{"id":2277,"date":"2012-07-08T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T15:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2012-07-08T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T15:36:10","slug":"mostly-clean-days-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2277","title":{"rendered":"mostly clean: days 1 & 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

day 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>breakfast smoothie: \u00c2\u00a0watermelon, blueberries, pineapple, spinach
\nsnacks (no pictures): \u00c2\u00a0freeze-dried pineapple, cashews, rice crackers, cucumber, hummus<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>lunch: \u00c2\u00a0salad–lettuce, spinach, blueberries, almonds, avocado, cucumber, chicken, goddess dressing (has a bit of soy)\u00c2\u00a0 & cherries (after the meal, not on the salad)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>dinner:\u00c2\u00a0 peach gazpacho<\/a> & a little of mr. happy stuff’s “sweet smoothie” (coconut water, pineapple, raspberries)\u00c2\u00a0 oh, and a few more rice crackers.\u00c2\u00a0 my mouth was really craving crunch during that soup.\u00c2\u00a0 mr. happy stuff called me a cheater.\u00c2\u00a0 it’s only a “mostly cleanse” i told him!\u00c2\u00a0 plus, i chewed them up really well.<\/p>\n

thoughts–although the peach gazpacho<\/a> wasn’t completely awful like my day 1 soup of the last cleanse<\/a>, it was still a challenge to drink all of it (and i only made 1\/6th of the recipe!).\u00c2\u00a0 perhaps, since it’s difficult to split a recipe into sixths, i may have added too much vinegar?\u00c2\u00a0 it was just a splash, but the soup was really tangy.\u00c2\u00a0 i also didn’t have champagne vinegar, so i substituted white wine vinegar which may have altered the intended flavor. i think i only really like one or two swallows of cold soups and then i’m done.\u00c2\u00a0 or perhaps i simply needed to pay attention to the instructions and let it actually chill for a full hour before trying to drink it.\u00c2\u00a0 it might have been better icy cold.\u00c2\u00a0 definitely liked that it was blended to utter smoothness.<\/p>\n

i ate lots of snacks today (the rice crackers and cucumber and hummus were amazing!) but i wasn’t hungry after supper like i sometimes am.\u00c2\u00a0 best of all?\u00c2\u00a0 no one got injured.<\/p>\n

day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>breakfast smoothie:\u00c2\u00a0 watermelon, pineapple, spinach, cashew cacao hempspread<\/a> (found this at the co-op and just had to try it.\u00c2\u00a0 not bad!)<\/p>\n

snack:\u00c2\u00a0 an apple and cashews<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>lunch: a peach and a bowlful of “mexican” quinoa salad<\/a> (yes, i did put a little bit of fresh tomato and one small yellow pepper in here, but that’s why this is a “mostly clean” week)\u00c2\u00a0 i also added cucumber and pecans to the recipe i linked to, and i used a mixture of red, black and white quinoa.\u00c2\u00a0 mr. happy stuff and i both adore this recipe and it will become a regular part of our recipe rotation for summer suppers.\u00c2\u00a0 now if we could just get the happy toddler to eat it, we’d be all set.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>snack:\u00c2\u00a0 fruit salad with watermelon, mango, cherries and blueberries.\u00c2\u00a0 this is why summer cleanses win.\u00c2\u00a0 so.\u00c2\u00a0 yummmmmmmmy!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>dinner:\u00c2\u00a0 watermelon, coconut creme, “very cherry berry blend” of frozen berries from trader joe’s and one leaf of kale<\/p>\n

thoughts:\u00c2\u00a0 the scale told me i’d lost 3 pounds this morning!\u00c2\u00a0 (sketchy scale.)\u00c2\u00a0 i went for a 30 minute walk\/run (i’m on week 3 of the “couch to 5k” iphone app, trying to work my way back up to being a runner without injuring myself) despite extreme heat and humidity and my breakfast smoothie tasted awesome afterwards.\u00c2\u00a0 the happy toddler decided that two days in a row without a nap would be lots of fun, so tempers around the house were a bit short by mid-afternoon.\u00c2\u00a0 i had the brilliant idea of calling in reinforcements (a favorite sitter) and taking my mr. to a movie.\u00c2\u00a0 those of you who followed the last cleanse might remember how house-bound i felt when i realized that you can’t eat strictly “clean” at any restaurants in town.\u00c2\u00a0 note to self:\u00c2\u00a0 during any future cleanses, get a sitter and go see a movie.\u00c2\u00a0 the happy toddler had a great time (he actually ate supper for her and went to sleep without complaint or struggle.\u00c2\u00a0 unheard of!) and so did we.\u00c2\u00a0 we were both a bit hungry this evening as we went to the movie (the popcorn smelled good to me, but mr., happy stuff assured me that it didn’t smell good at all), but not unbearably hungry.\u00c2\u00a0 all in all?\u00c2\u00a0 a good day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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