Day 13 - Final day!

Final day!!!

I thought giving up bread and pasta would be hard but its been the easiest of all. Sugar not so much... Even having fruit I still want chocolate and to make some home made (health!) cookies and muffins soo bad..!

Since I've given up the pasta/breads I'll keep on going and start doing a semi-Paleo diet. 

I'm including yogurt, beans, lentil, and potatoes for a while to ease myself into it as I believe that would be hard to give up all starches right away. I find it would be very hard for me to give up plain yogurt of all the dairy products as I think it is so good probiotic-wise and it doesn't bother  my body to eat it.

More veggies for breakfast....

 I feel pretty good after doing the wild rose, although both me and my boyfriend have noticed our energy is lower the last few days. I'm sure it will pass!

Breakfast

Scrambled eggs with kale and beet greens

Snack

Apple

Builder bar protein bar, almost cleanse friendly - rice syrup

Lunch

didn't have much of a lunch.. got back home late from volunteering with wildsite, on an eco restoration project. They had BBQ with hot dogs and goodies but I couldn't eat anything but a spme carrots, cucumber and strawberries

Afternoon Snack

apple

After work snack

n/a

Dinner

slow cooker beef stew mmmmm.. its been cold lately so a good time for stew!

celery, carrots, potatoes, fresh shucked peas, onions, garlic, oregano, tumeric, basil, grapeseed oil, sesame oil

Dessert!!!

Had some quinoa puffs with cinnamon and my favourite... Olympic plain 3.5% organic yogurt!!! I love yogurt and I think it is so good for you... so take that wild rose. ;)

Prep:

Making some cleanse friendly baba ganoush from the wild rose cookbook <3

Weight: n/a - weigh at work monday as final weigh in.

Energy: great, more energy than the last few days

Feeling: pretty good, excited to do some volunteer work for a friends project.

Workout: 30mins vinyasa flow yoga at home in the morning, volunteering-walking around in the woods

Day 12 - Saturday (last day!!! - almost!?)

So we were supposed to finish saturday but had 1 day left of pills.. must've missed something in there or maybe extras? So we will be done sunday!

Breakfast

Oatmeal with apples and cinnamon 

Scrambled eggs with kale and onions

Snack

Lunch

Tomato soup - organic from tetra pack/cleanse friendly

Afternoon Snack

apple

After work snack

n/a

Dinner

Salmon

Roasted veggies: onion, peppers, yams, sweet potatoes, garlic, broccoli

Salad

Weight: 

Energy: 

Feeling: 

Workout: mission in the woods walk

Day 11 - Friday

Breakfast

Oatmeal with apples and cinnamon 

Scrambled eggs with kale and onions

Snack

Applepear, rice crisp puffx2

Smoothie

Lunch

Quinoa 

Spinach salad with strawberries

Leftover chicken

Afternoon Snack

Veggies and hummus

Nectarine

After work snack

2 rice puff crisp with almond butter and an apple pear on top

Dinner

Chicken breast

Roast potatoes... no veggies =( boyfriend!!!

Weight: 

Energy: 

Feeling: 

Workout: 

Day 10 - Thursday

Breakfast

Oatmeal with apples, cinnamon and pears

Scrambled eggs with kale, onions

Smoothie with strawberries, cacao and carob powders, almond butter, almonds, un-sweetened almond milk, greens+, spinach, mint leaves

Snack

Applepear, rice crisp puffx2

Smoothie

Lunch

Quinoa

Spinach salad with strawberries

Leftover chicken

Afternoon Snack

Veggies and hummus

Nectarine

After work snack

1 rice puff crisp with almond butter

Dinner

Yam and Sweet Potato Mash

Fresh Halibut with butter and garlic

Spinach salad with strawberries, snow peas, broccoli sprouts

Weight: 132

Energy: Pretty good. Played some Settlers of Catan for a friends birthday after dinner but was getting really grumpy and tired by 10pm!

Feeling: Good. Using the toilet a lot... but not too bad.

Workout: n/a

Day 5 - Saturday

Breakfast

Oatmeal with apples and cinnamon

Fried egg

Snack

Apple

Lunch

Apple
Chicken
Kale & Spinach salad

Afternoon Snack

After work snack

n/a

Dinner

BBQ at friends: 

Steak 

Salad

Roast potatoes

Corn on the cob x 2!

Weight: n/a

Energy: Super tired today and a bit off.. Booo. Its the weekend though, just gotta get revitalized!

Feeling: Little off, due to tiredness. Super cravings for cereal and some bread today! Uh oh...

Workout: gardening? Hah didn't go for that run I said I would today...

Day 9 - Wednesday

3 more full days to go!  We end on Saturday on the full moon! 

Breakfast

Oatmeal apples & cinnamon

Scrambled eggs

Snack

Apple
Corn puff crisp

Lunch

Leftover halibut & home grown organic burger from sunday night

Spinach + Kale salad

Quinoa

Afternoon Snack

Sugar snap peas

After work snack

Dinner

Boiled carrots

Roasted asparagus and green beans

Quinoa

Salad with strawberries and sugar snap peas

Roast chicken breast with lime and curry spice

Weight: n/a...Ill try to rememeber to weigh at work, don't have a scale at home!

Energy:  Pretty good today, rainy day but got quite a bit done at work. 

Feeling: Cheery!

Workout: n/a

Day 8 - Tuesday

Breakfast

Oatmeal apples & cinnamon

Scrambled eggs, onion, kale, tumeric and paprika

Green Smoothie: Kale, greens +, water, strawberries

Snack

Green Smoothie

Lunch

Leftover halibut

Spinach + Kale salad

Roast potatoes

2 Corn puff crisps

Snow peas

Apple

Afternoon Snack

Green Smoothie

After work snack

2 Corn puff crisps with avocado & grape tomatoes

Dinner

Kebabs with: peppers, onion, steak

Corn on the cob

Quinoa with spices: curry, paprika, oregano and lemongrass

Drank some yummy herbal tea with mint leaves and ginger (I drink this almost every day but forget to post it) And played an intense game of chess.. Look at my poor pawn and rook trying desperately to guard my king. My boyfriend won!

Weight: n/a...Ill try to rememeber to weigh at work, don't have a scale at home!

Energy:  Average. Nothing exciting going on at work. 21:45 pretty tired but its nearing bedtime!

Feeling: Normal/good.

Workout: Just running around at work, bike to/from work. Was going to go to yoga but played chess with my boyfriend instead. ;)

Day 7 - Monday

Off work today as it is a holiday, on standby for work though.

Breakfast

Oatmeal apples cinnamon

Fried egg

Snack

Super green smoothie leftover from yesterday

Lunch

Burger from last night

Homemade Burger "bun"

Kale chips with grapeseed oil garlic and a pinch of salt

Roast peppers

Afternoon Snack

Apple

After work snack

N/a

Dinner

Fresh halibut, lemon

Roast potatoes with green onion

Kale and spinach salad with berries

Weight: n/a...Ill try to rememeber to weigh at work, don't have a scale at home!

Energy:  good in the morning did up my garden and flowers, energy dropped around 7 and I felt pretty bad

Feeling: pretty good all day then around 7 felt nauseous and bloated, horrible feeling, sensitive... probably part of eating things I shouldn't have the night before?

Workout: just gardened all day!

Day 6 - Sunday

Breakfast

Scrambled eggs with kale, tomatoes, onion, garlic, paprika and tumeric powder

Oatmeal with cinnamon and apple

Super green smoothie: kale, 2 strawberries, half avocado, un-sweetened almond milk, water 

Just found a magic bullet at a garage sale for $5! It whips the kale into nothing woo!

Snack

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Lunch

Leftover roast chicken

Salad kale + spinach

Leftover roast potatoes

Afternoon Snack

Apple

After work snack

N/a

Dinner

Beef burger organic home made- onions, garlic, pepper, egg + tomato, avocado, lettuce, homemade almond potato zucchini buns.

Salad - baby greens and berries

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Had a cheater night. We have 3 co-workers birthdays this week so we were at a very scrumptious Sunday potluck. Had homemade organic beef burgers with special buns that I concocted: grated potato and zucchini, ground almonds and graham masala and cumin to spice. Baked for 20 mins. Mmm.

Cheated on : bacon wrapped scallops, a small bite of chocolate cake, a small sample of the best home made sangria ever, and a couple crackers with goat cheese. Ah well I look at it like: if I'm so grumpy about not being able to enjoy life (food) with great friends while on a cleanse, then what's the point anyways? On to the norm tomorrow- and more raw veggies!

Weight: n/a...Ill try to rememeber to weigh at work, don't have a scale at home!

Energy:  good!

Feeling: pretty good!

Workout: 6.5k run.

Garage sale finds: 

Tips for Wild Rose Cleanse follow through

1. Buy all your food for the week on Sunday! 

2. Prepare a meal plan and write it all down, including what you will eat for lunch and have a snack chart beside the meal plan so when you are hungry at home you will know what to go for!

I personally don't find this very difficult but I read a lot of online blogs and reviews on the Wild Rose Cleanse before starting it and I found it interesting that a lot of folks had difficulty with snacks.


Prepare cut veggies for the week: cucumber, peppers, broccoli, carrots, celery

Prepare hummus for the week: lemon, tahini paste, chickpeas (from dried - you must cook themyourself!), roast a pepper and mash in if you wish, salt, pepper, paprika, chopped coriander, cumin

Prepare "filling" salads for the week:
Roasted squash + chickpea salad: Roasted squash, cooked chickpeas, steamed green beans, green onion, onion, 

Make a large amount of salad and chip away at at during the week!: spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, berries, cucumber, peppers, celery, carrots, sprouts, seeds, nuts... any combination

Salad dressings: 
lemon + avocado + oil
lemon + avocado + oil + mint
lemon + cinnamon + oil
lemon + oil + pepper
avocado + oil
avocado + mint + oil
cilantro + mint + avocado + oil
cilantro + mint + avocado + oil + lemon
(add water to any of them to water it down or replace oil)

3. Know your snacks and prepare!

Rice or corn cakes with: 
almond butter
almond butter + cinnamon
almond butter + apples + cinnamon
almond butter + avocado
any other nut butter EXCEPT peanut butter
avocado
avocado + apples
avocado + peppers
hummus
hummus + apples
hummus + peppers or any veggies!
guacamole

Make a smoothie!:
Alter any of these to suite your needs... this is what I usually do though.
Green: Kale, spinach, mint, avocado, un-sweeteend almond milk, cinnamon if you like it, dark raw cacao or carob powder if you want a chocolate flavour
Berry: strawberry, mint, raspberry, un-sweeteend almond milk, spinach, avocado 
Chocolate lover:  Carob or/and raw cacao powder, chia seeds, un-sweeteened almond milk, mint leaves, almond butter

Make your own granola bars (no-bake even!) with: oats, quinoa puffs/quinoa soaked, chia seeds, mint leaves, basil leaves, almond butter (or any nut butter EXCEPT peanut butter), cinnamon, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, nuts (except peanuts)

Fruit for a sweet fix: apples, pears, plums, apricots, nectarines, apple-pears, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries - can even make a fruit salad

Tea: any herbal tea, make your own tea with fresh ginger, lemon, mint, cinnamon, cloves, anise, etc.. etc..!

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I think after all this I will keep on with a meal plan, it helps to avoid the stress of what to eat this morning/lunch/dinner/tomorrow?! And saves money as you aren't overbuying and running to the store because you "need" that other ingredient.

Day 4 - Friday

Breakfast

Oatmeal with apples and cinnamon

Scrambled eggs with kale, onions, tumeric and paprika

Snack

Peppers, cucumbers, celery carrots with homemade hummus as dip

Popcorn

Lunch

Leftovers:

Salmon

Quinoa/wild rice mix

Spinach, kale and sprouts salad

Afternoon Snack

Veggies and hummus

Nectarine

After work snack

Popcorn

Treat smoothie!: dark chocolate powder, carob powder, almond butter, un-sweetened almond milk, chia seeds, strawberries and mint leaves

Dinner

Didn't have much of a dinner due to climbing. Ate leftover wild rice mix and squash/green bean/ chickpea salad.

Weight: n/a

Energy: Little bit low.

Feeling: Sensitive but understanding. Awesome during/after climb.

Workout: Climbing for 5 hours after work.

Day 3 - Thursday

Will get better pictures... blogger destroys my iphone photos when I upload them. That breakfast looks pretty gnarly....!

Breakfast

Shredded potato hash browns baked

Fried egg

Smoothie: avocado, strawberries, spinach, un-sweetened almond milk

Snack

Peppers, cucumbers, carrots with homemade hummus as dip

Apricot

Lunch

Leftovers:

Oat crusted chicken breast

Quinoa

Squash, green bean, chickpea salad

Spinach, kale and sprouts salad on top of it all

Afternoon Snack

Veggies and hummus

Nectarine

After work snack

2 corn puff cakes with avocado

Dinner

Salmon with garlic and lemon

Roasted veggies: yams, pepper, onion, carrot, green beans

Salad: kale, spinach, strawberries, blackberries, mini tomatoes, carrots, snow peas, home grown sprouts, cucumber, almonds, pumpkin and sesame seeds

(Boyfriend made dinner tonight and did a fantastic job! :) <3)

Weight: n/a

Energy: Great! A bit tired after work though. Last night I was very, very tired and drained...

Feeling: Fine. Had a sitting day at work - we all had a very insightful course to do!

Workout: Crossfit @ 19:30

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We decided to take only 1 laxative pill from now on as we didn't feel we needed  2... No issues with going to the washroom!