{"id":2008,"date":"2012-02-17T00:30:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T05:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2012-02-17T00:35:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T05:35:02","slug":"clean-day-21-woot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2008","title":{"rendered":"clean: day 21, woot!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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i started the day off with a smoothie i’ve been dreaming of since the beginning, but only just now got around to making.\u00c2\u00a0 it needs a martini glass to serve it in, but this tumbler will have to do.\u00c2\u00a0 it’s a pina mojito smoothie!\u00c2\u00a0 (recipe at end of post)\u00c2\u00a0 i found it refreshing, but mr. happy stuff made the worst face when he tasted it and declared it, “too… tooo…. something.<\/em>…”\u00c2\u00a0 yes, we’re getting more articulate with our likes and dislikes as this challenge progresses.\u00c2\u00a0 i obliged him with one of his standard fruity smoothies. (cider, pineapple, blueberries)<\/p>\n

lunch was late today and it took awhile to fix, but i think it was worth it:<\/p>\n

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waffled felafel, hummus and (tomato-free) tabbouleh salad!\u00c2\u00a0 the felafel recipe came from this site<\/a>, the idea to “waffle” it came from this site<\/a> (which also supplied a new hummus technique which i recommend), but the actual waffling felafel from scratch instructions came from this forum<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 whew!\u00c2\u00a0 the tabbouleh recipe i just sort of made up.\u00c2\u00a0 luckily, after all that work, it was quite tasty, although next time i might make my waffle iron hotter.<\/p>\n

this afternoon\/evening i developed the ouchy tummy i had on monday.\u00c2\u00a0 the only common factor i can think of between the two is that on both days i ate food with some baking powder in it, which has cornstarch as an ingredient, which includes corn, which is a forbidden ingredient.\u00c2\u00a0 do i have a corn sensitivity?\u00c2\u00a0 or is it just a coincidence?\u00c2\u00a0 i have a feeling i’ll be asking myself that same question often in the next few days.<\/p>\n

supper was another pb&j smoothie.\u00c2\u00a0 i didn’t feel up to trying something else new tonight.<\/p>\n

although at this point, i really don’t see myself trying to drag our family through another three weeks of this ever again, i could see wanting to do occasional “clean” days here and there to balance a heavy food day, or maybe even one week of clean to just clear out the system after the holidays.\u00c2\u00a0 to that end, i’ve put together a one-week menu of our favorites, along with a shopping list, so i don’t have to think about it quite so much.\u00c2\u00a0 if any of you, dear readers, would like access to my one-week menu, leave a comment or send me an e-mail and i’d be glad to forward you the link.<\/p>\n

i’ll probably post a few more times with any results that present themselves in the next few days\/weeks.\u00c2\u00a0 and maybe sometime i’ll also post before\/after pictures, but i don’t think they’ll be all that dramatic.\u00c2\u00a0 thanks for reading along with us on this journey.<\/p>\n