I finished my 3 day juice cleanse with a bang. Saturday morning could not come soon enough, all I wanted was some real food that I could chew. I had to laugh when I woke up on Saturday morning, I was begging for scrambled eggs with veggies. My first bite brought a flavor EXPLOSION to my mouth! It was incredible! I was so excited to get back to eating real food. I was going to be able to eat fruits, veggies, eggs and... wait for it... 1 cup of either brown rice, quinoa or half a sweet potato. SHUT THE FRONT DOOR! Carbs! Hello beautiful world! Everything is looking clear!
I was so excited! I had been dreaming about what I was going to eat with my "carbs". I was getting all sorts of crazy, sautéed veggies.. maybe. Eggs... maybe? Stuffed zucchini with quinoa.. I am getting crazy.
It is so funny how my taste buds can change. I just wanted to eat food. Saturday quickly became challenging as I was running errands to get ready for little man's birthday the next day, we had our first soccer game for one of my daughters and we had a Rockies game. Yep! It is the first time in my life that I went to a Rockies game and I didn't get a Rocky Dog. I only like hot dogs at baseball games and now... dreams and taste buds shattered!
I did my best to try and eat but I mostly grazed (which helped keep my energy and glucose levels up) but it was not quite the AMAZING flavor explosion pig out (on fruits and veggies) day I was planning. My partner in crime is so awesome that he made me a delicious meal of sautéed sweet potato with veggies (similar to the one from my spiralized post) and I was able to eat before we headed out for the game.
At the game I sliced up a peach and brought some carrots to tide me over, because obviously my carrots taste exactly like a delicious oven cooked pizza or french fries from the grill. But I was determined to stay the course! Seriously.. It is for 20 days not the rest of my life... Right?
At the game, each kid had something different (which I would normally munch off of). Hot dogs, pizza, chicken tenders, fries, cinnamon pecans oh my! Could life be taunting me any more?!?! I sat in the corner (ok not actually in the corner but it felt like the food corner of shame) and ate my delicious peach and when a kid tried to take a piece I about take him out (yea it may have been the birthday boy). Darn it! I was going to enjoy my peach! Back up off kid!
I made it through the weekend successful! I never cheated and I was able to have an amazing dinner of roasted tomato sauce and spaghetti squash as my family had noodles. But I felt amazing! I kept reminding myself that I felt amazing and it is only 20 days. I had a goal of changing my moods, my eating habits and giving my body a break! By the end of the week, I was on the downward slope of the cleanse and I was ready to face the coming 10 days with excitement and enjoyment! (and maybe a bad case of Food FOMO).
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