Super Sexy Sugar Cleanse + Raw Food: Day 1
22 February 2010
Most people know that I have quite the sweet tooth, which is often sated with less-than-healthy options, like cupcakes, brownies and vanilla soy lattes. So when Andria invited people to join her on a 30-day Super Sexy Sugar Cleanse, I happily jumped on the bandwagon. After all, I do like a good challenge, and surely I could go for a month without refined or added sugar. Right? It would just mean giving up my beloved lattes, iced coffee and baked goods and instead focus on fruits and black coffee.
Then Lindsay of Happy Herbivore welcomed people to join her in eating raw for a week and since I still like a good challenge, I figured I could last a week without cooked food. So I happily signed on, knowing that I could really stand to up my raw fruit and veg intake.
Last night it sunk in that coffee is not part of a raw diet. Yikes.
However, pressing on, this morning I woke up knowing that a delicious breakfast smoothie was waiting for me in the fridge (Todd made it for me before he left for work — that’s love).
Made with frozen blueberries, strawberries, mango and banana (along with some soy milk and OJ), this is our family’s favourite smoothie. At some point in the not-too-distant future, we will likely blow out the motor on our blender from all the smoothie blending. Then we’ll get a Vitamix (so I’m secretly willing the blender to give up).
Smoothies take me forever to drink — I finished mine just as I needed to start prepping lunch. Today I enjoyed Mango Avocado Salad, which Leah insisted on sharing with me. Even though I left out the cilantro, it was delicious; I will definitely make this again.
By mid-afternoon, I was feeling pretty desperate for coffee, but managed to make do with some trail mix (raw walnuts, pistachios, sunflower seeds and raisins). Surprisingly, this kept me feeling full till about 7:30 p.m., at which point I ate an another avocado. Now, I’m really full and can’t even contemplate snacking this evening.
Day 1 was a success and I’m looking forward to tomorrow!
- Raw Week Challenge , Super Sexy Sugar Cleanse
- Comments(1)
Aw, that’s so sweet of Todd to make a smoothie for you!
Looks delicious! Mangoes & avocados sound divine, too.