Green Smoothie Girl Detox, Days 1-4

So I have been eating HORRIBLE since about Thanksgiving last year. I don't know why, really. I can blame it on stress and being too busy but ultimately, I just didn't feel like I had the mental space to think about food and exercise for a little while. It is the first time in my life I remember just really not caring... sort of liberating but destructive nonetheless. Now that Jared has a job and we know we are staying in our house for now... it is time to take control of my eating habits again. Jared & I decided to participate in the Green Smoothie Girl's first Detox program which started as a group, August 1st. What better use for my blog than to document the challenge we have taken on! (& to keep me accountable).

 

DAY 0 - Read the manual and shopping

What I love about this is that the real "meat" (ha...ha) of the program is fruits/veggies. But I have to admit that when I started reading through the manual... I was getting increasingly annoyed at all the optional things she "recommends" getting... including a $600 detox supplement kit, a $250 pathogen purge supplement kit, a $150 parasite supplement kit, $65 in other supplements, a $250 reverse osmosis water filter, a $2500 juicer, essential oils, $170 10-piece kitchen set, a Far Infrared Sauna, a skin brush, daily home coffee enemas, and more.  Since this is my first time to do something like this & I don't have the budget right now... I decided to let most of that slip off my back and focus on the diet part of the detox.

 

I know a lot of people have strong feelings for or against internal cleansing/detox/whatever you want to call it. I have negative reactions when I hear of most of the cleanses out there. But as I look at my shopping cart for the next 4 days... nobody would ever be able to convince me that taking this challenge on is bad for me! 

 

 

DAYS 1-4 - Phase One, Part One

Here is what we get to eat for the first 4 days:

 

Breakfast: Oatmeal w a couple of drops of liquid stevia and cinnamon

Quart, no fruit green smoothie (tons of spinach, fresh lemon juice, water, and liquid stevia drops)

 

Lunch: Baked Potato w flax oil, green onions, no salt seasoning

Quart, no fruit green smoothie

Snack: Steamed broccoli & cauliflower (no salt, no butter)

 

Dinner: Cucumber/tomato salad & a potato/veggie soup with no salt seasoning

 

We're half way through day two and so far, it hasn't been bad at all. This is a ton of food so we are full at all times. I spent one morning preparing everything for the 4 days so there is no prep involved throughout the day other than the smoothies which is really nice for me. Having no fruit in my smoothie & no salt or butter on my food scared me! But it actually hasn't been bad at all. We both had a headache last night... we should expect detox symptoms as I know my body has addictions to chemicals in all the processed food I typically eat. I won't be surprised if it gets worse before it gets better (scary!). Jared was craving salt last night...

 

... And that's all there is to report for now!