Mmmmm...Green Smoothies!!! (Like anyone cares!)

You Are a Green Smoothie

You are a conscientious, health oriented person. You like fresh, whole foods. You have an open mind about life. You enjoy all sorts of things, and you're not picky. In fact, you believe the best things in life tend to be underrated or a bit intimidating. You are bold and daring. You enjoy taking risks and living life to the fullest.

What Flavor Smoothie Are You?

Detox, Day 1

So the roommates and I, in an attempt to clean out our internals from all of that holiday eating and merriment, have decided to embark on a detox of sorts for a week to see how it goes. Fruits and Veggies, and needed supplements for functioning. I'm also detoxing from caffeine and alcohol for a week, so we shall see how that goes.

Day One, so far:

Glass of filtered water

Breakfast: Delightful smoothie made from just about every piece of fruit in our fridge. (blueberries, cranberries (frozen), kiwi, and flaxseed)

Snack: Banana, Tangerine (about an hour apart)

Lunch: Grapefruit

Snack: Cup of camomille tea

Dinner: Steamed vegetables (kale, brocolli, carrots, cabbage, spinach) and a little bit of overly spicy cabbage and beet soup prepared with way too much cayenne pepper and garlic earlier this week. Five glasses of filtered water and a cup of peach detox yogi brand tea.

So far, no serious symptoms or withdrawls. We'll see how this goes folks. We really do need a better way to prepare veggies, but we can't use oil or salt, so they were rather bland.

I'm looking forward to another smoothie tomorrow, maybe a pear/parsley/kiwi combo that comes recommended. And I think I need to bring more fruit for lunch, or maybe cut it all and make a yummy fruit salad.

Later tonight I'll do my liver detox drops with filtered water and maybe another cup of tea. I really think too that I need to eat more in the morning, because I was hungry ALL day. Later in the week we can add miso soup and plain yogurt, so maybe that will help too. And I keep thinking about the quantity of the things I'm eating, but I can and should eat more of the fruit at lunch, becuase there isn't a limit on the allowed foods.

I'm going to try to post what I eat tomorrow as well as how I feel.

Stay tuned.

A Pain in the Ass

I apologize if this post is a little too graphic for those out there that are faint of heart. Stop reading now. If you really want to know, I've been suffering with an unusual pain on the bottom of my spine where it meets my ass. I have no idea what it is, but I do know that it is incredibly painful to sit for long periods of time, and drive. So it's been a literal and metaphorical pain in the ass. Worst thing is...I have the Ameri-insurance for ONE MORE WEEK. Which means I am googling symptoms that I can't do anything about until my Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN insurance kicks in August 1. WebMD tells me I either have a Pilonidal Cyst or I pulled a muscle in my hi-nee. But it doesn't actually tell me what do do about it. There needs to be another website for that. Anyone ever have one of these? Tips, advice, off-color comments welcome...as always.