Day 1

Where to start? Yesterday was my birthday. I am now 23 yippy!! I had a great weekend full of endulging. :) I am doing a cleanse starting today. Its not the lemonade cleanse or anything that doesn't invole eating. I don't know if I could handle that. Here is the basic outline.

• Fill up on healthy fruits and vegetables high in fiber and water.
• Go organic!
• Avoid animal protein. Instead choose tofu, tempeh and beans
• Avoid heavy carbohydrates like bread and pasta. Consume whole grains like quinoa and millet.
• Fill up on omega 3 oils fropm flax seed, olive oil and fatty fish (e.i Salmon)
• Drink 8 to 14 glasses of pure water, herbal tea and fresh squezzed juice.
• Minimize dairy and avoid cheese.
• Eat slowly for good digestion.
• Eliminate sugar, saturated fat, salt, caffeine, alcohol, refined foods and processed foods.
• Take a natural supplement.

I had planned to go to the store yesterday and buy some groceries to be prepared for this week. I wasn't able to go because of all of the excitement of my birthday and partially because the sun drained me of all my energy. Does that happen to anyone else??

So today on my menu I unfortuantly snacked on some tortilla chips and eventually made it to my favorite taco joint for a burrito with beans, lettuce, tomato, jalepenos, and avacado. I read that if you eat a spicy pepper for breakfast or your first meal it will make you less hungry. There is an element in hot peppers called Capsaicin that is a natural appetite supressant. Capsaicin is what gives peppers there bite.

For dinner I am having 8 small pieces of vegetarian sushi and an apple. Mean while I am going to be eating mixed nuts with dried cranberries and some cool granola mix from Terra Breads that was a free sample from Whole Foods!! It looks like it has some cashews (which are my favorits nuts) and raisins. Yummy!

While I am working tonight, I will be making a list of dishes that I want to prepare for myself so that I don't have to go to Whole Foods everyday to get something to eat. If you have any vegetarian dishes you could share it would be much appreciated! Thanks!