Today and Yesterday I ate;

Wow, I'm still veering off the road! Today and yesterday I had mostly salad stuff (with fatty sauces). All of it was really yummy. But now I have melons going bad and I'm totally off track. (FYI: Eating melons when I still have fats & heavy food in my system is not a good idea. Immediate bloat will follow.) I need to hop back over to eating low fat cleaner foods. The little 'food party' I had the last few days has been fun. But it's time to create change and get back to business!

Yesterday

2 liters of water

Coconut water

Dandelion-tomato salad

with fennel, bell pepper & dressing

Plain tomatoes & pine nuts

Today

2 liters of water

Coconut water

Fresh mixed vegetable juice

Salad bar stuff  at Freefoods (-the spring rolls were amazing!)

Dandelion-tomato salad

with pine nuts & pine nut dressing

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...

Today I ate;

3 liters of water

Blended apples

Blended bananas with green mix

Fruit salad (at a restaurant)

Fresh orange juice

= 1765 total calories for the day

I'm so proud of myself! I went to a French restaurant for dinner with a friend. My friend ordered the special of the day, rabbit.  I asked if the waiter if the chef could make me a fruit salad. I told him that I see fruit listed on the menu as part of other dishes, could they just make me a fruit plate. He looked at me like I was a bit strange (and a pain in the ass), but said, "OK". This is the first time I have ever done this. It worked out great. I got to go out to dinner with a friend and stick to my diet. Fantastic!

Today I ate;

2 liters of water

Honeydew melon

Mangos (I wish I had bought more..)

Fresh orange juice

Banana-dandelion smoothie

Cucumber-spirulina salad

Salad bar at LifeThyme (<--Totally went off the program and had a huge salad. It was yummy. It felt yummy for a while until about 2 hours later, then I started feeling the weight of it. The 'blahs' set in. It tasted really good though. I was even tempted to go 'all out' and blow-off the day by having a little coffee with soymilk in it. ..But I didn't.)

= ? total calories for the day (<--I'm not sure, but the tally was 1760 before the salad. The salad had a tahini type dressing, so I'm sure it was high calorie. Maybe the total is 2300 for the day.)

Today and Yesterday I ate;

Wednesday

3 liters of water

Honeydew melon

Watermelon

Banana-spirulina-cinnamon smoothie

= 2110 total calories for the day

Thursday

I liter of water

Honeydew melon

Watermelon

Galia melon

Banana-spirulina-cinnamon smoothie

Banana-apple smoothie

Mangos

= 3000 total calories for the day <-- Oh my god, I totally racked up some crazy calories today! I think the hot yoga classes I'm taking are making me hungry. 

Today I ate;

3 liters of water

Coconut water

16oz of mixed vegetable juice

TONS of plum tomatoes

Chopped tomatoes & cucumbers with tomato sauce

Today I didn't count calories. I wanted to eat mostly non-sweet fruit because I know I have days of sweet fruit coming up. Right now my kitchen is loaded with all sort of melons, oranges and bananas. Sweet fruit galore starting tomorrow!

Today and Yesterday I ate;

Sunday 

2 liters of water

Mango

Cantaloupe

Chopped tomatoes on a mixed herb salad

with pine nuts & tomato dressing    <--I went off the program today, I had pine nuts. I did it on purpose. I wasn't hungry or craving fats. I think I got scared that maybe I was detoxing too fast from the fruit. I was feeling really emotional last week, and by the weekend I was getting tired of it. My thinking was, the pine nuts (the fat) would stop the emotions. The only thing it did was made me feel not as good as when I eat fruit. I now think the problem was not eating enough calories (or fruit) three days in a row. Friday & Saturday I was dealing with an upset stomach and didn't eat much. Sunday I was busy and didn't eat until later in the day. If my body was detoxing too fast it wasn't from the fruit, it was from not eating enough. That's my guess. This week I am back to mostly fruit. Let's see what happens...)

Monday

3 liters of water

Mixed berries (blueberries and raspberries)

Banana-berry smoothie

Banana-green smoothie

Whole bananas

= 1950 total calories for the day

Friday & Saturday

On Friday I ate something that bothered my stomach. (:( ) All I ate that day was cantaloupe for breakfast and summer squash with tomato sauce for lunch. So I'm not sure where the problem was, but it was bad. I had stomach pain for hours, all the way into Saturday morning. All day Saturday I had nothing but fresh orange juice. Later that evening I had some honeydew melon, whole oranges and a mango. I'm feeling much better now. (:) )

Today I ate;

1.5 liters of water

Lots of watermelon

Lots of banana-spirulina smoothies

= 2430 total calories for the day

If you need to get calories from fruit, watermelon and bananas can sure pack'em in. Wow, it adds up fast!

Today I ate;

1 liter of water

Lots 'n lots of watermelon

Cantaloupe

= 2050 total calories for the day

Today I ate;

[mid-day check in at 3:51pm..]

1 liter of water

16oz of fresh mixed veggie juice

Honeydew melon

Cantaloupe melon

= ? total calories for the day (Not sure, I'm going to keep eating only melon for the rest of the day. I will drink more water too, and maybe have some tea. :) )

***I was feeling kinda' mopy and down earlier. Then I came home, had lots of melon, put M.I.A. on the stereo, and now I am happy as a clam! Totally energized and ready to take on the rest of the day!***

Today I ate;

2.75 liters of water

Lots of bananas

Zucchini-carrot-strained tomato puree

= 1450 total calories for the day