Day 12: Calorie Spike

Pretty close to the half way mark with this. I've been bitching about it quite a bit in the last couple days I have to admit. I really want so sort of Asian cuisine. Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese just put it in my mouth.Chris wants pizza and Mexican. Last night we were joking about how our local pizza place does a Thai-peanut pizza and a taco pizza and how we might have to go half and half on one when we're done with this. Except for the fact that it sounds disgusting.

All bitching aside, I'm doing okay. I've lost 7lbs in the last 12 days and 3 in the last week. If I start losing more than 7 in a week I'm going to have to adjust somethings, but I don't think that's going to happen. Chris and I are having a calorie spike day today, which we've done every weekend followed by a salt flush. Which I DON'T want to talk about. Google if you're curious. Anyway, on our calorie spike days we take our calories as high as we can manage without feeling too sick. Chris's goal is 2700 calories, mines around 2200. So that our bodies don't end up thinking that we're starving. It may sound counter intuitive, but it actually will help us keep losing weight. We also allow ourselves some cooked food. No dairy, no meat and nothing pre-made (we're making an exception today for the hummus).

Todays menu:
Suateed escarole with garlic and lemon
Squash baked in homemade tomato sauce
Greek salad (minus feta)
hummus and avocado

Herbal Tea and Ennui!

I think that is the cleverest title I will ever come up with.

Today I am officially over the hump. I don't feel super energetic or my normal bouncing off walls self. But I definitely feel more like myself, not at all spacey or really even that hungry. Just a little...blah. That being said there was some chocolate sitting out at the lab today and I almost cried passing it by.

In addition to the juice, I've been drinking non-caffeinated herbal tea, so that I can have something warm every once in a while. I'm generally a bit of a puris when it comes to herbal tea. Mint, chamomile, lemon-ginger, etc. I typically avoid fruit teas cause they don't taste like fruit, and frequently taste like poop. That being said I bought an herbal sampler from Stash Tea a while back, because I wanted to drink herbal tea with a little honey rather than having dessert. As if that was even a reasonable substitute. In an effort to try new things I've been going through them and I have to say so far they've pretty much adhered to what I said before. Except for Apple Cinnamon Chamomile. Which is delicious. It tastes like a slightly watered down version of hot apple cider if you add a little honey.

Juice of the Day!
...I don't know what was in the juice cause Chris made it!

But my protein fruit shake for tomorrow's breakfast is
2 Nectarines
2 bananas
1 clamshell of strawberries
Juice from 1 orange
2/3 cup protein powder
Yum!

Day 3: Squashy Goodness

Today I am definitely feeling better. Not great, but better. Yesterday was lousy. I drank some Acai berry tea from a sampler pack. Either I was having some other issue at the same time or that tea made me feel like I had a headache and was going to vomit at the same time. Gross.

I have found the secret to making protein shake tasty, Peanut butter. I don't think it's in line with the whole juice fast thing, but I could use the extra proteins and fatty acids. That being said I think I'm going to go to Whole Foods or some place where they have those own choose yo' nuts and make some buttah! things. I wish they were marketed that way. Anyway I'm thinking at least that way I'll know it's fresh and there won't be any additional ingredients.

Juice of the Day!

Squashy Goodness
2 summer squash
1 zucchini
2 apples
1 pear
3 cups of spinach
1 cucumber
ginger

Super yummy. I think a little mint would have made it, unfortunately I don't have any right now.

Chris and I got up really early this morning and walked around the lake. It felt kind of taxing, and I just didn't feel like I had much energy, which doesn't really bode well for hiking next weekend. Oh well. Chris and I are planning on eating while hiking. Nut butters, avocado, whole fruits and Veggies. Maybe even some soup (just some veggie puree stuff). That way we'll actually have some fuel for our bodies. There will definitely be an update after that.

Protein Foam Shake..sounds naughtier than it is.

Despite the fact I just posted I have to update now that I'm drinking my shake. I've never had whey protein before. Jesus it's sort of like what I imagine drinking a foamy version of play-doh would be like, just texture-wise. It's all foamy and pink from the strawberries. Kinda freaky, but not bad.

Revival!

Chris and I have decided to start a 30 day Juice fast. Since I've finally settled into my new job's schedule, and work from home now which definitely makes blogging easier, it seemed like a good time to revive my food blog. My makeup blog will follow shortly.

So! Today is day one, and I'm feeling pretty alright. Although I did an hour of kickboxing this morning and I think that's going to have to stop for a while. I'm feeling a little light headed and a little headache-y which I'm hoping will go away when I have a protein shake (water, whey protein, strawberries and banana) on my lunch break. I'm also cold. Which is not surprising considering it's chilly and my metabolism is probably freaking out a little.

Juice today was the original Mean Green Juice
6 Kale Leaves

1 handful of spinach (added not from original recipe)
1 Cucumber
4 Celery Stalks
2 Green Apples
1/2 Lemon
1 piece of ginger

It definitely tastes leafy, but good, I'm going to increase the ginger next time since we used a piece about as big as my thumb for a doubled version of this recipe. I think doubling that amount of ginger would be perfect. Chris and I decided that we wanted some plant matter in rather than just juice. So we actually blended the spinach and the leaves from the kale (we juiced the stalks).