Week 1 Mid-Week Check-In
Good morning! How is everyone doing with the January Cleanse/Weight-Loss program so far? Have you been drinking your water with lemon first thing in the morning? Did you ditch HFCS, refined sugar, trans fat, gluten and dairy? How is it going so far? Honestly, I don’t miss the first four, but giving up my beloved soft-serve frozen yogurt may just push me over the edge. My sister took me to go get some on Monday and that 16 ounce bowl of original tart with fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, mochi and hot fudge sauce made my day! Thank you Karlee – you know the real way to my heart!
Back to our cleanse. I designed this month-long cleanse to be gentle and to hopefully not get in the way of your day-to-day life. This first week is a chance for you to slowly transition to a cleaner, less-processed way of eating. You may eat your regular fare with the gradual exclusion of the foods listed throughout the week. Here are some linked recipes that would work well for meals for the rest of Week 1:
Scrambled Eggs with Watercress
Quinoa Salad with Toasted Almonds
Steamed Salmon with Herbs and Lemon
I also wanted to link to some more information on the benefits of adopting a whole foods diet:
The Whole-Foods Diet article on medicinenet.com
Benefits of Eating the Worlds Healthiest Foods article on whfoods.com
Plant Based Diet Benefits article on suffolktimes.com
I hope that your week is going smoothly and you’re taking the time to go to bed earlier than normal, and preforming each day’s recommended journal or meditation exercise. I’ll be back on Friday with Week 2′s outline.
Have a great day,
Kilee
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No meat. Dairy limited to about 2 T. of feta cheese (hard for this 4 cups-of-milk-a-day drinker) these first four days. No gluten. No alcohol. No coffee. Nothing processed. I had organic almond milk with organic cocoa for a mid-week guilty treat this evening. The lemon “tea” has been lovely in the mornings.
So far, so good.
If I can keep it up, my plan is to ease back to about one small serving of cheese or other animal protein (eggs, seafood, or dairy) each day. I can handle gluten, but I think one serving a day, at most, will work best for me. We rarely eat bread.
I think the real trick is to think of what I am eating rather than what I’m giving up: organic, local and fair trade whole foods, the lemon tea, salads rich with colorful vegetables, brown basmati rice (!), fruits, roasted and steamed vegetables.
Thanks, Kilee!
Ms. Priddy,
It sounds like you are doing amazingly well during this first week! I absolutely agree that it’s best to focus on what you get to enjoy instead of lusting after what is restricted for the time being. Please listen to your body and if you function best with a daily serving of animal protein, go for it. I’ve done cleanses where I was literally too sick feeling to go to work and that doesn’t benefit your well-being.
Keep up the good work and let me know if you have any questions!
Take care,
Kilee
OH WOW!!! These recipes look AMAZING!! Girl, I’m going to make the scrambled eggs…..ohhh la laaaaaaa
I think you’re doing a FAB job at keeping us all on track, thank you!
xxoo
Hi Kris!
Thank you for your sweet support :)
The eggs look perfect for ANY meal of the day!
Take care,
Kilee