I had my first meeting today, well technically the second, about the detox cleanse I am doing. I shared that I am feeling the same, and the chiropractor I am working with said it is because I don't have a high level of toxicity otherwise I would be experiencing other symptoms. My worse symptom is the fact that I broke out all over my face and somewhat on my back and chest. I thought it was just from sweat from working out a lot, but turns out it is a symptom of detox.
I am starving. Really hungry. Just had a handful of pumpkin seeds. I am resising the urge to eat being that it is after 9pm. I think I am just going to go to bed soon. Until tomorrow!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Detox...Phase 2...
Last Thursday I started a detox program that lasts three weeks. The program in incredibly strict with what kinds of food that could be consumed. I have to drink this chocolate shake (I am not quite sure what the shake does -- I think it is supposed to rid the body of toxins. I have to remember to ask at my meeting tonight.) Pretty much I am not allowed to eat anything processed and no caffeine and sugar, dairy, butter, eggs and all that stuff. Eventually the detox becomes vegan and I can't eat any animal products (which I haven't anyway for a week before the detox). I have to say I feel no different. Aside from the fact that I think I might have lost a little bit of weight, I feel no differnent. Although I have only completed Phase one a day ago and began phase 2 yesterday, I feel the same.
I would like thoughts on detoxing. My husband thinks that the body detoxes naturally, and I agree to some extent. I feel like my body was already pretty rid of a lot of toxins since I stopped consuming things like soda, artificial sweetners, meat, and caffeine. I ran into a woman that is doing the detox with me, and she said it was hard to give up her coffee. I can see how that would be hard, but I also can't remember what it was like to be addicted to coffee. My two biggest vices are alcohol (which I tend to drink when I get together with my friends on the weekend) and ciggarettes (which I only smoke when I am drinking alcohol). I don't know why it was so incredibly easy for me to give up coffee, artificial sweetners, and even meat, but I can't stop drinking on the weekends. I never considered myself an alcoholic. In fact, it is not like I drink every single weekend, but I just can't understand why I do it at all really. Right before I started the detox, it was my birthday and I drank a lot - more than I have in the past month or so (I gave up drinking for the month of January). I just felt awful the next day. I need to keep that in my mind when I am drinking. The feeling of waking up the next day and just feeling so awful. The not wanting to do anything - working out, laundry, food shopping, reading...etc.
Don't get me wrong, my friends give me no peer pressure to drink - at 27 that would just be ridiculous. I actually have one friend who is completely straight edge that made a comment to me last summer. This comment has stuck with me since. He said, while I am sitting there drink in one hand, ciggarette dangling from my lips, "You are so incredibly health conscious. I don't understand how you can sit here and smoke and drink, but eat a black bean burger and salad for dinner and then preach about living a healthy lifestyle." He was so right! I told him that that summer was going to be a summer of change for me. That he and I will go through the summer not drinking. Did I fulfill my promise? That is a big old nope! In fact, I think I drank more that summer than I ever have. I just have to stick to something. That is my issue. I started working out last Feb. I stuck to that until July then I just stopped and didn't pick it back up again until this January. I just can't seem to stick to anything be it working out, meditation, or drinking in moderation on the weekends and not feeling tempted to smoke. The night of my birthday I smoked half a pack of ciggarettes and I hadn't had one since December! I think that until I can get the smoking under control I shouldn't even touch drinking which I know is a trigger for me.
Bottom line is this: I want to be healthy - I want to live a long life free of disease and sickness - I have this obession with feeling totally cleansed on the inside and I think that is why I am always striving to find the next best detox diet or what have you. I have made many strides in my lifestyle. Hell, I lost 60 pounds about 5 years ago and totally transformed my eating from the Standard American Diet to a healthy vegetarian lifestyle which I know I can keep up for the rest of my life.
I would like thoughts on detoxing. My husband thinks that the body detoxes naturally, and I agree to some extent. I feel like my body was already pretty rid of a lot of toxins since I stopped consuming things like soda, artificial sweetners, meat, and caffeine. I ran into a woman that is doing the detox with me, and she said it was hard to give up her coffee. I can see how that would be hard, but I also can't remember what it was like to be addicted to coffee. My two biggest vices are alcohol (which I tend to drink when I get together with my friends on the weekend) and ciggarettes (which I only smoke when I am drinking alcohol). I don't know why it was so incredibly easy for me to give up coffee, artificial sweetners, and even meat, but I can't stop drinking on the weekends. I never considered myself an alcoholic. In fact, it is not like I drink every single weekend, but I just can't understand why I do it at all really. Right before I started the detox, it was my birthday and I drank a lot - more than I have in the past month or so (I gave up drinking for the month of January). I just felt awful the next day. I need to keep that in my mind when I am drinking. The feeling of waking up the next day and just feeling so awful. The not wanting to do anything - working out, laundry, food shopping, reading...etc.
Don't get me wrong, my friends give me no peer pressure to drink - at 27 that would just be ridiculous. I actually have one friend who is completely straight edge that made a comment to me last summer. This comment has stuck with me since. He said, while I am sitting there drink in one hand, ciggarette dangling from my lips, "You are so incredibly health conscious. I don't understand how you can sit here and smoke and drink, but eat a black bean burger and salad for dinner and then preach about living a healthy lifestyle." He was so right! I told him that that summer was going to be a summer of change for me. That he and I will go through the summer not drinking. Did I fulfill my promise? That is a big old nope! In fact, I think I drank more that summer than I ever have. I just have to stick to something. That is my issue. I started working out last Feb. I stuck to that until July then I just stopped and didn't pick it back up again until this January. I just can't seem to stick to anything be it working out, meditation, or drinking in moderation on the weekends and not feeling tempted to smoke. The night of my birthday I smoked half a pack of ciggarettes and I hadn't had one since December! I think that until I can get the smoking under control I shouldn't even touch drinking which I know is a trigger for me.
Bottom line is this: I want to be healthy - I want to live a long life free of disease and sickness - I have this obession with feeling totally cleansed on the inside and I think that is why I am always striving to find the next best detox diet or what have you. I have made many strides in my lifestyle. Hell, I lost 60 pounds about 5 years ago and totally transformed my eating from the Standard American Diet to a healthy vegetarian lifestyle which I know I can keep up for the rest of my life.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Confused...So much to learn!
So...is whole wheat pasta vegan?
If not, then I did not remain vegan today. I had whole what pasta with veggies, chickpeas, and green olives for lunch. There is so much to learn!
I am excited for my appointment with my nutritionist today. I will blog about it later.
Day three of a semi-vegan diet (I say semi because I am not sure about my pasta). I checked the ingredients and there was nothing in it that sounded like it came from an animal. The ingredients did not list eggs. I have a feeling the ezekiel sprouted grain pasta is vegan and the one I should stick with from now on if I am not sure. I do know that the ezekiel bread is vegan. I have no energy today and I am hungry! Honestly this is day two of no energy and I am extremely tired. I also keep sneezing a lot.
Yesterday I thought I had a pretty balanced food intake:
Breakfast - Vitamineral Green/Maca Smoothie with bananas, strawberries and blueberries and almond milk
Lunch - Quesadilla with vegan mozzarella and salsa with guacamole on the side and steamed veggies
Dinner - pita with tofurky, lettuce, tomato, and scallions with hummus and carrots on the side
Snack - apple with peanut butter
Today:
Breakfast - Ezekiel bread with earth balance and raspberry jelly and cereal
Lunch - Whole wheat pasta with veggies and chickpeas
Dinner will be vegan tacos made with a lentil filling and guacamole
Snack - banana ice cream with peanut butter
More later!
If not, then I did not remain vegan today. I had whole what pasta with veggies, chickpeas, and green olives for lunch. There is so much to learn!
I am excited for my appointment with my nutritionist today. I will blog about it later.
Day three of a semi-vegan diet (I say semi because I am not sure about my pasta). I checked the ingredients and there was nothing in it that sounded like it came from an animal. The ingredients did not list eggs. I have a feeling the ezekiel sprouted grain pasta is vegan and the one I should stick with from now on if I am not sure. I do know that the ezekiel bread is vegan. I have no energy today and I am hungry! Honestly this is day two of no energy and I am extremely tired. I also keep sneezing a lot.
Yesterday I thought I had a pretty balanced food intake:
Breakfast - Vitamineral Green/Maca Smoothie with bananas, strawberries and blueberries and almond milk
Lunch - Quesadilla with vegan mozzarella and salsa with guacamole on the side and steamed veggies
Dinner - pita with tofurky, lettuce, tomato, and scallions with hummus and carrots on the side
Snack - apple with peanut butter
Today:
Breakfast - Ezekiel bread with earth balance and raspberry jelly and cereal
Lunch - Whole wheat pasta with veggies and chickpeas
Dinner will be vegan tacos made with a lentil filling and guacamole
Snack - banana ice cream with peanut butter
More later!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Feel your nature...feel your connectedness
Vegan - Day 2
Last night I had no problem whatsoever at the super bowl party I went too. Although, thanks to my wonderful hubby, I slipped up (to err is human!) I ate a breaded mushroom. He opened my eyes to the fact that they were probably battered with egg and breadcrumbs. It's amazing how much I now have to be aware of what I put in my mouth. For the next week at least.
I was gassy last night though and this morning I woke up and my stomach is bloated. (I did eat a lot of toritilla chips and salsa and I went to town on a veggie platter) For dinner I had a huge salad with sweet potato fries.
I am really really tired today. I am going to force myself to go to the gym after work today because the rest of my week is looking pretty full. Tomorrow I have an appointment with a nutritionist. I also am starting this cleanse at a local wellness center. Optimal health is my ultimate goal!
I just wish that the sun was shining. I think I would feel more apt to be more livened and awake! Five more minutes until I have to teach. Monday mornings are such a drag.
Good day!
Light and love!
- Bree
Last night I had no problem whatsoever at the super bowl party I went too. Although, thanks to my wonderful hubby, I slipped up (to err is human!) I ate a breaded mushroom. He opened my eyes to the fact that they were probably battered with egg and breadcrumbs. It's amazing how much I now have to be aware of what I put in my mouth. For the next week at least.
I was gassy last night though and this morning I woke up and my stomach is bloated. (I did eat a lot of toritilla chips and salsa and I went to town on a veggie platter) For dinner I had a huge salad with sweet potato fries.
I am really really tired today. I am going to force myself to go to the gym after work today because the rest of my week is looking pretty full. Tomorrow I have an appointment with a nutritionist. I also am starting this cleanse at a local wellness center. Optimal health is my ultimate goal!
I just wish that the sun was shining. I think I would feel more apt to be more livened and awake! Five more minutes until I have to teach. Monday mornings are such a drag.
Good day!
Light and love!
- Bree
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Vegan Day 1
Going vegan is somthing that I thought about doing for about a year. I am the type of person who has tried drastic changes in my diet a few times. This summer I tried the raw food diet, but I didn't really feel good doing it. I lasted raw until dinner for about a month and raw all day for three days before I started feeling the detox symptoms and gave up.
I feel like participating in this week's vegan challenge will benefit me physically. I am keeping in mind that it is only a week that I will be doing this, so that my goal doesn't seem so overwhelming.
So far I am halfway done with the day, and I feel pretty good. A little hungry though. I had a Super Smoothie after my workout this morning (bananas, strawberries, blueberries, almond milk, vitamineral green, and maca powder) and for lunch I had a vegan quesadilla (two tortilla wraps with vegan cheese and salsa in the middle topped with guacamole and more salsa). I have a superbowl party to go to tonight and I feel like that will be the challenge. We are ordering dinner and I will probably just have a salad with a sweet potato, unless they have a veggie burger on the menu.
I am going to track my energy level and my weight this weeks as well. My current weight is 152.4 pounds and my energy level is not very high.
I haven't meditated in three days. I will begin again tomorrow.
Love and light,
Bree
I feel like participating in this week's vegan challenge will benefit me physically. I am keeping in mind that it is only a week that I will be doing this, so that my goal doesn't seem so overwhelming.
So far I am halfway done with the day, and I feel pretty good. A little hungry though. I had a Super Smoothie after my workout this morning (bananas, strawberries, blueberries, almond milk, vitamineral green, and maca powder) and for lunch I had a vegan quesadilla (two tortilla wraps with vegan cheese and salsa in the middle topped with guacamole and more salsa). I have a superbowl party to go to tonight and I feel like that will be the challenge. We are ordering dinner and I will probably just have a salad with a sweet potato, unless they have a veggie burger on the menu.
I am going to track my energy level and my weight this weeks as well. My current weight is 152.4 pounds and my energy level is not very high.
I haven't meditated in three days. I will begin again tomorrow.
Love and light,
Bree
Friday, February 4, 2011
Meditation Day 2
Well, I fell asleep! What more can I say? I passed out. For twenty minutes. Cold.
I was taking my meditation journey with Shaki Gawain - I was right in the middle of my happy place which I could see pretty vividly - I was making my affirmations about what I wanted to change in my life, the next thing I knew Monte Farber had just finished cleansing my Orange Creativity Chakra. Um? I skipped over the coming back part of the meditation and the cleansing of my Root Chakra. Anyway...I know what the issue is now. I cannot meditate right before I am going to bed. I need to meditate either in the afternoon or the morning, or the early evening. I think I will do a quick chakra tuneup today because realistically speaking Friday and Saturdays are hard for me to really do anything. I want to get my workout in and a meditation before I go out with my friends tonight. I don't want to make either activity a chore though. Working out has become a routine because I have been doing it consistently for the past month, and now it is time to do the same with meditation. This is all part of my transformation...my evolution.
I was taking my meditation journey with Shaki Gawain - I was right in the middle of my happy place which I could see pretty vividly - I was making my affirmations about what I wanted to change in my life, the next thing I knew Monte Farber had just finished cleansing my Orange Creativity Chakra. Um? I skipped over the coming back part of the meditation and the cleansing of my Root Chakra. Anyway...I know what the issue is now. I cannot meditate right before I am going to bed. I need to meditate either in the afternoon or the morning, or the early evening. I think I will do a quick chakra tuneup today because realistically speaking Friday and Saturdays are hard for me to really do anything. I want to get my workout in and a meditation before I go out with my friends tonight. I don't want to make either activity a chore though. Working out has become a routine because I have been doing it consistently for the past month, and now it is time to do the same with meditation. This is all part of my transformation...my evolution.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Sweet Little Songbird
My body is craving spring like a bad chocolate craving. Every part of my being is crying out for sun, warmth, and that sweet smell of flowers bursting with life! I want to burst with life again. Out of hibernation I want to be!
My physical body held on to that spring feeling for many months into the fall and winter. I was happier then. The bud of the season seemed to bloom inside my bosom. Now all this cold ice has thrown me into a perpetual cycle of grayness. Some days I find it hard to peel back the covers and begin my morning routine. When I do eventually emerge from my slumber, the first thought that is formed in my mind is, "I can't wait to get home from work to take a nap."
Today I began taking Vitamineral Green in hopes that these feelings of lethargy will pass. So far I have had a little bit more energy than normal.
Spring...how pleasing not to be freezing...
The anticipation for spring is likened to that of a child waiting for Christmas morning. I think I will buy myself some flowers today.
My physical body held on to that spring feeling for many months into the fall and winter. I was happier then. The bud of the season seemed to bloom inside my bosom. Now all this cold ice has thrown me into a perpetual cycle of grayness. Some days I find it hard to peel back the covers and begin my morning routine. When I do eventually emerge from my slumber, the first thought that is formed in my mind is, "I can't wait to get home from work to take a nap."
Today I began taking Vitamineral Green in hopes that these feelings of lethargy will pass. So far I have had a little bit more energy than normal.
Spring...how pleasing not to be freezing...
The anticipation for spring is likened to that of a child waiting for Christmas morning. I think I will buy myself some flowers today.
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