CSD Day One

Crazy Sexy Diet 

Day 1

Breakfast

warm glass of lemon water with a pinch of cayenne

 just a couple of sips of black tea (weening from coffee)

Green Juice

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1 apple

5 celery stalks

2 chard leaves

2 kale leaves

2 broccoli stalks

1/2 inch piece of ginger

in the vitamix:

the juice from above

2 more kale leaves

1 tablespoon fresh cilantro

2 dates (i cheated, but this is the last time)

I also added a couple dollops of carrot juice (does this count as a fruit?)

It took an entire thirty minutes to make this, and all I got was about two cups of green juice.  This problem will need to be addressed.

The Taste?

Delicious! That is, if you like salad.

I do.  

Even though my body was expecting an 

entire french press full of coffee 

with 

cookies 

(like it got yesterday)

it welcomed the green juice and it's

refreshing vitality.

Lunch

Falafels (they had gluten but someone made them just for me, so...what could I say?)

Cabbage and parsley slaw with asian dressing

Tomatoes

Bell pepper slices

Guacamole

Hummus

A *small* handful of corn chips

Snack

A banana with peanut butter

(sounds weird for a cleanse, right?)

Dinner

Leftovers:

Quinoa

Sauteed Radicchio

Tofu

Carrots

Kale

Bell pepper

Cherry tomatoes

It's 5:15pm, how am I feeling now?

I have felt great all day. I have a slight headache from not drinking caffeine but it's SO mild.  I'm tired but also energetic. I feel great, like I felt when I started a vegan diet. Lighter. Happy.

I know this sounds weird but I'm sharing it anyway

In yoga today, I was doing a forward bend that I couldn't do very well.  Internally, I thanked my body for allowing me to take care of it, and assured it that whatever discomfort it felt during my yoga practice and during my cleanse was for it's benefit, and that we would work together to achieve health and wellness.  I suddenly, involuntarily went more deeply into the stretch, more comfortably, like my body said "okay, then I will stop fighting. We're on the same team and we're not working against each other." So when I got hunger pangs today, I just assured my body that this was beneficial and cleansing and that I would nourish it with good food when it was time.