Day 1

Lovely shot of all the non-refrigerated produce in the afternoon sun.

GOOD MORNING!!!

Well when you go to bed at 1am (because you took the next day off of work!) it's really easy to sleep in late. I woke up around 8:30am and took the dogs out, went pee myself, crawled back in bed and ran through the usual stuff on my iphone (email, Facebook, and Words with Friends). Priorities I know....then I rolled over and went back to sleep. 

Had some totally fucked up crazy ass dreams...somehow Bernie turned into some form of dog mixed with a seal or something crazy. He was diving for oysters on the ocean floor in the middle of a storm. Because all that is totally normal, then he turned back into a dog and drowned. I was devastated. Duh. Woke up and loved on him for a bit, then went back to sleep again. 

Finally around 12:30pm decided I was hungry and my dog was still alive so I was going to get up and see what I'm having for breakfast. 

Herbal tea and Cherry Cinnamon Apple Bake. Yum. 

I've never pitted cherries before. It was interesting and I couldnt help but think of "The Witches of Eastwick". Cooked myself up some tea and waited for it to cook. 

It was pretty yummy, although there was too much cinnamon. Rob juiced all of his and I cooked mine as the recipe called for. I liked it better out of the Vitamix. C'est la vie. 

Me, Day 1. Curious to see how my complexion may change over the course of this experiment.

We also got an email from Join the Reboot this morning reminding us to take in lots and lots of fluids. 

Fluids will help your body incorporate vital nutrients and remove waste products or potential toxins. Fluids will also manage natural shifts in energy levels while on the Reboot. 

Good to know as I am very much missing my daily cup of coffee at the moment. How much fluid? 64-72 ounces a day! Yeah, I'm just going to move into the bathroom. The good news is about half of that (16-32oz) is from fresh juice which is about 1-2 juices a day, in addition to all the fruits and veggies we're eating.

The other good news is anything without caffeine or alcohol counts as a hydrating fluid. Score! Maybe I wont need to move into the bathroom after all. The recommendation is an additional 32-40 ounces of fluid beyond the fresh juice. Should be doable. 

I'm fairly full already just from breakfast and maybe from the late night binging I did last night. We'll see. 

Next up on my list of yummy things to eat is what they call Green Juice and what I call Dinosaur Juice. Why? Because it's made with vegetables I'm quite certain are only ever eaten by actual dinosaurs. Starting with Kale. 

Green Juice

6 leaves Kale

2 cups Spinach

1/2 Cucumber

4 stalks Celery

2 Apples

1" Ginger root

Calories: 180

Protein: 12 g

Fiber: 1 g

I've never had Kale before and I'm here to tell you, I could probably go the rest of my life never drinking that juice again. It's not "horrible". I didnt gag or anything. But it's just very very grassy. And thick. I diluted it with water and that helped get it down faster but didnt  help with the taste. 

I learned from our friends Jonas and Mary to add a little bit of lemon to it. I guess it helps cut the Kale. We'll try that the next time and see what happens. I think it also needs more apples. The goal is to be eating primarily vegetables. 

While they were here we cut open the jicama. None of us had had it before and were all curious. Turns out jicama is pretty damn delicious! It tastes like snow peas almost. Sweet and juicy. We all really liked it!

After a rousing game of Catan, they headed home to enjoy either some cereal or a wonderfully delicious Dick's burger. And I headed to the kitchen and made myself a giant salad with spinach, arugula, romaine, avacado, jicama and tomatos. It was good, but the arugula has a strong veggie taste to it. I dont know how else to describe it. But I found myself searching my plate for avacado and romaine. 

And then I got really cranky. Probably because I was tired, but I think also because I just had massive cravings for something that not only tasted good, but tasted familiar. I kept feeling like I was hungry. I still maintain that is what that feeling was, but I could be wrong. Maybe I just need more fluids.