Day 2

Woke up with a headache this morning. Not starving but slightly hungry. Looking forward to the yummy Blackberry Kiwi Blend smoothie I get to have for breakfast today. 

Blackberry Kiwi Blend
1/4 large Pineapple, core removed and roughly cubed
1 cup Blackberries
1 Kiwi Fruit
1 Banana
1/2 cup Coconut Water
30 Mint leaves
1 Tbsp. Flax seed oil, optional
Add all ingredients to blender and liquefy!
Calories: 458 kcal
Protein: 6 g
Fiber: 18 g

But before that, I'm going to have some yummy coconut herbal tea and check out my list of Oscar nomination movies on my list to watch still. Here's what Join the Reboot sent me over this morning. May daily dose of encouragement:

During the first few days of the Reboot, it’s not unusual to feel off - dizzy, lethargic, or even nauseous. These symptoms can be due to a number of factors including hydration, amount of calories, eating frequency and rest. Hopefully you’ve been following the fluid guidelines outlined in yesterday’s email. 

I dont have to count calories. This is always something that makes me happy. And I dont have to document the hell out of what I'm eating. This also makes me happy. I can eat as much as I want. Another total bonus. Because i'm eating just fruits and vegetables, that are packed with fiber and nutrients, I can eat a lot more volume of food with a lot less caloric impact. But they've also warned me that not eating enough leads to the above symptoms. Maybe that was  my problem last night??


I'm supposed to be eating 5-6 times a day. Definitely didnt do that yesterday. Need to try to be better at that today. 

Breakfast was DELICIOUS!!! Rob and I were both convinced we could easily drink that juice all day long. 


Expecting today to be more difficult than yesterday we decided to stay home for the day, watch movies, juice and just be in the moment as much as possible. Which is exactly what we did. 


As I have a goal to watch at least all of the movies nominated for Best Picture, and have already seen 3 of them, we opted to watch The Descendants. Decent movie, not great though. Mid-movie we had to make up our mid morning snack: V28.

V28
3 large Red Beets
2 medium Carrots
2 stalks Celery
4 Plum Tomatoes
4 cups Parsley, leaves and stems, roughly chopped and packed into
the measuring cup
1 Jalapeno, ribs and seeds removed
12 Red Radishes
Calories: 340 kcal
Protein: 17 g
Fiber: 2 g

Let me just say this about that: beets are gross. I have never liked them, I didnt like them in this juice and still managed to suck it all down. I thought it tasted like dirt. And no I dont typically run around eating dirt. Started to have a small meltdown of wanting to eat something familiar.....went back to making some herbal tea and drinking some water and finished my movie. 

I feel like I'm eating all the time and am never satisfied. The hunger, or craving, or something is always there. And it's pissing me off. It's one thing to be trying new foods, taking care of my body and the environment...it's another to be doing that and still never feel full. So standing in the kitchen, trying to come up with something other than cooked squash for dinner, I let the tears flow. It's silly really. It's just food, right? Who cries over crackers?!!!? So, I made myself quite possibly the largest salad I had ever had. MAKE IT BIG! Is what Reboot is always saying to us in their emails. So that's what I did. And I ate the whole thing and FINALLY was full and happy :)


For some inspiration Rob and I watched "The Beautiful Truth" on Netflix. A movie about a teenager in Alaska doing a massive report on Dr. Max Gerson. If you dont know who he is...he cured cancer. Totally crazy. But it doesnt fit with the drug companies model of cure, so it's heavily poo-pooed and shunned. I'm telling you this man is a genius. And the best part of it all? He did it in 1923. The full movie is available on YouTube. Check it out: 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvzDHGLEUyw


And during the time watching this movie, not only did I feel better about my decision to juice, I started really thinking about my own personal connections to food. Why is this hard? It's not like I'm not chewing. I'm not missing the chewing sensation. I've had a headache all day. I'm emotional, irritable and just plain bitchy. All because I'm detoxing from refined sugar, flour, etc. 


I must continue to push through, allow my body to detox and live in the moment. It's been a really hard day. It has to get better. Tomorrow will be better.