Day 29 & 30 of 108

Yesterday~

Blended soaked mango & fresh basil smoothie

Spicy papaya saucy noodles over salad: a big salad of red oak lettuce, red onion, cucumber, tomato, avocado, with papaya-basil dressing (-dressing ingredients; soaked papaya, lots of lime juice, lots of fresh basil, habanero pepper, red tomato, a little soaked mango, yellow bell pepper, -all blended together) & cucumber noodles on top made with a potato peeler

Today~

Date mylk: blended dates & water

Soaked medjool dates (-whole)

Spicy papaya saucy noodles over salad (-again)

:)

Day 28 of 108

Tangy tangelo drink: blended tangelos, oranges, fresh basil, fresh ginger, lime juice
Date mylk: blended dates & water
Green smoothie: blended apple, fresh basil, water, banana
Prune pudding: blended bananas, apples & soaked prunes
&
Romaine lettuce, avocado & tomato -eaten plain, piece by piece
:)

Today & Yesterday I ate;

So much has been happening! I've been really busy over the past few days & the rest of the week will zoom by with plenty of stuff to do. It's all good news, no complaints. For food over the last two days it's been fruit for the first half of the day & veggies for the latter half. On the menu was; Celery-banana smoothie, Spinach-banana smoothie, Blended water/soaked dates/celery, Whole dates, Blended veggies last night & Lunch today at LifeThyme was a big salad of mixed lettuces, cucumber & bell pepper slices, avocado, celery, grape tomatoes & a side of raw hummus. Not exactly on my menu plan for the week. But it was yummy. I haven't had a big salad in a really long time. So... the plan for the rest of the busy week is; lots of citrus! I just ordered 90 valencia oranges & 30 red grapefruits! I can't wait! I want to have them all week! Also, I still have about 10lbs of tropical fruit arriving. There is no way out, it will be a fruity week. There is no way I will let this sweet goodness go to waste. It will be a nice vacation from complicated mixes. My digestive system will be vacationing in-style with mono meals for a while. (-That rhymed!) -Xo.

Yesterday & the day before;

I had one full day of blended bananas & spinach. Nothing else. The day before that I had grapefruits, oranges & blended bananas. My energy was really good on both days. I always feel my best on simple fruits.

Today & Yesterday I ate;

Friday~
Grapefruit-orange (pulpy) juice
Canistels
Persimmons
Bananas
Plain tomato

Saturday~
Canistels
Persimmons
Bananas
Blended veggies with baby spinach
:) 

The last few days..

I've had some computer troubles. I'm looking into getting my laptop fixed or getting a new one. -Ugh, that is not great news, I was fond of this computer, an old friend. It's been good to me.

The good news is I've been eating well, and I think yesterday might have been my best day yet!

On Sunday I had blended bananas for breakfast & lettuce wraps for lunch. The lettuce wraps had raw sprouted beans & shredded veggies in them. -Uh, not a good combo for me. It tasted good, but I felt like it really weighed me down. My stomach felt bloated & unhappy. I think my system craves beans at times but really doesn't like them. The beans could be cooked, marinated, or sprouted/raw, they still bug me. Unless they are mung bean sprouts. Those are fine for me. No trouble at all. (Because they are mostly water.) Anyway, whenever I eat beans I feel bloated, not as peppy & sometimes gassy. (Sorry for the extra info!) OK, now for the really good day, yesterday (Monday) was much better. I had lots of orange wedges for breakfast, blended bananas for lunch & lots of fennel-orange juice for dinner. I had a few medjool dates after that too. I felt really light with even energy. My abs looked flat, (not bloated) & I slept really well. I woke up peppy too. -Yay! Much better. Simple combos & easy to digest water rich foods will give you more energy & better results every time. They definitely do for me.

Today I ate;

1.5 liters of water

500ml of Yogi tea

Fresh orange juice

Honeydew melon

Bananas

Tomato, cucumber, red bell pepper salad

with chopped dandelions, fennel & dressing (<-- I ate a lot! And the fennel & dressing is not on the program. I actually think I was really thirsty from exercise.  I confused it with craving something heavier to eat. I should have drank more water first, then waited to see. The salad was really good though. I'm making up for the water intake with tea and water. Tomorrow I will go back to drinking a liter of water after I wake up. It's so important.)

= 2090 total calories for the day

So far it's been a bit 'on and off' (of the program), but I can definitely see a difference. I notice that when I do eat off the program I'm looking for high water content food. Like today, (and the other day), I had a big salad with veggies and a little dressing. In the past my dinner habit was a super big dark green leafy salad with nut pate, a zucchini hummus or lots of avocado, olives and dressing. It was very high fat and not very water rich. Now it's a big non-sweet fruit salad, like cucumber & tomato with some herbs, soft leafy greens or maybe bitter greens, veggies and a little dressing. This is a big change. I like this change. So the progress is definitely good news. Sticking to my diet and eating mostly whole fruits and greens (without lots of fat) takes some work. It's harder than I thought. I heard that it takes at least 90 days to change your diet. I plan on working into a greener-fruitier diet until the end of the year. So I have no doubt I'll get there. I'm in for the 90+ days...