Day 2: Veggies in my Belly

Two days down and five more to go!

Before I get started on my day two stories, I wanted to go back to day one for just a moment. First, I weighed myself this morning and I was two pounds lighter than I was at the beginning of day one.  YAY! I've been keeping track of my calories on myfitnesspal.com. I'm keeping track more just out of curiosity. If I go over my calorie intake for the day, I still eat as long as I'm hungry (best part about the cleanse thus far). Yesterday my calorie intake was over by about 100 calories. I still continued eating though because, as you remember, I got really weak toward the end of the night.

Now, onto day two!

This morning I woke up and had mentally prepared myself to eat veggies for breakfast. I ended up eating a cucumber and drinking some herbal tea. I had some time to kill before church, which was good because I really needed to prepare for the eighth grade small group I teach on Sunday mornings. It was a beautiful morning, so I opened up the sliding glass door and window and enjoyed the cool breeze as I drank my tea and ate my cucumbers.  

Cucumbers and tea. A combination I never thought I'd eat for breakfast.

I headed off to church to teach my lovely eighth grade girls small group. Side note: We discussed how we love God today. So to go along with that lesson, I had my girlies take the 5 Love Languages assessment. I am Words of Affirmation first but followed by one point, I'm Quality Time. 

When I got home, I made myself a lovely lunch. Today called for a potato. I didn't want to spend time cooking a potato, so I went through the drive though at Wendy's to get a plain baked potato. I also stopped at Whole Foods on my way home and some garden vegetable hummus to accompany my raw veggies. Funny contrast between the Whole Foods bag and the Wendy's bag. 

I tore into that potato like nobody's business. And there's the Hunger Games cup!

Lunch:

2 c. of Spinach Leaves

1/2 Avacado

1/2 Squeezed Lemon

1 Plain Baked Potato

1 tsp. of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

I had to snack a lot this afternoon. I spent some time chopping and sautéing some zucchini and yellow squash. 

Perfect colors for a beautiful day.

I also made some tea. 

About an hour later, I was ready for another snack. This time it was celery and my veggie hummus.

Snack two and three. I didn't eat all of the celery. I just cut all of it for the week at one time.

Then about an hour later I was getting ready to leave for church, and so I ate another snack. Yummy green beans with a little bit of salsa mixed in for a kick. 

Around 5:00 I headed out the door for church, again. I had a couple of errands to run on my way there, but I ended up only being able to cross one off my list before church. Oh well...

I made another stop at Walmart on my way home from church. I think I have everything for the rest of the week, but this is really getting kind of expensive. I haven't spent any more on food this week than I normally spend, but if I have to go to the store again, I'll be over budget. On the bright side, this cleanse is so strict that it doesn't allow me to eat out at all, so it all balances out.

I also got a lampshade for my new garage sale lamp! I'll post a picture tomorrow hopefully.

I finally got home tonight around 8:30. I was hungry, but I wasn't starving, which was a surprisingly good feeling. After last night I was really afraid I would be about ready to pass out on my way home from church. For dinner, I made a modified version of my lunch salad. Unfortunately, I couldn't eat another potato. 

Green goodness. 

Dinner:

1 c. Spinach Leaves

1 c. Chopped Kale

1/2 Avacado

1/2 Squeezed Lemon

5 Cucumber Slices

1/2 c. Mild Salsa

I haven't had to eat anything else tonight, which is pleasantly surprising. I spent the remainder of my evening cutting up fruits and preparing for work tomorrow. 

So far, I haven't been tempted to cheat, but I am afraid that I will now that the work week is beginning. I'm trying to be as prepared as possible. It should be relatively easy tomorrow, but I worry about day four and five since I'm limited in what I'm able to eat. I'm really just worried about being hungry, but I think by then my body will be used to this...I hope. 

Here's my calorie count for today. Veggies are definitely less calories. 

So, goodnight all. Goodnight blogisphere. Tomorrow I get fruits AND veggies! Hooray!

Day 1: A Fruitful Day

Today was the day of fruit. Aldi came in really handy yesterday for all of my fruit needs with their amazing prices.

I started my morning by eating a bowl full of cantaloupe. I discovered that I'm not good at cutting cantaloupe, and I reverted to just scooping out pieces of fruit for my breakfast.

Cantaloupe and mint tea

I'm also trying to keep track of how much this is costing me so that I can compare it to what I usually spend on groceries. As you see, my total at Aldi yesterday was $51.61.

I had a laid back morning. I went to a garage sale down the road and bought a lamp (I'll post it once I find a lampshade for it). I also bought two of the Harry Potter special edition DVDs for $2 a piece. 

When I got home it was time for a snack. I ate an orange and a green apple and drank a huge glass of water. 

Jason and I went to see the Hunger Games movies a couple of weeks ago and he bought me one of the large souvenir cups. You'll see that my Hunger Games cup has been my best friend today so that I'm able to fill up on water. 

When lunchtime came around, I was legitimately excited about the fruit medley I was planning to have.  

My colorful lunchtime fruit medley

Lunch consisted of:

10 Strawberries

1 Chopped Green Apple

1 c. frozen berries from Aldi (no sugar added)

30 Grapes 

This medley was good, but the green apple didn't fit as well as I'd hoped. 

It was time for me to run a few errands. One stop I made was to the Walmart Neighborhood Market. I really dislike going into Walmart on Saturdays, so I usually try my hardest to stick to the neighborhood market. I picked up a couple of random items that I needed, as well as some spinach leaves, an onion, and some herbal tea for this week. I also picked up some pre-cut melons since I realized how bad I am at cutting cantaloupe this morning. 

When I got home, it was time for another snack.

Snack time consisted half of my melon tray, an orange, some grapes, and there's a red apple down there somewhere. I also drank some of my new herbal tea. 

I documented my receipt from Walmart, but since I bought some other random items, I need to go through and subtract those from the total. 

I tried to hold off on dinner until close to 7:00 because I was afraid I would get hungry again before bed. Dinner consisted of basically the same thing as my lunch except a few more strawberries, mixed berries, and I traded the green apple for a red apple. I also lost count of my grapes. 

Dinner time with my Hunger Games cup

Dinner:

18 Strawberries

1.5 c. mixed berries from Aldi (no sugar added)

1 chopped red apple

Grapes

I was feeling really good about everything until about 8:30 tonight. I had a friend over and we were watching Midnight in Paris (great movie by the way), and my head started hurting. By the end of the movie I was feeling pretty weak and my stomach felt very hungry, but kind of bloated (sorry for the details, it was a really odd feeling). Honestly, I was ready to throw in the towel, delete my blog post from last night, and head to Chick-fil-A. 

My friend MK is a nurse and knows a lot about nutrition and food...and let's just face it...she's my personal nurse. I asked her what she thought about it and she said to stick with it. She suggested another apple, more water, and some tea. 

After she left, I cut up another green apple and ate a few grapes as well. I also fixed a huge Hunger Games glass of water and some sleepytime herbal tea. 

I instantly felt like I'd come back to life. My head still is hurting just a little bit, but I'm hoping that more water will make that go away here in the next few minutes. 

Overall, today has been great. I am excited about the end result. I keep telling myself that people do things like this all the time. I also keep thinking about people who fast and pray for days at a time. I know that my body is just confused because I haven't had any protein in over 24 hours. 

Well, fruit day is complete and tomorrow is veggie day! All I can think about is how weird breakfast will be tomorrow.

Leave your comments. I'd love feedback or to answer any specific questions you may have if you're interested in this cleanse.