Well, isn’t that an embarrassing thought?  Sometimes, the old saying “you are what you eat” with a little added shame is just enough to keep yourself from downing a bag of cookies in the privacy of your own home.  I am more than half-way through my cleanse and I am still feeling good.  I’ve lost seven pounds, I am sleeping more soundly and I have so much more energy than usual.  This past weekend, I really missed my wine, but, guess what?  I survived.

Below, in case you are following along, is my cleanse diary.  Normally, when I do this cleanse I cook more often and eat more interesting meals.  Right now, I just don’t have the time to cook more than once or twice a week, but it has actually simplified things.  Eating leftovers or a green smoothie means I don’t have to think so much about food.

Wednesday, March 26:

• Oil Pulling
• Hot Water with Lemon and Cayenne Pepper
• Peach Smoothie
• Greek Salad without Feta, Some Raspberries
• Turkey, Tomato and Avocado Lettuce Wraps
• Cucumber Slices and Hummus
• Grawnola Bar
• Dry Brushing
• Supplements
• Kickboxing Class from 1999, 1 hour.

Thursday:

• Oil Pulling
• Hot Water with Lemon and Cayenne Pepper
• Pumpkin Pie Shake
• Tuna, White Bean and Arugula Salad
• Rice Crackers and Hummus
• Amy’s French Country Vegetable Soup
• Handful of Strawberries
• Dry Brushing
• Supplements
• Pilates, 1 hour

Friday:

• Oil Pulling
• Hot Water with Lemon and Cayenne Pepper
• Pumpkin Pie Shake
• Apple Cucumber and Kale Smoothie, a few Slices of Applegate No-Salt Turkey Breast, 1/2 an Avocado
• Rice Cracker and Hummus, a Slice of Mango
• Tuna, White Bean and Arugula Salad
• Dry Brushing
• Supplements
• Power-walk with Annabel, 1 hour

Saturday:

• Oil Pulling
• Hot Water with Lemon and Cayenne Pepper
• Blueberry and Chia Seed Smoothie
• Mesclun Salad with Seared Salmon
• Handful of Raw Almonds, 3 Mango Slices
• Sea Bass with Sunchoke Cacciatore (at a restaurant)
• Dry Brushing
• Supplements
• No Exercise Today

Sunday:

• Oil Pulling
• Hot Water with Lemon and Cayenne Pepper
• Blueberry and Chia Seed Smoothie
• Cucumber, Lime and Basil Smoothie, a few slices of Applegate no-salt turkey breast
• Grawnola Bar, Handful of Raspberries
•  Chicken Milanese Salad (take-out)
• Handful of Pistachios
• Dry Brushing
• Supplements
• Power-walk with Annabel, 2 hours.

Monday:

• Oil Pulling
• Hot Water with Lemon and Cayenne Pepper
• Spicy Green Banana Smoothie
• Green Ginger Smoothie, 2 Applegate Chicken and Sage Sausage Links
• Handful Raw Cashews, 2 Small Chunks of Pineapple
• 4 oz Boneless Pork Chop, Wilted Greens, Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpeas (recipe to follow on Friday)
• Handful of Raspberries
• Dry Brushing
• Supplements
• Aerobics with Weights, 1 hour

Tuesday:

• Oil Pulling
• Hot Water with Lemon and Cayenne Pepper
• Spicy Green Banana Smoothie
• Amy’s Rustic Italian Vegetable Soup
• 1 Grawnola Bar
• Sushi (with coconut aminos instead of soy sauce), Seaweed Salad
• Dry Brushing
• Supplements
• Pilates, 1 hour

I know this all sounds exhausting, but it is second nature at this point.  It’s really not so bad.  Just DON’T let yourself get really hungry without having a fridge packed full of clean eats.  Not pretty!

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