This experiment was a lot more difficult than I initially anticipated and I opted to begin breaking out of the fast last night with a half of a piece of fruit and later on, a small amount of fresh spinach. I felt progressively weaker throughout the day yesterday, regardless of my juice intake. I wonder if I didn’t incorporate enough fruit for calories? At any rate, 5 pounds lighter in 3 days time made me realize that I need to incorporate some whole foods to finish this out or I will be useless for the rest of my weekend. Given that Matt and I have a to-do list 6 miles long, I need to get some energy back so that I can accomplish my other goals for the weekend (i.e. painting the master bath).
This morning, we slept in late and I awoke with a slightly lesser headache than I had yesterday. I am going to make a fruit shake to get my day started, then will incorporate some fresh veggies later on as a snack with my early afternoon veggie juice. I’m hoping to keep today simple in order to readjust my body, but I have to admit an awful craving for Mexican food! I’m trying to convince myself that even a veggie fajita sans the tortilla, cheese and side junk is a very bad idea. If I were a cartoon character, a miniature angel dressed as a carrot would be standing over my right shoulder while Don Pablo would be over my left – probably playing Mariachi and downing Patron.
My plan from here is to keep processed foods out of my diet as much as possible. This is such a difficult task given my lifestyle and occupation! I think moving forward, I will try to eat all fresh, unprocessed, corn and wheat/gluten-free foods Sunday through Friday. Saturdays will be my day to eat something processed, and let’s just put it out there: my day to rock my favorite Mexican recipes… It’s an addiction, what can I say? I will however try to limit my corn/wheat consumption even on these days given how bad it makes me feel.
At any rate, enjoy the remainder of your weekend – it is absolutely beautiful out this morning! The Joe-Dog and I are getting ready for a walk. I think he is slimming down, too!
Cheers!
S
Posted by Pam on July 12, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Good for you, a plan to keep processed foods out of your diet is wonderful. Looks like you’ve gotten off to a good start. In case your interested a wonderful recipe web site is eatingwell.com.