Monday, October 31, 2011
First unstructured day after 5-5-5 Reboot.
Began day with hot water and lemon juice. Supplements. Though it was suggested to NOT take any over the counter supplements during the Reboot, I continued to take several that I thought were probably not in my veggies/fruits: Vitamin D3 (continue to be way low in this area, resisting taking 50,000iu once a week of D2), S.O.D., Noni, astaxanthin, lutein, and bilberry. Breakfast was juice: cantaloupe, honeydew melon, Kale, and apples. Later a small wedge of Brie and....tortilla chips. Lunch: sweet potato and carrot "fries". Afternoon snack: another day's left over fruit bowl and tortilla chips. Dinner: omlet with one egg, sauteed onions, mushroom, garden tomato, mozarella cheese; one slice Udi bread with butter; an organic cocoa cassava energy bar :-) Planning on a large salad after exercising. OK, back from attending Zumba toning at the YMCA and about to enjoy a large greens/tomato/onion salad! Feeling good! Good first day "after".
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Endings and beginnings
My goodness, a blog indeed!
Now, what to write......and why.......and when....
Day 15 of the Standard Reboot program, just enjoyed the blenderized fruit drink after hot water and lemon beverage. Needed to make a store run for blackberries....had prepared the fresh pineapple the night before. This has been an amazing two weeks. Foods have tasted so marvelous and my husband, Tom, has seemed to totally relish the flavors. His weight loss has been phenominal, though he is notorious for NOT for sure paying attention to numbers, he feels that it has been about 25 pounds!!!!! My weight removal has been 6 or 7 pounds, and I have been practicing and teaching Zumba Fitness during this time. I might be down about one size...... The task at hand is how/when/how much to add to the juicing/fresh veggies and fruits to continue to reap the benefits without filling up on preservatives, pesticides etc...... Several of the Reboot recipes are now favorites (roasted acorn squash stuffed with mushrooms, sweet potato/carrot "fries", apple/squash soup) and plans are to continue enjoying these. Yogurt will be added tomorrow. Tom has requested spaghetti and I have some "chicken sausage" type stuff from the health food store to complement rice noodles and garden vegetables, maybe for tomorrow, maybe for Tuesday. And feta cheese. We do plan to juice at least once a day for one meal, should be a good thing. Purchased a couple of loaves of Udi bread (gluten free which is required by me here) in case a slice would be good with eggs..... Sometime this week a potato is "in the picture" too :-)
Have used a Jack LaLanne juicer this whole time, distressed each time greens were juiced as the centrifugal juicer mainly spit them into the compost hopper with little extraction of juice....a huge waste.... quite happy with how it processes root vegetables (carrots, beets) but understand a masticating juicer also is good with veggies/fruits. From Discount Juicer an Omega 8004 has been ordered and supposedly shipped, this will be a GREAT addition to my kitchen. It has other functions also, such as making nut butters, grinding, pureeing, sorbets, even extruding pasta (I can make my own rice or other noodles perhaps!!!!!). I'm excited that I can juice greens, even wheat grass without such waste!
Green garden tomatoes sit on newspapers in the front room, sweet potatoes are stored in the cold garage, green beans and green peppers are in the freezer. Come next summer we'll be ready for farmers' markets and garden delights!
So these are opening thoughts and a framework for the day. I want to be up and puttering in the kitchen and straightening this computer room :-)
Now, what to write......and why.......and when....
Day 15 of the Standard Reboot program, just enjoyed the blenderized fruit drink after hot water and lemon beverage. Needed to make a store run for blackberries....had prepared the fresh pineapple the night before. This has been an amazing two weeks. Foods have tasted so marvelous and my husband, Tom, has seemed to totally relish the flavors. His weight loss has been phenominal, though he is notorious for NOT for sure paying attention to numbers, he feels that it has been about 25 pounds!!!!! My weight removal has been 6 or 7 pounds, and I have been practicing and teaching Zumba Fitness during this time. I might be down about one size...... The task at hand is how/when/how much to add to the juicing/fresh veggies and fruits to continue to reap the benefits without filling up on preservatives, pesticides etc...... Several of the Reboot recipes are now favorites (roasted acorn squash stuffed with mushrooms, sweet potato/carrot "fries", apple/squash soup) and plans are to continue enjoying these. Yogurt will be added tomorrow. Tom has requested spaghetti and I have some "chicken sausage" type stuff from the health food store to complement rice noodles and garden vegetables, maybe for tomorrow, maybe for Tuesday. And feta cheese. We do plan to juice at least once a day for one meal, should be a good thing. Purchased a couple of loaves of Udi bread (gluten free which is required by me here) in case a slice would be good with eggs..... Sometime this week a potato is "in the picture" too :-)
Have used a Jack LaLanne juicer this whole time, distressed each time greens were juiced as the centrifugal juicer mainly spit them into the compost hopper with little extraction of juice....a huge waste.... quite happy with how it processes root vegetables (carrots, beets) but understand a masticating juicer also is good with veggies/fruits. From Discount Juicer an Omega 8004 has been ordered and supposedly shipped, this will be a GREAT addition to my kitchen. It has other functions also, such as making nut butters, grinding, pureeing, sorbets, even extruding pasta (I can make my own rice or other noodles perhaps!!!!!). I'm excited that I can juice greens, even wheat grass without such waste!
Green garden tomatoes sit on newspapers in the front room, sweet potatoes are stored in the cold garage, green beans and green peppers are in the freezer. Come next summer we'll be ready for farmers' markets and garden delights!
So these are opening thoughts and a framework for the day. I want to be up and puttering in the kitchen and straightening this computer room :-)
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