest for me. I did some yoga on Sunday and made and froze the lentil soup. We got some Lara Bars and I've been popping an almond inside a date as a snack. Pretty tasty. I've had dreams pretty much every night that I just accidentally ate/drank one of the non-cleanse ingredients without even thinking about it. I went to the Olive Garden with coworkers and just had salad with olive oil and vinegar. Other than that I've just been continuing to get through our frozen soup. We made the kale salad recipe the other night and that was the last of the recipes on Week 1's menu so we got a spaghetti squash and other veggies and improvised recipes that were great. I forgot to take pictures of all of them. We've got a lot of ideas of what we're going to eat on March 1.
In addition to how folks are feeling, I'm wondering if there have been any ingredients that you've been having trouble finding. We couldn't find kale any place but Jewel. It's been hard to find dried fruit that doesn't have added sugars and I didn't see almond milk without a bunch of preservatives.
Finally, I thought some of you might be interested in this blog by a girl that I went to high school with. She did the Paleo diet for the month of January and blogged about it. I haven't read all of it yet but I have a feeling we'll have some similar experiences to her.
Don't forget that you can print a copy of the Whole Living recipes in a Word doc here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f0KR3esvArPzuKtunTjIEckjCsho16PRwtzHtzUfPek/edit?hl=en_US
I've been getting kale at Strack - it's been on sale a few times and the quality is not bad.
ReplyDeleteI checked the back of my almond milk from aldi this morning and I'm not sure about yours but as I was reading the ingredients there were a lot of long words but I don't think they are necessarily preservatives but are things added for consistency (i.e. Xanthum Gum - commonly found in gluten free pastries to bind ingredients/thickener) and it was also fortified with vitamins/minerals (potassium, Vitamin A, etc). All in all there were about 5 or so ingredients all of which I could identify. I feel its up to you to decide if almond milk is too processed to be included. As for me, I don't personally see the harm as it is a nutrient rich and low calorie alternative to cow's milk (high fat and not as nutrient rich). I also use it sparingly (1/4 c serving at most for a dessert smoothie).
p.s. Thanks again for those google docs - i have been pulling them up on my phone whenever i cook or shop!