Cleanse Day 11 and 12

Sorry I didn't manage to get a post out yesterday. I worked until 11:00 and was just too tired to contemplate another 10 minutes on the computer.

Day 11 was challenging. I hadn't really eaten enough on Wednesday and we ravenous Thursday morning and indeed most of the day, although I ate a solid breakfast of scrambled tofu and kale. After teaching my daughter's school class and a Flow yoga class, I nibbled on almond butter to get me through the rest of the morning. After my lunch class, I ravenously consumed left-over lentil spread, rice crackers and left-over Winter Vegetable Soup with Buckwheat. I was feeling pretty tired of my limited diet, I can tell you. I sort of cracked and bought a bag of kettle potato chips cooked in avacado oil. While potato chips are not contra-indicated on this diet, it is plain to see that they are not healthy food and should be avoided. But I have to say, I savoured every chip!

And I had another social event to deal with yesterday evening: a neighbour's baby shower. In preparation, I made a fruit salad of mixed berries, and quacamole with a few tortilla chips to take to the party. And I'm glad I did because, as suspected, there was nothing there I could eat. I had a nice quacamole pigout :-)

This brings us to today - the last day of the cleanse! Yesterday, a neighbour called to ask to borrow a space heater or two because their furnace had died and they were going to be without central heat until the furnace could be replaced new week. I lent them 3 heaters and spontaneously invited them to dinner tonight to get out of the cold.

My husband graciously offered to cook and then asked me if I was going to eat with them, or make my own food. This is when I cracked. I was so sick of making my lonely meal and often having to ready 20 minute after the "regular" meal and so never fully enjoying the family circle at the the table. So I made the decision to end my cleanse 1 meal early. It was a great relief!

I ate a delicious dinner of Persion Rice, broccoli & cauliflower with lemon tahini sauce, and for dessert made crepes with berries and lemon cream sauce (made with yogurt).

I'm not sorry for my early exit. I have reaped the benefits of the cleanse. I feel greatly purified, and strong, nd I weigh a full 5 lb less than I did 2 weeks ago - WoW! That's 1/2 of the poulds I've gained in the last 6 years.

Instead of a recipe tonight, i'll offer a list of my favourite snack foods for the cleanse:

Almonds (I like roasted / unsalted)
Almond butter on rice cakes
Popcorn
Prepared hummous or lentil spread
Fruit (pear, appled, peach)

As I'm falling asleep at the computer, I'll say good night now and publish more tomorrow.

Good night!