Raw Food Cleanse DAY 2

So made it through the first day without a scratch. The second day has been pretty good! I did have to watch my guy eat Tim Horton's without me, and Wendy's last night :/. I'll get him on board with me soon though! So I had a green smoothie for breakfast:

-mango

-kale

-cucumber

-apple

-coconut water

I also had another spinach and guac salad for lunch, but for dinner I had this awesome Zucchini Mango Salad yummmmmmmmm :)

So onto something not so nice about this cleanse that maybe you don't want to hear about. Since I have been eating so many fibrous veggies and fruits, but not much insoluble fibres, my *ahem* stool has been a little... Watery... I don't feel ill or like I can't control it, but it's obviously not comfortable. I'm for sure feeling the cleansing effects haha.

Anyway, enough of the gross stuff. I am honestly excited for the cleanse to be over so I can start cooking again. I'm missing the warm comforting food for these harsh Nova Scotian winters. I'm going to be making a new eating plan for after the cleanse so I can keep the motivation of the health train.  

Eat Well,

G

Raw Food Cleanse DAY 1

I'm thinking this cleanse will be a really good way to get back on top of my eating habits. I didn't realize how often I would reach for cheese and crackers to snack on or leftover holiday treats! It's kind of cool because I'm not ignoring those food cravings, I'm just redirecting them to something within the limits I gave myself this week. 

Raw veggies are intense! Just having all these foods with high acidity is not something I'm used to. Normally I'd cook these foods, but now I'm appreciating their full flavour.

This morning I woke up and had a yummy Peppermint Amour tea from David's Tea (where I work), and a cleansing pineapple smoothie:

-pineapple
-celery
-cucumber
-ginger root
-half a lemon
-coconut water

This stuff put me on for a while. For lunch I had guacamole stuffed bell peppers and man that was tasty, but a lot of chewing haha. Dinner will be a spinach salad with guacamole "dressing."



Basically since returning from my big European adventure, I didn't have very much to look forward to career-wise. Now I have a job at David's Tea, which brings in more cash, but it's not fulfilling me as an artist. So over Christmas I was contemplating what to do about it. I have many plans to create work for myself this year, and this new outlook on my physical health is part of that! I creating this board to help make this stuff more engaging and fun to track. I've never really had much luck or fun on online food trackers, so this board is my own, more flexible, and creative way to do this!

Well we shall see how I feel tomorrow!

Eat Well,
G