Day 4- Thursday March 29

Alright, so today was a bit of a fail.

I got in from work past midnight, so when I had to get up for my 8am dentist appointment I didn't leave enough time to eat anything other than a few spoonfuls of greek yogurt.

I still had my lemon water, but then I was out the door.

Then when I got back I had to leave right away to get to UBC for my academic advising appointment, so I only had time to make a green tea before I left. Unfortunately when I get home the fridge is usually bare of stuff for me to eat since Josh and I do not have the same tastes.

Once I got to UBC I was so hungry I started to feel sick, in order to not miss my appointment I went to tim hortons and grabbed a carrot bran muffin and a steeped tea. :( SAD

Then when I got home I ate a piece of toast with cheese, and tempeh bacon, and an egg on top DOUBLE SAD.

I felt so terrible about today's grand failures that I have made a super delicious giant Lacinato Kale salad for dinner.

I use this tasty recipe, but put sliced carrots, broccoli, snap peas, and sunflower seeds. I also subbed lemon juice in place of apple cider vinegar.

After dinner I did the liver flush that Joshi recommends once a week. It tastes ok, nothing too terrible, I wasn't exact on the amounts, but whatever. I picked up this EveryDay Liver Detox tea and am currently drinking a pot. It's actually not that bad, so I might make a point of drinking it once a night.

Other than being disappointed with myself for my poor lunch choice, I feel pretty good. I didn't have a headache today, but I also figure I got a bit of caffeine from my steeped tea this morning.

Tomorrow will be better!

Day 3- Wednesday March 28

Bad news, the fridge in my hotel room froze all my food. SAD. So I had to throw away all my vegetables, and last boiled egg.

Breakfast- lemon water, a GFmacrobar, and rice cakes with natural peanut butter

Green tea

Lunch- Carrot soup

Snacks- Yogurt(it survived the thawing) Edamame beans (bought at the airport)

Dinner- avocado sushi rolls (they were with white rice, but i'm limited at the airport with an empty lunch box. I also ate some soy sauce.)

Snack- Garden salad

I am having a really hard time saying no to condiments. At home I am happy to make a vinaigrette with just oil and lemon juice, but on the road it is nearly impossible to adhere to the no vinegars/fermented sauces rule. So I have to make concessions.

I had a splitting headache all day, I assume it is caffeine/sugar withdrawal. I caved and got a steeped tea with one sugar from tim hortons. It helped so I didn't have to take anymore ibuprofen for my poor brain. I know the caffeine headaches disappear eventually though, so I won't make a habit of it.

Tuesday March 27 Day 2

I realise that I labeled Monday as being the 27th, but here is the 27th round two!!

Breakfast- I remembered to drink my hot lemon water today. I really try to drink it before I brush my teeth so it doesn't wear on my enamel.

Ate a small greek yogurt (it was peach/mango, but I already bought them and wasn't going to throw them away) and a banana.

I did a work out before I actually ate my breakfast, then drank lots of water and had a green tea.

Lunch- Rice pilaf and brussel sprouts/carrots again.

Snack- handful of sesame cashews

Dinner- 2 eggs (made into salad with celery)

Snack- veggies and hummus with rice crackers, and an orange (they had free oranges in the crew room! so I caved)

I feel ok, mostly just tired (but that's also due to a later shift schedule)

dr. joshi's holistic liver detox

Now I have never, ever pretended to be good at sticking with something. I already even had this conversation last time I tried to start up this blog. However, this time I am chronicling something that has an end in sight.

I will be attempting round three of Dr. Joshi's Holistic Liver Detox. Whereas I usually dislike the term "detox" as it seems to encourage people to drink lemonade and cayenne pepper(which is really closer to a fast), I like this detox as it really just alters my diet enough to encourage me to eat different vegetables- and no junk :(

I eat a mostly vegetarian diet, and for the purposes of the detox I won't be going out and getting special local salmon fish and chips anyways (Damn you Steveston!!). Some goat and bison dairy is also permitted, but I will just omit dairy altogether as that is one of my biggest vices. One of my goals is to stop having the inane desire to eat cheese at almost every meal, and instead reward myself with delicious farmer's market specialty cheese once in a while.

Anyway, this time around a good friend of mine approached me to do the detox with her, and as much and I love my initial detoxing partner, her and I just didn't stick with it. I am not pretending that it will be a magical dietary revelation for me. I would just like to lose a few pounds, and cut down on some of my food cravings.

Here is my first entry- I will not be updating this online everyday- but I will be writing it into my journal so each day gets covered.

Monday, March 27- DAY 1
Breakfast- Green tea, Greek Yogurt, 1 Banana

Snack- 2 rice cakes with 1 egg(salad mayo mustard celery), some veggies with hummous

Lunch- Lentil rice pilaf and Brussel Sprouts+ carrots
Green tea

Snack- Rice crackers and peanut butter

Dinner- Mulligatawny soup (I make a few modifications), and some veggie sticks

How I feel-

The first few days are always the most difficult, as my body has a hard time adapting to eating less snacks, and far less carbs. I make my egg salad with a bit of mayo and mustard, as I am not too sure how else to eat it. I really don’t like eating just plain boiled eggs. However I have found a recipe for egg salad using hummous, so I might try that at home. Other than that I feel pretty good, not going to bed too hungry- just a little peckish.