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Detox Day 23

January 23, 2012 No comments

6:50am The last of the gross Vega shake (50) plus a few apple slices with 1 tbsp PB (100).

10:30am 2 organic apples, sliced (150).

12:45pm Three of my usual tasty green shakes (450) plus some homemade raw vegetable crackers with homemade spicy mixed bean spread (150).

4:15pm 3 raw brownie balls (300).

6pm Quinoa salad (300) plus 1 raw brownie ball (100). Hello, raw til dinner!

Total calories: 1,600. I hit my goal today with nut butter! My goal is to get 400 calories or less each day from nuts/nut butter. Today I just made it (brownie balls and cookie dough balls use nuts as a base) :)

Exercise: 50 minutes walking outdoors; 30 minutes pacing indoors.

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Detox Day 22

January 22, 2012 No comments

I missed the last few days of food diary because I wasn’t much in the mood for properly measuring stuff. I also accidentally went way off the detox on Friday afternoon – it started with a bowl of popcorn and a mug of hot chocolate, which escalated into a second bowl of popcorn and quite a few pieces of chocolates. Yesterday I stuck with the detox much better except for the slice of bread with butter that I had :) Today, as you can see below, I veered off again with some fruity yogurt and more bread with butter. I’m up a little bit in weight but nothing that can’t be remedied.

This weekend has made me think a little bit more about the idea of having “a few” treat meals each month. Maybe I need an entire free day? Or maybe on the weekend I should go easier on myself but watch portion sizes? I think that this month is the hardest just because it’s considerably more restrictive than the other months will be. Next month is my whole foods month (which should be easy!), then I have a Mediterranean diet month and a vegetarian month. I tend to eat those ways naturally so I’m not too concerned with that. Also, I kind of like the idea of eating vegan/raw until dinner on weekdays. I might try to focus on that in the coming months!

Anyway, this is what I ate today:

8:45am Smoothie with 1 pouch Vega powder, 1 frozen banana, 1.5 cups cold water, 1/4 cup frozen blueberries, romaine lettuce and 1/2 tbsp chia seeds. Blagh. I forgot how gross the taste of Vega protein/greens powder is. I only drank part of it. (175).

9am 1 chocolate chip cookie dough ball, 10 dry-roasted unsalted almonds and a couple slices organic apple (200).

11:15am 2 eggs, scrambled in 1/2 tsp grapeseed oil with 1/4 green bell pepper, crushed red pepper flakes and oregano, plus some almonds and a raw brownie ball (400).

12pm 1 cookie dough ball and the rest of the Vega shake (200). As long as I try not to breathe in the smell and if I eat/drink something else immediately after, the taste isn’t quite so bad ;)

3pm 1 raw brownie ball (100).

3:30pm 1 bowl chickpea chowder and 1 slice homemade multigrain bread with butter, plus 1 chocolate chip cookie dough ball (550).

5pm Triple berry yogurt (100).

Total calories: 1,725.

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Detox Day 19

January 19, 2012 No comments

It’s funny – somehow I ate “raw until dinner” today but didn’t even intend to; that’s just the way the day worked out. I like when these things become the norm.

7am Green shake with 1 cup cold water, 1/2 scoop vanilla vegan protein powder, lots of romaine lettuce and kale, 1/2 tbsp chia seeds, 3/4 frozen banana (150).

8:30am 2 raw brownie balls (200).

11:30am Another green shake (150).

12:50pm 1 organic apple with 3 tbsp all-natural crunchy PB (375).

2pm Another organic apple (75).

5pm 3/4 cup leftover Spanish rice with chickpeas (and a sprinkle of mozarella cheese!) plus 4 raw brownie balls (600).

Total calories: 1,550.

Exercise: 50 minutes walking outdoors; 50 minutes pacing indoors.

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Detox Day 18

January 18, 2012 No comments

6:50am 1 organic apple and a piece of banana with 4 tbsp chunky all-natural PB (500). I really should stick with green smoothies first thing in the morning.

10:45am Leftover quinoa salad (350).

4pm Piece of banana with a little chunky all-natural PB (50).

4:30pm Bowl of leftover chickpea chowder (250) plus 4 raw brownie balls (400).

Total calories: 1,550. I missed lunch today because I had a meeting in the early afternoon, but the quinoa salad really stuck with me so that was okay. Still need to work on reducing nut butter intake!

Exercise: 35 minutes walking; 25 minutes pacing indoors.

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Detox Day 17

January 17, 2012 No comments

Today I finally saw movement on the scale! I’m down 0.8 lbs and 0.3 % body fat from yesterday morning :)

7:30am 1 bowl oatmeal with 24 grams gluten-free oats, 1/3 sliced banana, cinnamon, sprinkle of chocolate vegan protein powder and 2 tbsp all-natural smooth PB (350). It was cold when I woke up this morning, so I figured I’d warm up with some oatmeal. Bad idea. I keep forgetting that oatmeal feels really heavy to eat in the morning now. I have a feeling I’m going to keep forgetting about that as long as it’s -30 or -40 out there ;)

10:45am 1 apple with 2 tbsp PB (275).

12:45pm Big bowl free-range turkey soup; about 2 cups (500?). One of the first non-vegan things I’ve eaten! But I figured since it’s soup, and it was homemade by the mother dear using vegetables and free-range turkey (and I think even wild rice?), it’s still good to include on the detox. And it was certainly tasty.

Total calories: 1,125. I intended on eating much more today but then I was in meetings all afternoon and got home late and I don’t like eating at 7pm, so I just went without.

Exercise: 10 minutes Pilates (today I did part of the “main program” rather than the beginner program – it was tough! Ten minutes of it was enough for me :D ), 50 minutes walking.

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Detox Day 16

January 16, 2012 No comments

Green shake day! Well, at least until I got home from work :) I had several meetings at work today so I figured this would be a good, busy day to drink energizing power-smoothies.

The recipe was “the usual”: 1 cup cold water, 1/2 scoop vanilla vegan protein powder, lots of romaine lettuce and kale, 1/2 tbsp chia seeds, 3/4 frozen banana per each smoothie.

7am 1/2 green shake (75).

10:15am 1.5 green shakes (225).

12:40pm 2 green shakes (300).

3pm 1 green shake (150).

4pm 1 brownie ball and 2 leftover sweet potato fries from yesterday (150).

5pm 1 bowl chickpea chowder (350) plus 2 brownie balls (200).

Total calories: 1,450.

Exercise: 50 minutes walking; 10 min strength training (15 of each, using 8 lbs dumbbells: triceps dips, upright row, shoulder press, lateral raise, standing reverse fly, bicep curl, hammer curl,  overhead triceps extension, triceps kickback, push ups, bent-over row, toe touch, bicycle crunch, Superwoman, regular crunches).

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Detox Day 15

January 15, 2012 No comments

8:15am 1/2 green shake (75 calories).

8:40am 1/2 green shake (75 calories).

9:40am 1 full green shake (150 calories).

10:05am 1 raw brownie ball (100 calories).

11:15am 1/2 banana with 1.5 tbsp all-natural PB plus 4 Mary’s Organic Original Gluten-free Crackers (250 calories).

11:45am 1 raw vegetable cracker, 1 cranberry hazelnut cracker and 1/2 organic apple (75 calories).

2pm Rest of the apple with 2.5 tbsp PB (275 calories).

4pm Quinoa salad with chickpeas, plus a brownie ball (500 calories).

5pm 1 brownie ball (100 calories).

Total calories: 1,600. Weight is still stable today, so that’s excellent – and I did a little bit better with the nut butter today :) Unfortunately I have a stomach ache right now and I’m not sure why. Hoping it will go away soon!

Exercise: 45 minutes pacing indoors.

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Detox Day 14

January 14, 2012 No comments

I didn’t do a very good job of following the detox the past two days, but I did a little better today. I started the morning with some Pilates (I hadn’t done Pilates since earlier in the week, so maybe that had something to do with my feeling “off” from the detox?) and a green shake. It feels good to start the morning off right!

9:45am Green shake with 1 cup cold water, 1/2 scoop vanilla vegan protein powder, 1/2 tbsp chia seeds, 3/4 frozen banana, Swiss chard and romaine lettuce (150 calories).

11:50am Bowl of oatmeal with 24 grams gluten-free oats, 1 tsp Manitoba bee pollen, sprinkle of chocolate vegan protein powder, cinnamon and 2 tbsp PB (400 calories).

12:15pm Another green shake, same as above, plus a spoonful of PB (300 calories).

1:45pm Bowl of leek soup (150 calories).

2:2pm 2 raw brownie balls (200 calories).

3pm 1 apple (75 calories).

6:30pm Grilled romaine, kale, suey choy and zucchini salad tossed with EVOO and sesame seeds, plus a side of oven-baked sweet potato fries and 2 raw brownie balls for dessert (550 calories).

Total calories: 1,825. This is much higher than I’d like to be at, but it’s better than the last couple days and I stayed on the detox. So that’s good.

Exercise: 10 minutes Pilates.

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Detox Day 13

January 13, 2012 No comments

Even though I went overboard yesterday on calories, I still weighed in at the same number today. So that’s something!

Today it was tough again to stay on track with the detox. I was still feeling tired from my long week full of evening meetings. I was craving popcorn at 9:30am – never a good sign! I had too much nut butter again, but I also had some cheese and I think that it kind of helped.

Now I have to ask myself whether cheese is a detox item. I don’t think it is, but my plan was to be “mostly-vegan” for the detox – not full-on vegan. So perhaps a couple slices of cheese once a week can fit into the detox? I think that should be okay. After all, I really want this detox to be something that could potentially be carried on for longer than a month, and in that case there needs to be allowances for small things outside of the plan in moderation. So I think a couple slices of cheese is just fine.

However, I did end up having popcorn (and a bit of chocolate) – so I’m counting this as a non-detox meal.

This also means that I need to “re-strategize” my detox plan. I’ve noticed that I eat more during the day when I have a bigger breakfast, so I’m going to focus on having just green shakes and grapefruit for breakfast. I’m also going to limit myself to 4 tbsp (1/4 cup) of nut butter each day, or about 400 calories of nut butter. Tomorrow Mr Science and I are going on a big grocery shop, so that should also be a big help in having all the “tools” available in the fridge to be able to stick comfortably with the detox. Wish me luck!

Here’s what I ate today:

7:15am Bowl of oatmeal with 24 grams oats, 1 tsp bee pollen, sprinkled of vanilla protein powder, cinnamon and 2 tbsp PB, plus 1/2 grapefruit sprinkled with organic cane sugar (450 calories).

10:15am 8 figs dipped in PB (650 calories? I didn’t measure any of the PB).

10:40am Some local cheddar cheese with Mary’s Original Organic Crackers (300 calories?).

12:45pm 1 bowl of popcorn with Earth Balance, plus a couple pieces chocolate (800 calories?).

6pm Spanish rice with chickpeas, plus 4 figs with PB for dessert (400 calories?).

Total calories: 2,500. Eek. Not good if I’m supposed to be on a low-calorie detox!

Exercise: 30 minutes walking. See above ;)

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Detox Day 12

January 13, 2012 No comments

This was a rough day for me. The night before I woke up at least four times throughout the night and had terrible nightmares. I woke up in the morning feeling exhausted from the crappy sleep and also troubled by the nightmares (they always affect my mood the following day). Then I had a longer day at work than I expected, and I had a 2.5 hr meeting in the evening. All in all, I was feeling tired and not in much of a detox-mood at all. I didn’t stray from the detox diet, but I did overeat.

Here’s what I had yesterday (I wasn’t measuring very much and I also didn’t keep track of the time):

- Bowl of oatmeal with 24 grams oats, 1/3 banana, cinnamon, a sprinkle of vanilla protein powder and 1 tbsp PB (250 calories).

- 1/2 green shake (leftover from yesterday) (75 calories).

- 1 apple with 2 tbsp all-natural smooth PB (275 calories).

- 2 cups homemade potato and leek soup (250 calories).

- Another apple and 1/3 banana smothered in PB (500 calories?).

- Another bowl of soup (250 calories).

- Quite a few raw brownie balls – maybe 6 or 8? (500 calories?).

Although it was all healthy foods that I was eating, it was still far too much of everything. Especially nut butter. Next week I might put a cap on the amount of nut butter I can have a day so that I won’t go overboard on it.

Total calories: 2,100.

Exercise: 1 hr 20 minutes walking.

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