Day 3

I ended up going to bed pretty hungry.... remember I had dinner at 4:30, and while that keep me full for a considerable amount of time, my stomach couldn't help but start to feel a bit empty by 9ish. I was make lunch + other stuff at that point, so I had a few bites of this and that to quiet the stomach. Plus tea, which really does help.

Definitely dreamt about eating though, which is always a sign that I'm hungry during the night!

Ah well, I was able to make a nice big green smoothie this morning:

5 ice cubes
2 huge bunches of spinach
1 frozen banana
1/2 c. frozen blueberries
1 T. raw almond butter
1 c. almond milk

This smoothie really does have staying power... and much less "bulky" feeling in my tummy than oatmeal. But I do miss the warm heartiness of oatmeal....

Started getting a little hungry around 11, and knowing that I was going to a Total Body strength class at noon I absolutely HAD to eat something. A tiny apple - questionable as to whether this was enough (had I not been cleansing it definitely would NOT have been) - was my one option. Fair enough, I'll take what I can get.

Ravenous for lunch, I came back to a big salad of massaged kale (with 1/2 avocado, 2 carrots, most of a yellow pepper) and 1 c. steamed kabocha squash.

To be honest, as much as I love kale AND kabocha, something was a tad lacking... or, I guess I could say, something could've been added. I was thinking the whole time "I WISH I had some of that Asian dressing with me...." - it really would've added just enough more flavor.

I think the kale need a bit more avocado, plus maybe a little more salt and some pepper. I'm so wary of salt, I was pretty conservative with it when I made this last night.

The squash thrown in really helped; I always, always love squash.

What this lunch was lacking in terms of nutrition, though, was PROTEIN. I just pumped some serious iron, and that makes me ravenous on my normal diet..... so by 3pm, my stomach felt completely empty again. (or did it?? I'm having trouble discerning this "digestion after a light meal" feeling from "starting to get hungry again" feeling... though I do think in this case I really was starting to need more fuel)

So I ran down to Duane Reade and picked up that magical nature's Gatorade, Coconut Water.


Too bad it was totally frozen, so I only got about half down before having to set it aside and wait it out for the rest to melt.