Woke up in this morning feeling pretty good. I unfortunately was up at 4am stretching my glutes, hamstring and inner thigh from the run. I knew I’d feel it later in the day if I didn’t stretch, so there I was at 4am, laying on the carpet at the foot of the bed, stretching. My cat Art laid down beside me and watched. Cute. I slept till 6 something, hit snooze a few times and hopped in the shower.
I thought I would wake up starving, but I didn’t. I was a little hungry, but I knew I could wait until work to eat my banana. I had a glass of raw apple cider that I bought from the farm on Sunday before leaving the house. So fresh, so sweet. I don’t usually drink juices so this is new for me. I like it.
Weighed myself this AM as well. I’m down 2lbs. lol. LoosingI the water weight is so awesome.
I forgot my raw collard wrap that I had planned on having for lunch, so I knew I’d have to grab something from the cafe at work because the salad wouldn’t be enough. It was a long day at work, didn’t leave the office until after 6pm, so the 2nd apple I packed myself came in handy. Back to back meetings, busy designing training material I didn’t leave my desk much. Only to refill my hot water and go to the loo. Productive person I am! (Yoda voice)
Here’s what I ate today:
Breakfast: Organic banana, raw apple cider
Snack: 1 Kiwi, assorted veggies with almond butter (ate this throughout the day, not just for AM snack)
Lunch: Salad with apple, walnuts, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, tomato, cucumber, grated carrots and kale.
Dinner: Made that cleanse gazpacho soup from the DO EAT RAW app. I failed to add the avocado and lemon juice at first when I was blending it and it came out kinda chunky. Like watery salsa. I wasn’t impressed but figured, what the hell. I managed to find a ripe avocado and a lime and added the juice and the whole avocado. WHAT a difference. Creamy and delicious. I also added a good pinch of salt and ground chipotle pepper to it for a kick.
The soup doesn’t LOOK that appetizing, but it is pretty good. I’ll definitely make it again. I forgot to add the spinach, so mine only has kale in it. Next time I’ll add that too. My blender just wasn’t big enough and I had to keep doing it in batches until the consistency was to my liking.
Cleanse Soup
Ingredients
- 2 little red bell peppers chopped
- 6 green onions
- 3 celery stalks
- 1 avocado
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tomatoes chopped
- 5 leaves kale, chopped
- Ginger root, 1/2 inch
- 1 cup fresh cilantro
- 1 cup fresh basil
- 1/2 cup fresh spinach
- Himalayan sea salt, pinch
- 1/2 tsp ground chipotle pepper
- 2 tbsp lemon or lime juice
- 1 cup warm water
Blend all ingredients in a blender until creamy and smooth. Tada!
So I totally cheated a bit tonight and sautéed (on super low heat) some chopped crimini mushrooms. I really felt like I needed something more tonight but after eating maybe 2 mushrooms, I had enough. Weird. I packed the rest for lunch tomorrow.
I didn’t even eat all the soup that I had poured for myself. I’m hungry but I’m not, and I’m not used to it. I’m so determined to eat clean that even though I want a HUGE hunk of cheese or a toasted bagel with whatever salami I can find with mayo spread all across it, I still wouldn’t eat it if you put it in front of me.
No exercise today, some stretching before bed but that’s about it. I will do sprints tomorrow to prep for the race on Sat, but that will probably be the extent of my cardio this week. Yoga on Thursday and MAYBE spinning on Friday. I hate to say no to a spinning class!
So far.. day 2 is a success!
Thursday and MAYBE spinning on Friday. I hate to say no to a spinning class!
So far.. day 2 is a success!
