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I am on Day 4, one of the most difficult days.
Due to a visiting guest and my not picking up my Green Boheme meals until Sunday, I started a day late, on February 2, Sunday. Now I'm on Day 4 at the peak of the initial cleansing phase. Your first 2-4 days are when your body is getting used to a different diet and purging itself of toxins. It's also when you feel hunger pangs the most intensely. After all, this raw food has a lot less density and so my stomach says, "Put something in here! I'm empty!"
So far I'm finding the hardest parts to be the daily eating schedule and the amount of liquids. I have juice and smoothie for the first half of my day. I don't get around to actual solid food until around 3:00. Thing is, I've been waking up at 4:30 or 5 and so I've got a huge break between things.
5 am - probiotic drink
5:30 or 6 - green juice
11 am - green smoothie 32 ounces
That's a huge break between 6 and 11! Your mind begins to crave things.
Now add the fact that liquids run right through me and my workplace bathroom is a BLOCK away! They are remodeling the bathrooms near my office and so we have to trek all the way to the other set, a block away (inside). TMI, but that means with a 32 ounce smoothie I'm running to the bathroom every 15 minutes for the hour after I drink it. Not fun.
Once I get actual food in me later in the afternoon, I'm ok. In fact, there is enough in the meal and snack to fill you up until bed time. It's all that fiber. And the food is good! Which I knew it would be. I have yet to have anything from Green Boheme that I didn't care for. One thing I'll say for sure, the food is SOOOO flavorful. I can't get over how good it is and, as I'm eating my savory crepe, thinking about how easy and rather enjoyable this month might be because I took that step to buy the full meal plan. I don't have to think about what I'm eating each day, or about preparing it.
In fact, with the opening of Mother showcasing fabulous vegetarian dishes as well, it makes me think about "maybe it wouldn't be too difficult to change my eating habits long-term". But we are only on Day 4 and I love dairy and pork. I guess we'll see.
Here are some examples of my first few meals:
I'll try to remember to take some pictures next installment.
Due to a visiting guest and my not picking up my Green Boheme meals until Sunday, I started a day late, on February 2, Sunday. Now I'm on Day 4 at the peak of the initial cleansing phase. Your first 2-4 days are when your body is getting used to a different diet and purging itself of toxins. It's also when you feel hunger pangs the most intensely. After all, this raw food has a lot less density and so my stomach says, "Put something in here! I'm empty!"
So far I'm finding the hardest parts to be the daily eating schedule and the amount of liquids. I have juice and smoothie for the first half of my day. I don't get around to actual solid food until around 3:00. Thing is, I've been waking up at 4:30 or 5 and so I've got a huge break between things.
5 am - probiotic drink
5:30 or 6 - green juice
11 am - green smoothie 32 ounces
That's a huge break between 6 and 11! Your mind begins to crave things.
Now add the fact that liquids run right through me and my workplace bathroom is a BLOCK away! They are remodeling the bathrooms near my office and so we have to trek all the way to the other set, a block away (inside). TMI, but that means with a 32 ounce smoothie I'm running to the bathroom every 15 minutes for the hour after I drink it. Not fun.
Once I get actual food in me later in the afternoon, I'm ok. In fact, there is enough in the meal and snack to fill you up until bed time. It's all that fiber. And the food is good! Which I knew it would be. I have yet to have anything from Green Boheme that I didn't care for. One thing I'll say for sure, the food is SOOOO flavorful. I can't get over how good it is and, as I'm eating my savory crepe, thinking about how easy and rather enjoyable this month might be because I took that step to buy the full meal plan. I don't have to think about what I'm eating each day, or about preparing it.
In fact, with the opening of Mother showcasing fabulous vegetarian dishes as well, it makes me think about "maybe it wouldn't be too difficult to change my eating habits long-term". But we are only on Day 4 and I love dairy and pork. I guess we'll see.
Here are some examples of my first few meals:
- fajita filled w/ veggies, Mexican 'rice' and 'beans' and a mango pudding
- mock 'chicken' salad wraps and a chocolate creme cake
- shepherd's pie w/ spinach salad
- savory crepe w/ side salad
I'll try to remember to take some pictures next installment.
