It's Thursday night and I have nearly made it through my 3-day detox - barring that I don't cave in and shove ice cream into my mouth in these last few hours of it! Yesterday was the roughest day of the cleanse for me. I was feeling pretty icky from having a cold, and a lot of the time when my head is congested, I'm not in the mood for most foods - let alone plain cleansing foods like broccoli and beets. I alternated between feeling like I was doing fine with the detox, then wondering what the hell I was doing and wanting to crawl up in the fetal position with a bag of dark chocolate chips. ;-) Day 2 - Breakfast Lunch Snack Dinner Dinner was the low point of the day for me, and this picture gives you a glimpse as to why: My hubby ate delicious leftover homemade pizza and ... [Read More]
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The Vegetarian Times 7-Ingredient Cleanse
Hello, hello! Here's a little tidbit about me: I love to read hard copies of things, and I get tons of magazines delivered to my house. I know that I can read things online, but there's just something nice to me about having a real magazine (or book) in hand and getting away from technology. My favorite places to read are at the gym while I'm cycling or doing the stair master (because it makes the time go by fast!) or while I'm relaxing at the beach. One of the magazines I love checking out is Vegetarian Times. I'm always tearing out pages from the magazine of things to note or recipes to try. Last week as I was reading their June issue, I came across an article called "The 7-Ingredient Cleanse" and was intrigued. (via) With summer's stellar lineup of naturally detoxifying fruits and ... [Read More]