Detox Weekend

Stephen is interviewing this weekend in SoCal and I get two days to myself. I will miss him terribly (I feel like it was just last week I had to leave for work—so we've been missing each other.) But, it's kinda nice to get a chance to detox by myself.

Today, I am meditating, journaling, exfoliating and starting my detox diet to flush out the 15lbs I've gained since last year. G-R-O-S-S It's going to be a long road. Since no one really reads this (maybe Christie?), I'm going to use it to keep myself accountable.

I figure, by the time Stephen gets home, I'll have been 5 meals or so /2 workouts into the regimen and it might be easier to keep it up for a while. He is the ultimate enabler of pizza and cookie binging and I actually do a bit better when I'm by myself. Similarly, when I'm at work, I have a crew I eat lunch with and the Chipotle runs and homemade baked goods flow freely. It's more than a weight-loss goal for me, I just felt better when I was working out and sleeping and eating just fish & veg.

So, today, I'm doing a little yoga, cardio, reading, napping and I'm starting the detox:

Back On Track Cleansing Shake

Ingredients

1 celery stalk chopped

1/2 cup of coconut water

1/2 cup rice milk

1/2 cup frozen peaches
a big ole handful of spinach

lime juice/fresh ginger to taste

2 tbsp super green powder

The Not-Pizza Lunch 

Menu

steamed brussel sprouts 

with himalaya salt & and a dash of hazelnut oil

sardines

Detoxy Dinner 

Menu

sautéed sockeye salmon fillet

miso soup with leeks and leftover spinach

1/3 cup leftover quinoa 

Memory of Dessert 

minty green tea with no sweetener

a tablespoon of almond butter mixed with cinnamon 

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Tomorrow I might get to do a coconut milk cocoa mousse 
sweetened with a tbsp of brown rice syrup. I might dream of that all day at work. 

The point of this, is that somehow I have to embrace the idea that food is for nourishing our bodies not for love or fulfillment or for something to do as an activity. This is the hardest part and where I always fail. Case in point: blogging about my meals for a half hour. 

Okay, gonna go for a workout now!