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So some may say... chosing this day, a holiday ... to start a cleanse is not a good idea. But for me, when I get the urge to do something. It has to be in that moment, and in that moment only ! :o So the idea came upon me in a wake up call yesterday, as I already told you in the first post. So today it's no games. I'm all in. I even decided yesterday to 'basically' begin then. I did finish a glass of wine I had left though. So that being the only thing that wasn't true to what this cleanse will be from here on out. So this is the official day 1. And I'm excited. I'm excited to get my glow back. Cause I have truly just been fading so far away from that. It's not just about the food part of this cleanse. For me letting go of those 'comfort foods' is letting go of certian emotions that come with it. When I say comfort food I don't mean fast food or junk. I truly don't eat 'bad' ever. However I do eat sometimes, too much of a good thing. And drink to much wine, etc. Just been over indulging big time. And thankfully, I had a realization, life can't be lived like this daily. I'm missing out on something. No, I don't know yet, what that is for me. But I've lost a certain fullfilment in my past days. As well as an urgency and excitement to get up. It's always.... mehhh. I'm going to the gym. It's not exciting. It doesn't make me happy going there. I literally hate working out. I do feel so much better afterwards- but getting through workouts is HARD FOR ME. Like super hard. But that's because I hadn't been seeing the big picture. And I take that negative energy with me there and leave with it. And it's all gotta change.
-I need to see the gym as a place I am happy to go. First off cause I can pay for it, and it's a luxury. To have a sauna, a nice clean place to work out, with AC on hot days. That in itself should be enough to put a little oomf in my step. -2nd of all. I've been doing the same ole thing there. I used to like to switch up my workouts. 15 m here, 15 min there, etc. Lately, I had just been staying on 1 machine. Bleh. Boring. Plus we have all these classes there I'd love to take. I'm not present on machines. I actually feel, when I leave the gym, that I'm just waking up. I watch tv to distract me and listen to music! Yowza. Today I rehearsed lines for an audition I have tomorrow. Now that was good! Cause I really feel like I know my lines now, and the workout went by very quickly! Anyway. back to the detox part of today. I've been a bit ravenous for food. So I haven't been holding myself back on anything. If I want to have a raw cracker, or salad or fruit or nuts. I'm letting it happen. Although I did sort of lay out a structure of how I will need to be eating, I'm only going to implement that on days I work. Since I'm off today and tomorrow. It's a bit harder to keep a structure. Still of course, keeping it raw! Just a little out of wack. For breakfast- (on the way to grocery store. ) -1/4 cup mix raw nuts & a chia bar & iced almond milk latte (Yes I know. This is the only thing I will continue to keep that should be nixed. No can do. I love my coffee :) Snack- Left over small mixed salad from work I took home for free. Lunch- Raw kale salad, with kim chee, avocado & seaweed Snack- Juice Snack- 2 raw buckwheat crackers with kim chee and 'cheeze' Snack- (During movie were going to see) Raw kale chips Dinner- Raw 'zoodles' with sauce & walnut 'meat' So what I mean by structure. Which I'll totally follow tomorrow. I just didn't want to waste the free salads I got last night. And I'm not going to see a movie or anything. We may go out to eat at a raw restaurant, which would be sooo yum and awesome. But we'll see. Breakfast- Smoothie Snack- juice Lunch- Juice Snack- fruit & nuts Dinner- Raw meal This ^ is how I want my outline to be for everyday. But if I add a couple things in there, then I do. As long as it's raw it's okay. I imagine the first few days of this I'll be hungrier. But I need some time to adjust to eating less. Which is one of my main problems :/ Meh. I eat faster and more then my boyfriend. I am trying to eat like 'a lady' haha. I'm looking forward to the end result of this cleanse. I really want to achieve a different mind set, and of course lose some weight and gain my glow back. I want my sparkly self back. And energy, etc. I can't wait to share with you my journey on this. By the way. I've decided to do this for 21 days! on Day 22. I plan on adding back grains for lunch. And beans and lentils with warm sweet potato for dinner. I will keep it vegan for the rest of June. and who knows how long after :) Then starting in July I will add back in bread/wheat. 1 portion a day. I got this all plan
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It's only perfect to title this post "Shake it Out". Pretty funny actually. Cause as I sat here about to write an entire post on the Cleanse I'll be starting tomorrow. This song came on my spotify next. How fitting. Because it's basically a song about letting go, and starting new. And thats exactly what I am going to do! Sometimes we just need to shake it out. Restart. Reboot. Etc,
I'm in dire need. So I've decided to dive in to a challenge. Discipline doesn't always come easy to me. And breaking bad habits are always hard, I'm sure for everyone. I'm the kind of person who just has to say enough is enough and be done. All or nothing is how I play the game. Can be good and bad. But it's just how I am and how I'm best at doing things. So here I go. I'm also not the kind of person that likes to follow others. I like to create my own things. So I've created my own plan, fit to me. I started thinking.... hmm. I'll do a juice cleanse to jump start getting out of this mood I've been stuck in :( But no. thats a bit to drastic for me. I've never done a juice cleanse. But reading the pros and cons, I understand the cons more than I see pros. And it's just not what I'm looking for, with the main goal I'm seeking. Which is a better balance with eating and a tad bit of weight loss. For some reason I've been over indulging, I know- it's not even the holidays. But I've been slacking, as we all do sometimes. But I had a wake up call today.ANd hey, all I can say is I'm thankful to have gotten the call now, rather than later. We need to continue to challenge ourselves throughout our lives. I've been a huge slump lately with not many auditions, etc. Acting is my love, and I've not been doing much after a web series I did which had me so happy during that time. So I've been sort of depressed without it. Thankfully I have a very huge commercial audition next week (Yay!) So I feel motivated again. And feel the need for a reset. Would you like to reset with me? So far. My plan is for 7 days. All raw food. I have a juicer so it's a bit less expensive for me. I understand if it's not obtainable for everyone, so in your own way, the way you know is best for you! Restart with me in that way that you can obtain. It feels good doing something with someone else! So I'll hope you'll join me. I will be posting my progress and recipes along the way of course :) But just for a bit of a breakdown of what I've planned is best- heres a look. Breakfast- Smoothie Snack - Fruit or Nuts Lunch- Juice Snack - Fruit or Nuts / or Juice Dinner- Raw meal Alright ya'll. Whose with me!? Any questions. Leave in comments below. I will be doing this for 7 days. But I might continue for more days, if things are going well. If not I will be adding in slowly grains and proteins after day 7 for lunch. I'll post after though, to let you know wh |
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