Getting My Cleanse On: Day Three

And onto Day Three.

Again, woke up feeling great. Not hungry, full of energy. Then I got into my car and realized someone (not me) had left it on empty and I was going to be late for my first meeting. {Enter crabby Katie.}

7am - I drank Glow on the way to work and all but finished it.

10am - arrived to work and was over the car / no gas situation and started Fuel (one of my faves) but didn't finish the last drop until 1:25pm since I was busy in meetings all morning. I was hungry at this point, but that's because I missed drink #3 Purify in there somewhere. Not the biggest loss since I'm not a huge fan of it, but I did gulp down half right after finishing the rest of my Fuel.

I spent some of the afternoon setting out taste test cups of the juices for my co-workers to try. I have to admit I quite enjoyed the looks on their faces as they tried to make it through some of them. This provided me much amusement today. It's the little things, people.

Around 3pm I started Fiji and finished about half of that before I couldn't handle the celery, cuke and lemon taste any longer. I will say one thing with Day Two and Day Three versus Day One - I'm not sure if I was giving the juices more credit on the first day, but by Day Two it was evident I was not event the least bit a fan of Purify or Fiji. Although, I did manage to drink them because, let's be honest, it was the only thing I had!

I drank half of my Green Supreme on my way home from work around 7pm and got into play mode with little man as soon as I walked into the door.

Another cave happened when I cut up some fruit for Cruz that night and I had a couple pieces, not a full piece of fruit, but I definitely ate some of it. (I've gotta be honest!) And I about crumbled when I was making him and Nick a PB&J sandwich (chef extraordinaire right here) and he kept bringing me half of his sandwich, saying "peanut butter, mama?" When I told him no, he had the saddest little face that I had to fake eat it.

Then I pulled out my Vanilla Cloud - the last juice of my 3-day cleanse - and enjoyed it while Cruz climbed all over me asking me if he could have some "choco milt" too. I gave him some and he must've liked it because I got this face:

Don't mind the blurry photo - I'm too lazy these days to use anything by my iPhone

I started feeling really tired after putting Cruz to bed, so I finished up some work emails and then called it a night.

**For those of you who have asked, I weighed myself again on this morning and was down 2.4 lbs total. Again, it wasn't about the weight loss for me, but more about just detoxing and cleaning out my body that I was going for.

Getting My Cleanse On: Day One

On Tuesday, I woke up feeling pumped, excited and just ready to start this little cleanse.

Here is what my day consisted of:

• 5am - I started the day with hot water and lemon on my way to meet Britt at what has become our regular Tuesday morning workout - Spinning/HIIT class at Sweat, Cycle and Soul. Lydia kicks our asses each morning and I love getting my workout done and doing something different than just running.
• 7am - halfway through getting ready for work and time for my first juice of the day, Glow. This is the first time I've had it and at first sniff I wasn't excited. The cucumber was evident and this girl is not a fan of cukes, however, after a couple drinks it wasn't too bad. I ended up milking it through my car ride to work.

• At work the Keurig was calling my name - I saw my regular coffee buddies walking by my office getting their piping hot caffeine fix and I was a bit jealous. Nope. I.Can.Do.This.
• 9:45am I opened my second juice of the day, Fuel. I have had Fuel before and really like it. I love carrots, although they aren't overpowering, and it's also filled with tons of fruits so it's sweeter and pretty damn good. I had gotten busy at work by this point and actually didn't end up finishing it until 11:45am.

• At this point, my stomach was growling and I'm just plain hungry for real food. I also had a caffeine headache which was to be expected I suppose when my regular day consists of about three cups of coffee. Plus, I made the mistake of opening my desk drawer for a Kleenex and see a chocolate peanut butter Luna bar. Mmm...chocolate and peanut butter.
• 12:30pm was time for the third juice, Purify. Don't be mistaken by the pretty reddish pink color, this is not a fruity treat. No way, no how. The dirty beet taste was overpowering and I had to all but chug to finish it, although I only drank about two-thirds. Have I told you I don't like beets very much? Oh, and if that wasn't enough, just as I got over the flavor of beets came the cucumber taste. Definitely my least favorite so far, but manageable.
• 2:30pm - a co-worker and I had some off property meetings so I had to drink and drive with number four, Fiji. This one had cucumber in it, but I don't know if I was just immune to the taste by this point, but I really didn't taste it. The apple flavor was good in this juice. However, during our drive it seemed we passed every single fast food restaurant in Omaha and all I could think of was pulling off the road and right into the drive-thru. Any food sounded phenomenal at this point.
• I ended up going home to work the rest of the day after our meetings. This was probably a bad idea because I knew I would be tempted by everything that resided in our pantry and cupboards, but I was already so far out west that it was silly to head back to work.
• 4:30pm is when I broke down and ate a banana. You know that whole mind over matter thing? Yeah, I don't have that. I needed to put something in my mouth that wasn't liquid (yeah, yeah, insert jokes here). That really seemed to help the light nausea I was feeling, so while I know I broke the rules, I'm glad I did it because it made the rest of the night more bearable.
• 5pm was time for juice five, Green Supreme. This is another I've had before and one of my faves, so it was easy peasy. Again, the apple flavor in this juice is excellent. However, at this point I was somewhat full - of what, I have no idea - and ended up sharing it with Cruz after he got home. 
• 6:30pm is dinnertime for Cruz and I knew I couldn't get away with only feeding him Green Supreme, so I was going to have to try my willpower in the kitchen in order to whip him up something to eat. Pasta with marinara probably wasn't the best idea I've ever had considering it's one of my fave dishes, but it was bath night and I like to get him nice and dirty before a bath, so that's what we did. Oh, and I may have accidentally licked some of the sauce off my finger from C's spaghetti...intentionally or unintentionally? I will let you decide.
• 7:45pm time for a little Vanilla Cloud while Cruz and I were playing and doing laundry. In honor of the glorious, creamy, cinnamon-y taste I let Cruz have a small glass of chocolate milk. This was a great treat and really felt like I was drinking a shake.

• I ended up going to bed relatively soon after Cruz, being that I would be left alone and to my own devices and didn't trust myself not to have someone watching over me with some accountability.

I definitely didn't drink enough water throughout the day - I'm a slow drinker (unless there is a Corona Light in my hand, that is) and felt I was sipping on so much juice all day that there wasn't time for me to chug down the H2O. I will make sure I do that tomorrow.

Bottom line:
Day one wasn't that bad. Yes, I was hungry. And I really wanted something solid to eat (hence, the banana cheat), but once I kept myself busy it was definitely manageable.

Good night!

In Dire Need of Recipes

I'm reaching out to my blogger friends for some ideas for yummy, but healthy meal ideas.

I'm finding that I eat better when my meals are planned {e.g. packing my lunch/mini meals for work rather than trying to eat well at our buffet - no willpower!} and have been doing very well during the work week. BUT that is all ruined when I'm running from a work meeting to get to daycare in time to pick up little man and then I find myself heading home with nothing planned for dinner. As a result, the hubby and I sit around and talk about what we should eat and before we know it it's 8:30pm and we quickly throw something together to appease our growling stomachs.

If you have any healthy recipes that don't involve fish {I hate it, therefore, my hubby doesn't get to eat it at home} and aren't crazy hard to make / take a long time to cook, then post them here! I really want to try some new things and for the sake of my marriage, I think I need to expand my cooking expertise beyond noodles/marinara and grilled chicken.

I'm really hoping I get some great ideas...I know you guys are reading this bad boy, but I rarely hear from you.....and your comments are welcome! :)