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Cleanse Day 1
4Feb2003 Filed under: CleanseAndreas and I ran around in a mad dash this morning, trying to get all our cleanse supplies ready for days at work. He madly threw together sack lunches (see “MORE…” link for menu) while I made little envelopes of “Herbal Nutrition” and “Chomper” pills, and measured out piles of psyllium husk in little plastic baggies. We each got a bottle of hydrated bentonate (clay!).
Our dining room table has been taken over by an assortment of pill bottles and piles of strange brown powders.
As for how I’m feeling? A little headachey this afternoon, and things got a little touch and go tonight as we were grocery shopping for dinner. Luckily, one of these things and a big apple/wheatgrass/ginger juice saved me.
Juicy excuse for breakfast:
Celery apple juice
Lunch:
dry salad w/ carrots, apples, celery, soaked almonds. Side of avocado (nature’s butter!) and pear.
Dinner:
Stuffed shiitake mushrooms
Strawberry, coconut, pinapple salad
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, is in bookstores now.
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amy
February 5th, 2003 at 5:58 am
almonds? I thought nuts were a no-no, because of the protein. Are almonds okay? That would have made a big difference…
Ariel
February 5th, 2003 at 7:23 am
According to “The Cleanse Cookbook,” almonds soaked in water overnight are ok. Weird, eh?
amy
February 5th, 2003 at 7:41 am
Wow, I must have missed that. I hope you keep posting your recipes (it’s good to share ideas).
What did you stuff your mushrooms with?
Ariel
February 5th, 2003 at 8:03 am
The mushrooms were stuffed with an avo/tomato/lemon juice/garlic compote with cumin and coriander, topped with onions and celery with a dash of curry.
Felicia
February 5th, 2003 at 8:23 am
I looked into the sites you put on you blog but what if your over weight a little and go straight to the cleanse? will you feel sick or clammy like when you skip meals? or can you more or less graze a bit during the day till you body gets used to the lower amounts.Im really interested in this but i dont know if i can hold out for a full month.
Ariel
February 5th, 2003 at 9:29 am
Felicia, there are different phases of the cleanse, the easiest of which is the “mild phase,” which is still three meals a day…but only cleanse food (ie fruits and veggies). It’s an easy way to transition into the cleanse. But you can not graze during the day on any of the phases.
That said, this cleanse isn’t as hard as you’d think…as long as you have a buddy! It’s hard to do alone, but if you have a partner to cook and eat and share stories with, it’s totally do-able. I have NO discipline, and even *I* can do it!
Felicia
February 5th, 2003 at 9:45 am
Groovy,ill deffinatly have to talk my hubby into it too,we want to stop smokeingmaybe this would be a great way to get ourselves healthy and maybe i wont be such a couch potato ^-^
leblanc
February 5th, 2003 at 12:49 pm
when you get off this diet, (or for anyone else who is interested in vegan/whole food diets) - you should check out http://junior.apk.net/~tofu/blogger.html - a daily vegan food blog for good recipe ideas!
ericalynn
February 6th, 2003 at 7:40 am
avocados are my most favorite food in the whole world. ever.