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 :)

Reader’s Advice

Once you get through all my dinner eats I’d love some advice on some products that I listed at the end of my post.

So after last night’s post I had very good intentions of having a a great dinner and then hitting the gym but unfortunately that didn’t happen.

Matt didn’t finish doing my mom’s taxes until late so by the time they were done we were starving, at my mom’s and looking for supper. We ended up at Durty Nelly’s in downtown Halifax.

Since I was already breaking one of my May Goal’s already (no eating out) I decided I might as well eat something healthy. I chose the Veggie Wrap with taters. “Grilled Vegetable Wrap of zucchini, red onion, red pepper, tomato, mozza cheddar blend”. I got it with no red onion. I will say the wrap was just ok. It was cold and I was expecting it to be warm and the veggies we a little too mushy for my liking. But it was huge and I could only eat half the wrap and about 5 of the taters.

After dinner since we didn’t make it to the gym we decided to walk around downtown for a while. It was so beautiful out yesterday we just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to enjoy the weather and at least we got a little physical activity in, right?

After missing the gym yesterday Matt and I got our butts out of bed early this morning and made our way to the gym for an interval run. Walk/Run for 20 mins.

My running started out at 6.4 and I ended at 7.5. I was so sweaty by the end. I really felt great to get out and get that workout in even if it was short. I think we are going to do our intervals at the gym from now on. It is easier to control your speed and I think I push myself more there then outside.

Tonight there was no stopping me. We were eating healthy tonight. Ironically, tonight’s menu was gilled chicken and veggie wraps as well.

I adapted this recipe from Hungry Girl’s “Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet”. I made four wraps with the following ingredients (with lots of leftovers):

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (not in her recipe)
• 1 zucchini
• 1 eggplant
• 1 red pepper
• 2 portabella mushroom caps
• 6 tbsp greek yogurt (the recipe calls for regular greek yogurt)
• 1/2 tbsp fresh basil
• 1/2 tsp of fresh grated garlic
• 4 whole wheat tortillas

First cut all the veggies and chicken up (half’s maybe) so they can be grilled. Grilled on the BBQ for about 5 mins on each side (the chicken will have to be longer).

While that is grilling mix together the greek yogurt, basil and garlic.

When the veggies are done all you have to do is cut them up into strips so they can be put in a wrap.

We had the wraps with a salad. In the ss: organic spinach, carrots, peppers (red, yellow, green), baby tomatoes, cucumber.

Served with dried cranberries and lemon juice. The salad…

Wrap…

All together…

Overall, this dinner was really good and filling. I have never had portabella mushrooms before and didn’t really like the flavour of them. I ended up not eating them but overall, I really enjoyed dinner tonight.

Other odds and ends…

First - I’ve been sent some coupons (thanks Wendy) from Silver Hill’s Bakery to try and review their bread. I’ve been to Planet Organic several times in the past two weeks and every time I’m there they are out. I definitely want to try this bread and as soon as I pick some up I’ll let you all know.

Second - While looking around Planet Organic today I realized there are a lot of items that I would really like to try but I’m just not sure if it’s worth the money. So I’m looking for your help. Of the following products which do you think is worth the money and which do you think I should just pass on. Any thoughts or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

I’m wondering about the following products:

• Almond butter (and if so – what brand?)
• Coconut milk
• Coconut oil
• Goji Berries
• Agave Nectar
• Ezekiel bread
• Hemp Seeds
• Protein Powder (I actually would like to get some protein powder but I have no idea what brand – does anyone have any suggestion?)

Thanks guys. If anyone has any thoughts on the above listed products or even with another product that you love I’d love to hear about it.

~ Katie :)