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Cleanse - Day 1

Started out the day with forty minutes of yoga, green tea and cleaning up a poop explosion courtesy of the Bean. (How can so much come out of something so little?)

If interested, the plan I'm following can be found http://www.wholeliving.com/216880/2013-whole-living-action-plan along with the recipes. Some things have been modified since I won't eat foods I don't like. (Beets, I'm looking at you.) I'll also rate the recipes I try using one through five, five being excellent.

8am: Blueberry-Mint Smoothie (4.5, surprisingly good, but used less avocado than it called for)
9am: Celery with almond butter
10:30am: Apple, Excedrin (this is not part of the plan, but I don't care so much about cutting caffeine)
11am: Trail Mix (3.5, it's good but would require something with chocolate to earn a 5. Old habits die hard, I guess.)
2:30pm: Lentil soup, salad with vinegar and olive oil, orange
3pm: Now is when I usually get an afternoon snack of the sugar variety. The vending machine misses me.
5:30pm: a few cashews and two apricots
8pm: Cauliflower "Rice" Stir-fry (4, good, but time-consuming for a weeknight)

Not gonna lie -- I'm pretty hungry, but it's almost bedtime and I've brushed my teeth. Sad thing about any sort of food regiment, is you think about food all the time. Fortunately, the first week appears to be the hardest and I'm one-seventh way through. (That's a half-assed fraction.)

Included is a picture of the Bean from tonight, sitting up, getting big and generally ruling the roost.

http://www.wholeliving.com/216880/2013-whole-living-action-plan

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