29 posts tagged “diet”

Today's the day I get to eat some solid food, so long as it's fruits, veggies, and nuts. But only for dinner. Breakfast is OJ, which I've had a couple of glasses of. Lunch time will be my lentil soup. I'm not sure what I'm doing for dinner since I don't have any real salad makings and I'm not sure if or when I'm going to be able to make it to the store today. I do have a lot of apples--they are good "show" fruits for the house. I also have a bunch of celery stalks I didn't use with the soup, which might go good with the almond butter. And, of course, I have soup. Lots of it.

When I drank the OJ this morning, I noticed that it filled me up right away. Maybe it's that whole liquid diet thing, but it was weird. Normally OJ doesn't do that. I did have to have a little more later on to quell a later hunger pain, but not too much.

Today, in addition to Orange Juice, I could have vegetable soup later in the day. I actually didn't drink much OJ--only a couple of glasses and a bottle while I was out. I actually cheated and made the vegetable soup this morning, having some of the broth just before 11am. Did notice one less pound on the scale. The only thing that didn't happen today was any waste elimination. I suppose that will happen more easily on it's own in short order.

I actually chose this Hearty Lentil Soup recipe I got off of UltraWellness. It wasn't exactly what the Master Cleanse folks had in mind, but it was still pretty good. The only thing I changed in the recipe was that I used vegetable broth instead of chicken broth, to honor the "no meat" part of coming off of the Master Cleanse. I also made a bit more broth than I probably would have done normally, mostly just for broth consumption. I plan on making the soup later with the chicken broth to see if it's any better that way.

I ate the soup, veggies, lentils, and all. Not a ton of it, mind you, as I did not want to overload the body with solid food, being it's seen nothing but liquid for a week and a half. It tasted good. My system does not appear to have reacted badly to it, either.

I made so much that I've got a whole Tupperware container of the soup in my freezer for later. Good thing as I have to eat it tomorrow, too. At least for lunch. Dinner, I can have whatever fruit or veggie stuff I want. As long as I avoid meat, fish, eggs, bread, tea, coffee, or milk. Shouldn't be too hard since despite feeding my kids most of these things, I haven't been consuming them. Well except for tea.

After tomorrow, I can eat whatever I want again. It will be interesting to see if any of my tastes have changed since this experience.

Today, I get to drank OJ instead of the lemonade concoction. Still no food, though I did do some prep work for the lentil soup I plan on cooking tomorrow. May not have gobs and gobs of veggies in this soup, but when I read the recipe, it sure sounded good and was vegetarian. I'm not sure how you can call a soup with chicken broth in it vegetarian, so I plan on substituting veggie broth. We'll see how this soup goes.

Despite not drinking the lemonade concoction or any senna tea since yesterday morning, waste is still being eliminated. A week and a half without solid food and that's still happening. I was a little hungrier today, and I probably drank a half gallon of OJ. The Simply Orange stuff I bought at the grocery store tastes really good. The Tropicana and Minute Maid stuff I bought while I was out today didn't taste as good.

A couple of days ago, I noticed the skin on my face started drying out. An odd side effect to be sure.

Probably shouldn't write this until tomorrow, but as of right now, I am done with drinking lemonade for my cleanse. 10 days without solid food is something I would have never expected I would do. But I set my mind to doing it, and do it I did. I rewarded myself with a nice cup of Orange and Spice herbal tea instead of drinking senna.

Tomorrow, I will be drinking OJ. I bought a big jug of it that I expect I will consume in the next few days, depending on how much of i I drink and whether or not I cut it down with water. Either way, will be looking forward to having a different taste in my mouth for a change.

It will be interesting to see what still tastes good after this cleansing process.

Yesterday, and early this morning, my intestinal tract really really wanted to get rid of stuff, so it was a little more painful than usual. But two pounds came off, so I can't complain too much. Had my cup of senna tea last night and this morning, so I may have more of this to look forward to today.

While the waste elimination process has been not quite as pleasant through this process--I kind of expected that--the biggest thing bugging me right is the taste in my mouth. If I'm not drinking water or lemonade, my mouth has this taste that's like ass and it always comes back. That alone is making me want to be done with this fast. Less than 48 hours to go, though, so might as well finish this out.

I plan on making a trip to the grocery store today to purchase the bits for my vegetable soup that I will make on Sunday. That and I think I'm going to need a couple more lemons to have enough lemonade to make it to Friday.

I never thought in my life I'd go a week without eating solid food, but here I am doing exactly that. Only a half a pound lighter this morning. I drank more lemonade than usual yesterday, but didn't eliminate as much in the way of waste yesterday. I drank senna tea both last night and this morning to help keep things moving. Waste elimination is the entire point.

I'm in the home stretch of this cleanse, and I have to say that there haven't really been any periods of grogginess. Getting up in the morning is a more or less instant-on experience now. I still don't have any difficulty getting to sleep at night, and it's nice to be able to wake up and not require time to get "awake."

Run another copy of the previous updates, except this time, I was woken up early by my body. The senna tea I had last night did it's job. Total net weight loss since I started is 10 pounds, which is a nice bonus.

I am noticing less hunger pains now. A couple of sips of tea seems to quell any hunger pains that do show up. That being said, I am looking forward to being done with this cleanse. Not thinking about food quite as much as a couple of days ago, but I'm also ready for some different tastes in my mouth. If I go up to Poulsbo this week for one or two extra curricular meetings, I'm going to miss going to Central Market and getting some sushi.

Essentially a carbon copy of yesterday's update: stuff is still moving along, one pound lighter, and no senna tea this morning.

I am starting to think about what I am going to eat when I come off this fast--perhaps more than I should. Physically, I'm not that hungry. The lemonade or just plain water keeps that in check. But mentally, I am thinking about the vegetable soup I plan on making--I pulled an interesting sounding recipe off of the UltraWellness site--a Veggie Delite sandwich at Subway--something I've never eaten before--and eventually, the concept of meat. That chicken I cooked the other day, or some steak. But that's later.

Fact is: I like to eat. Perhaps more than I should, perhaps not the kinds of foods one is "supposed" to eat, but I like eating. And it's not like I can avoid it since everyone needs some kind of food to survive. The question is: what will the diet look like when things "return to normal." The fact I am obsessing over vegetables for a change is probably not a bad thing in the grand scheme of things, but it's mildly frustrating at the moment.

Half way through this cleansing process. At the moment, I find myself thinking about what I want to eat when I come off this cleanse. The first day, I will be drinking OJ. The second day, start the day with OJ then move onto vegetable soup broth--not canned stuff, but freshly made stuff. The third day, more OJ and eventually soup with the veggies. Then I should be able to eat normally.

But I do wonder about eating meat again. Not because I don't like it--are you kidding, I did Atkins, for crying out loud--but I wonder how I will ease back into eating it again. I know eating a bunch of it at once is a recipe for disaster. An old co-worker of mine actually burned a hole in his stomach by eating too much meat after not having had it for quite a long time. I don't think I'm anywhere near that length of time, but I am mindful of that incident. Smaller portions for a while for sure.

Tonight I drank senna tea. It should keep things moving along. Haven't needed any additional help. Afraid to try the salt water bath for the insides.

Despite not having eaten for more than 4 days, stuff is still moving out of my bowels--exactly what's suppose to happen. No senna tea today as I don't need/want that kind of help today. One pound lighter to boot.

Unlike some people, whom while on this cleanse are disgusted by the sight and smell of food, it doesn't bother me that much. Good thing, as I still have to feed the kids even if all I'm feeding myself is lemonade. I also had a chicken that I decided to thaw out before I got the crazy idea that I was going to cleanse myself. It was going to go bad unless I cooked it yesterday, which I did. Funny thing was, long after I finished cooking, putting away the chicken, and cleaning the crock pot, I could still smell the chicken in the hallway when first coming into it.

I'm also not experiencing any major "bad" or "down" feelings. I'm also not feeling "up" either, like what some people describe by this phase of the cleanse. I am very much on an even keel--moreso than usual, I think, which while not blockbuster, is very nice in it's own right.

Today, for Father's Day, I am going to trek over to the Evil Fry's (tm) in Renton. It's a bit like going to a buffet right now because while I can't eat food on this cleanse, I can't afford to spend money at Fry's either. But it's nice to look around and I'll probably come back with something small and/or something I can expense.