Breaking the Detox - Day 1

>> Monday, February 16, 2009

Its my first day after the detox and I'm being careful to bring all of my supplements, green drinks, and live juice with me to work. I weighted myself this morning and I've lost a total of 15 lbs. I'm ecstatic, but I am sensible enough to know that I'll probably put on a few pounds when I start to eat again and will probably end up around my original target weight.

Today I can have a cup of salad - so I make up some spinach, peppers, cucumber, celery and tomato. I can't have any dressing - which is tough for me as I used to load up on dressing. However, I'm really surprised when it comes to lunchtime. It takes me 3 hours to finish the salad. I find myself chewing everything for 5 times as long as I would have before the detox. And the taste of all of the food is out of this world! Its hard to describe, but I don't miss the dressing at all, in fact, based on the fact that I can now taste every item on my plate, I'm wondering if I will every have salad dressing again....

I'm pretty careful in sticking to the recommended way to break the detox, and given that its taken me so long to eat the basic salad, its easy for me to just have soup for dinner, although I have to say that the salad has made me feel pretty full ;-)

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Detox Supplies

Juice of the Day

Carrot, Apple & Ginger

You will need: 1 apple, 3-4 carrots, and a slice of ginger.

Juice the apple and carrots and ginger slice in the juicer. Serve immediately!

Delicious!

This is a juice that I use as a baseline for other juices. To add more "power" try adding the following ingredients:

- Stick of Celery
- Handful of Alfalfa sprouts
- Some kale, spinach, other leafy greens


Soup of the Day - the healthy way!

Butternut Squash & Orange Juice

Split a butternut squash down the middle, and scoop out the seeds and set aside. Wash & dry and place on a baking tray. Place a tablespoon of orange juice in the cavity. Cover with foil and bake in a 375 deg. oven for about 45 mins - 1 hr. Test the flesh with a fork - when its soft, its done! Meanwhile, while the squash is cooking, wash the seeds, removing fibers of flesh, and place on a baking tray to dry. Remove baked squash from the oven and allow to cool. Pour the OJ into a blender, and scoop out all of the flesh into the blender, discarding the skins. Puree the squash, and then pour into a saucepan. Add about 6 cups of distilled or spring water (do not use tap water, as it contains chlorine etc which defeats your healthy mission). Bring to the boil and its ready to eat!

When the seeds have dried, bake them in the oven for 30 mins until roasted. Sprinkle on top of the soup and serve.

Enjoy!

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