Considering a cleanse? Go for it! Done safely, a cleanse can help detoxify your body and heal your GI tract. Here’s how my first experience with a 3-Day Juice Cleanse went. If you want to go all the way back to the beginning of my journey, this is where it started: Day 1 – Celery Juice, Raw Cucumber “Pesto.”
Because it can be challenging to come up with a plan for detox and healing when you’re new to all of this, I encourage you to sign up for my 5 Day Clean Eating Challenge. Start with small steps first!
Per the food emotion breakdown, I started to listen to my body and accelerated the plan to include more nutrients. I added quite a few things in week 4 at a faster pace than I would have liked, but it was important to get the extra nutrients in those foods and regain my sanity. I …
After a while, I had to come to terms with the fact that I was doing this wrong. Or at least something wrong. All of the tales of glowing skin and higher energy were not coming true for me. Instead of having energy to ride the mountain for hours, I started getting dizzy on the …
There are these food related experiences that bring me zen. Working or reading alongside a perfect cappuccino and GF pastry in a cozy local coffee shop. A glass of wine with a friend to unwind and digest the day or week. Brunch as a celebration of living in an urban city and having nothing but …
The bad reaction and the thought of fewer foods made today one of the hardest yet of the cleanse. I’m a little over two weeks in and I found myself wanting everyone else’s food all day, and second guessing this plan. It started with not wanting anything for breakfast. Then grew throughout the day. Is …
Today was an exciting day because I got to introduce peppers. I love spicy peppers and almost all cuisines that include spicy peppers. How many delicious cuisines are based on them? Thai, Indian, Mexican… the list goes on. My stomach wasn’t feeling right over the weekend so I wasn’t a good control for adding the …
I love strong, bitter flavors: black coffee, dark chocolate, the burnt edges of an over-toasted marshmallow. So I indulge every morning in the bitter sweet coffee taste. I’ve definitely overdone it on the caffeine on the regular just to sip that deliciousness. Now I’m not having caffeine or coffee and it’s time to try a …
A nice twist on the classic soup and sandwich for the RAW adverse or newbies.
Today is the first day I did real exercise. Real exercise followed by raw cabbage and dates is, let’s say, less than satisfying. However, I did’t want pizza, or beer (well not that much) or anything that I’d consider unhealthy. What I really wanted was peppers and sweet potatoes. I’m craving healthy foods! I think …
As we enter week 2, I started thinking more seriously about the schedule of adding certain foods into the regimen. One goal I wanted to hit was eating Raw for the first month. Raw is important because when food stays below 200º F the natural occurring enzymes stay in their most active form. These enzymes …
