Thursday, February 28, 2013

Day 1 of Cleanse

Well, like many people I watched the movie "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" and was truely inspired. I have already been a vegetarian since Jan. 1st, 2013, so I'm hoping the cleanse won't be too terrible, since I am used to eating fresh fruits and veggies. :) Recently, I have been drinking a lot of sugary coffee drinks, alcohol, cookies, chips, etc. So I decided I really needed to do this 10 day cleanse to just regroup and get back on track for a healthy lifestyle.

So I went shopping yesterday at a local produce market. I ended up plotting out 3 "meals" a day for 10 days. I decided to buy just the first 4 days worth of fruits and veggies so the produce will stay as fresh as possible. For 4 days worth of juicing food, it was under $30. So that is pretty cheap. :)

Breakfast:
  • 1/2 pineapple
  •  2 red apples

 
 
Lunch:
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 3 oranges


 
I peeled the cucumber, because I didn't want any of the outer wax possibly getting into the juice.
 
Dinner:
  • 1 green apple
  • a couple handfuls spinach
  • 6-8 mustard greens
  • 1/2 cucumber (leftover from earlier)
  • 4 celery stalks
  • 1/2 lemon

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And that was my first day! I also drank hot water with a squeeze of fresh lemon in between meals. I think I drank close to 1 gallon of water as well. :) So far I feel great, and off to a great start.