Detox Update

You may be wondering the status of my detox this week!

I started the detox on Monday.

Tuesday I ate pretty much the exact same thing.

I’m happy to say its been going pretty well…I only strayed once yesterday.

For breakfast I had a protein smoothie, which was made with frozen bananas,  almond milk & brown rice protein powder.

Lunch was another version of the veggie pupusas, but without the salsa and spinach and I turned them into tacos for easy portability, along with lots of fruit and nuts for snacks.

Dinner was where I strayed.

I was pretty hungry when I got home and I flipped through the cookbook to get some ideas. I also wanted something to sustain me for my three mile run later in the evening. I had ran out of a lot of my produce from earlier in the week so I wanted to make something with ingredients I had on hand  and went with the chickpea burgers, which includes 1/4 cup of flour in the recipe…but I caved and made the burgers because they looked so good!

They were amazing!! The recipe made five patties total. I’m so glad I made them. And they’re only 140 calories per patty.

Still, I think I’ve done pretty good in the past three days. I haven’t touched the candy at work (my biggest downfall) or had any dairy.  Eliminating sugar from my body was the main reason for this detox. I can also say my jeans feel a little bit more comfortable. One of my goals with this detox was to jump-start my weight loss for this year. I’m still struggling with those 10 pounds that I need to loose.

Another thing I’ve noticed is that when I tell people I’m doing a “detox” they usually say something like “OMG, I could never do that…I can’t give up ____”. Well, I never thought I could do it either, but giving up something for a week (like my beloved Greek yogurt, for example) isn’t that difficult. I know its only for a week, and I don’t plan on giving up dairy forever! Now I know I can do it.

I think this is kind of the same mentality I have when it comes to distance running. I say to myself, I can do anything for one more mile. Just like I can do anything for week. Its kind of the same thing.

Overall I still feel great. I’m not starving at all. Obviously not eating gluten has been a challenge for me. I suppose the real test will be this weekend, since its my mom’s birthday dinner. We’ll see how that goes…so stay tuned. 🙂