Green Mushy Cheaters.

I have been surviving on this for what feels like and eternity,

actually only 3 days.

I guess when all you really eat for 8 meals straight is some sort of 

blended, puréed, of juiced vegetable or fruit

3 days is an eternity.

It's probably also why my "hangry" got the best of me.

Last night, in a fit of hunger rage,

when I could not stand another bowl of puréed broccoli and avocado soup,

the hubs and I broke down.

I couldn't say no to his sad starving eyes, so when he asked if we could have subs for dinner,

I couldn't say no.

In fact I bee lined so dang fast to the nearest Publix Supermarket

you would have thought there was some sort of grocery emergency.

Well needless to say,

my tummy regretted my poor choice.

Although my baby food diet has been working since as of this morning 

I was down to 162.

Thats 6lbs so far.

16 if you count the 178 I weighed three weeks ago.

Not bad at all.

Today started off a much brighter day, despite the all day rain storm.

I found myself getting out of bed easier 

and less grouchy.

I was pleased to get a little 

Pineapple Spinach Juicing in before everyone woke up.

My routine friday morning yoga class

seemed to have more meaning to me today.

It was more than going through the motions.

There was a lot of thought and intent behind my practice.

It felt amazing.

The boy's and my new favorite smoothie is this 

Blueberry Mint Smoothie.

It's so smooth and refreshing.

I made a little substitution to the ingredients though.

I have been skipping the honey in my green tea,

and adding it to my smoothies instead.

I have found that it helps balance out the 'green' taste. 

This little 'baby bella' and kale scramble

with fresh sliced tomatoes is now my favorite lunch.

For a little late afternoon pick me up,

I have been making mint infused green tea.

Just plain. No honey or lemon.

I think I like it best this way.

Plus making it in my reusable Starbucks cup

makes me miss coffee less.

Dinner was to die for.

French Lentil Salad with a mountain of fresh green beans.

I made the hubs a chicken breast to go with his,

the lack of substance was wearing hard on him and I didn't want him to back out 

on being my cleanse buddy.

These are the meals that I have been waiting for in this cleanse menu.

Luckily I tried out some of these later recipes in the weeks before starting our cleanse,

or after 3 days of eating green mush I would have said 

F* this!

Peanut Butter Puke.

The first day of our cleanse is behind us.

I woke up and didn't crave coffee.

That's not to say that I don't think about it non stop, but I feel like I can function with out it.

I rubbed my tired eyes so that I could see the numbers on the scale a little clearer.

168.

That's where I will start.

I was excited to make the first breakfast off of our three week menu.

Mango Tahini.

The blender whizzed the ingredients into a 

sort of muddy yellow drink.

I took one sip and damn near upchucked it back into the glass.

I sat watching the hubs, in retrospect this was kinda mean.

I knew he was going to hate it.

I was sitting there choking mine down anticipating his first sip.

One quick draw on that straw and his face turned to instant horror.

He promptly shook his head,

and quickly made his way to the kitchen to discard the remaining smoothie.

On his return he looked at me like I was nuts, 

and said that the smoothie tasted like

"someone puked peanut butter into his mouth".

Honestly there is no better way to describe this horrid taste.

Peanut butter puke.

And now that's all I could think of.

I tried to finish mine, but could only gag.

So we started over. 

Mango smoothies.

Just plain mango.

Which we dertermined we don't really like either,

but it's better than the alternative.