Detox Days Two Three and Four

Hey bloggies!

How’s everyone been over the past couple of days? Things have been good here. I’ve been trying to keep up with my detox and have been really good in some aspects and ok in a few others. Here’s a quick recap.

I’ve mostly been having citrus for breakfast. Grapefruit or oranges usually.

Tuesday

Lunch: Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich on whole wheat bread with some blueberries for dessert.

After I got home from school I grabbed a quick snack before heading back out to pick my Matt. My last Kardea Bar – Chai Spice

This one wasn’t my favourite flavour but I’m not a fan of chai tea so that’s why I left this one until the end. It tasted exactly like the name thought so if your a chai fan you’d probably really like this one.

Nice and chewy  with a little crunch. I really enjoy the texture of these bars. In a couple of days I will do my full review of the bars.

After picking up Matt we ran some errands and while at Costco we picked up this:

Before starting dinner I made some garlic bread with cheese. I stuck to small, thin slices of bread and only used about half the amount of cheese then usual.

I cooked the Manicotti in a Pyrex dish with some pasta sauce and a small sprinkle of cheese (about 1/3 of a cup for 6 servings).

I had two.

Served with a piece of whole wheat bread with Olive Oil Becel.

Very good! I’d definitely do this again but without the garlic bread – unnecessary.

Detox Thoughts: Overall I followed my rules pretty good except for the dairy. But even so it was only a little bit. I’m starting to think it might be the cheese that’s been giving my belly a tough time. I didn’t feel so good after the garlic bread but the ricotta didn’t seem to bother it too much so I’m going to keep limiting the dairy for another week and see how it goes.

Wednesday

Lunch: Two leftover Manicotti with an orange and a Kashi bar.

Dinner: Matt and I were tired so we grabbed some Swiss Chalet after work. To try to stay in my plan I stuck to a chicken sandwich with potatoes.

I only had half the sandwich (I didn’t need to over eat) and saved it for lunch the next day.

I also stole some of Matt’s Multigrain roll. I love Swiss Chalet rolls – so soft and delicious!

Dessert was watermelon. I had two slices.

Detox Thoughts: I think I did pretty good this day. I was a little high on the carbs at dinner but I stuck to lean protein and didn’t have any dairy except for the ricotta at lunch. No belly pains today.

Today

Lunch: The other half of my chicken sandwich with blueberries and a Kashi bar.

Dinner: Chicken Salad.

I cut 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts up into strips and cooked in the oven with 1/3 Hickery BBQ Sauce, 1 tbsp of lemon juice and 1/4 tsp of chilli powder.

In the ss: organic spinach, carrots, baby tomatoes, field cucumbers, red, yellow and orange peppers.

I added some dried cranberries, lemon juice and three strips in chicken into the bowl with my salad. Delicious and huge!!!

I could hardly finish it.

Detox thoughts: Today was awesome! No dairy, lean protein and lots of veggies! I followed my plan!!!

Oh and I also got an impromptu  yoga session in today with my grade 8’s and 9’s. Their gym teacher was away on a field trip so I had to teach them gym so we did yoga. I think they really enjoyed it. I told them that I would teach them again next week if they wanted. It was really fun and I got a good sweat in myself.

Overall Detox Thoughts:

• I’m having a love affair with pb again.
• I’ve stuck to lean protein for every meal.
• I have been pretty good with the processed sugar my only problem has been I picked up some Cinnamon Sugar In Snax Pita Chips the other day at the grocery store and I’ve snacked on those a couple of times.
• The dairy has been pretty good. No yogurt, no milk, and just the little bit of cheese with the pasta. This is a huge accomplishment for me.
• I haven’t had any coffee at all – go me!

All in all I’m happy with my progress. I’m definitely feeling better and no belly pains.

We leave for Calgary in one week from today so I’m going to continue to stick to my plan until that time and then I will re-assess.

I’m going to grab and orange for dessert now! Night all.

~ Katie :)

Detox Time

If you read my Wordless Weekend post yesterday you might have seen some of the comments including some like this “good eats, looks like you had a good weekend”. If only that were true…

What you didn’t see in the post were pictures of cheesies, hamburger hamburgers, alcohol and pizza. This along with the ok eating last week has made my belly very unhappy.

After discussing with the husband I have decided to do a little detox – my own version of a detox. Really I guess it’s just going to go back to healthy eating but I am going to limit some things for the next week and a half until our trip to Calgary. I’m not sure what kind of eating that trip will have in store for me so I’m going to be as healthy as possible before I leave.

Over the next week and a half I’m going to limit the following things:

• Processed Sugars – these are really hard on my belly and I shouldn’t be eating too many of them anyways.
• Dairy – I have been eating way to much of it lately, especially in the form of yogurt and cheese so I think a break from them for a little while is needed.
• Coffee – I am really going to try not to have a latte between now and then but really I can’t promise anything.
• Red Meat – I am going to stick to only lean proteins

Also going to include the following things into my detox:

• Lean Protein – As mentioned above I’m not going to eat any red meat and stick to boneless skinless chicken, lean turkey and fish.
• Veggies – And lots of them
• Fruits – These are a great snack. I’ll stay away from fruits that are high in sugar.

If you have any other ideas of great food in include/stay away from I’d love your input/ideas.

Today I think I did a pretty good job with sticking to my plan.

Breakfast: Organic Orange (a little high in sugar but ok for breakfast i think) and a Kasha Almond Bar

Lunch: Huge container of veggies which included cucumber, red and yellow peppers and carrots along with some hummus and Stacy’s Pita Chips. Dessert: Blueberries.

Snack: Two pieces of Whole Wheat Bread with pb.

Dinner: I stuck to my plan of lean protein and had salmon.

A healthy version of Maple Glazed Salmon I found here.

I modified it a little (didn’t use as much soy sauce – too salty)

Maple-Glazed Salmon

• 1 tbsp of Low Sodium Soy Sauce (the recipe called for 2 tbsp)
• 0.75 tbsp of lemon juice
• 1/8 – 1/4 cup of Maple Syrup – I used somewhere in between these too amounts
• 1/2 tsp of dijon mustard

Mix up all ingredients.

 

Coat the salmon in the glaze.

Cook on 400 for 20 mins.

While the salmon is cooking I made up a salad.

In the ss (salad spinner): organic spinach, carrots, baby tomatos, field cucumber, red and yellow pepper.

Serve salmon over salad.

Perfection! This was exactly what my body was craving.

I have to say no belly pains today. Hopefully I can continue for at least another week.

Wish me luck and don’t forget to let me know if you have any other ideas for me detox.

~ Katie :)