Day 19

Yay!!! 3 days left counting today!  We both feel better, physically and emotionally!  I am excited to add sprouted grain bread so I can have toast. We will add one thing at a time and see how we feel. Headaches have been less as I have only had three since we started...I have found a new way to get rid of them ( ask if you want to know ) its worked the last two times anyway!!! The first headache I took a pill.  We are determined to keep the good habits up that we have learned going through this!

Breakfast:
quinoa with apples & blackberries.

lunch:
Left over veggies and guacamole and dates! love dates!

Supper:
Lentils with spaghetti sauce and green beans with garlic and green chile's

Day 18

No pill last night!! yeaaa!

Breakfast:
Quinoa and apple

Lunch:
Green Lentils with Tomato "sauce"   I like the orange lentils better. But this was good too.

Supper:

veggies with guacamole and warm tomato "spaghetti sauce"

Day 17

Haven't been good about keeping up on here!
Supper:
Homemade noodle bowl!! Delicious!!

Day 16

Breakfast:
Blueberry pancake with peaches.

Day 15

Breakfast:
quinoa with apples and blackberries...
banana snack at work.
Hard to say no to all the pancakes, bacon and sausage at work!! But I didn't cheat!!

Lunch:
Left over veggies on lentils...cleaning up the fridge before buying new produce!

Supper:
homemade taco seasoning on quinoa topped with tomatoes and a bit of salsa wrapped in a leaf! haha forgot what kind of leaf!  and sweet potato

Day 14

Supper:
Yummy stir-fry veggies on quinoa with amino acids for soy sauce.

Day 13

Slept till 3:45 without waking up! And my headache stayed away! So we'll see if that happens again next time...We are feeling better physically and emotionally too!! So thankful we are doing this.

Breakfast: SP complete shake with spinach, carrot, banana and watermelon. Quinoa and supplements

Lunch:
Lentils with "spaghetti" sauce, cucumber and green bean "pickles". No picture

Supper:
Cucumber and green bean "pickles"  Sweet potato, zucchini, yellow squash, jalapeno, onion stir-fried a bit in olive oil.  Still hungry so had a romaine and tomato salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.  SP complete in water and supplements

Day 12

Breakfast:
Warm quinoa with apples and blackberries. SP complete in water and supplements

Lunch:

Baby lettuce, beets, shredded carrots, basil, mint and bean sprouts with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. No picture at work.

Supper:
Kale chips, zucchini, cucumber, yellow & red pepper, avocado,tomato and mango salsa.

Tired tonight...slight forehead achy. Nothing like my migraines!! Helped it without meds! yeaa

Day 11

Missed recording day 10...oops!

Day 11 we are allowed to add grass fed organic meat. I didn't have the desire too so I didn't.
I actually don't really miss the meat too much....unless I really start thinking about it....like a roast with potatoes and gravy! haha   But it's more the gravy that I miss than the meat! lol
Back to work today so the learning curve of packing lunches eating this way.

Breakfast:
SP complete shake with blueberries, carrot, banana,spinach and supplements

Lunch:
No picture. Lentils with spaghetti sauce left overs. Watermelon snack on break. Two dates.

Supper:
Sweet potato, beets baby lettuce, basil and bean sprouts with olive oil and "pickled" cucumber and green beans in ACV dressing.

Feeling really good, except a really full/bloated feeling....kinda wondering if it is a food combining issue or ??? Or maybe it's just toxins still trying to clear out!?

Day 9

Woke up early again and couldn't go back to sleep. My brain kicked in gear and that was that. lol

Breakfast:
I made blueberry muffins out of the purification cookbook. Pretty sure we are allowed to have them even during the 21 days. They were pretty good. Most of all they satisfied the muffin craving! also had pineapple, SP complete in water and supplements.

Lunch:
Lentils with tomato spaghetti sauce. It's warm and this is one of our favorites! Plus eating up all the leftovers, avocado and jalapeno's. We both really liked this lunch!

Supper:
We had a really good salad with arugula and shredded carrots with lemon dressing! Forgot to take a picture!

Snack tonight!
"Ice cream shake" made out of frozen banana, tiny bit of vanilla and coconut milk. Not too bad! Feels like a treat!

Day 8

Slept til 4:15 with out waking up in the night!! yeaaaa!! That is so good for me!!

We get to take less supplement now. I'm getting good at swallowing pills!

Breakfast:
SP complete in water, supplements and warm quinoa with 1/2 and apple, orange and blackberries. With a tad of butter. This was amazing!! yum

Lunch:
Veggie "chips" with tomato and mango salsa! The salsa was really good too! I was dreaming of corn chips with this!

Supper:
Leftover spaghetti sauce that we had with the rotten zucchini noodles! Bleck!! This time we had it on lentils!! It was really really good! Forget the veggie noodles!! with baked sweet potato chips.
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Feeling really good today...still have some cravings but this is growing our self discipline!
I did suck on and eat one Frito this afternoon🤣! haha! mmmmm!

Day 7

Breakfast:
SP shake with spinach, blueberries, and blackberries. Plum and supplements

Lunch:
Yummy soup with this pepper from the farmers market not sure what kind!? onion, celery, carrots, green beans, left over quinoa, water, seasonings and basil. Very good and spicy. Tomato wedges and cucumber with ACV dressing.

Supper:
Too bloated to eat...felt fine though! Probably the pepper!! LOL  I did eat a little more soup and I cheated and had 2 pretzels! No shake or supplements tonight.  OOPS!  Went to bed kinda hungry!

Day 6

Felt kinda ornery again this morning but after eating it helped. Felt good the rest of the day! Oh! and I slept until 4am again!! I don't crave meat..except maybe a hamburger..the things I crave are: gravy, cornbread, toast, crackers and muffins. This hasn't been an easy thing to do....but it seems to be getting a little easier...The first 3-4 days were challenging for sure! We are so glad we are doing it!!

Breakfast:
SP Complete, supplements, cantaloupe, and an orange.

Lunch:
A huge yummy salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and 1/2 C. of Quinoa

Supper:
SP complete, Supplements, Sweet potato, 1/4 C quinoa and ACV cucumbers

Our snacks:

We LOVE dates!! It is amazing how they satisfy our sweet tooth!! I think our taste buds have changed just a bit because we never really liked them before!

D has lost 7 lbs.
I have lost 4 lbs.  Weird because we eat a lot!

Day 5

Feeling pretty normal today!  Even slept til 4am!  Had a fun day in the mountains too.

Breakfast:
SP shake with banana and pear...little bit of spring lettuce

Lunch:
A nice big salad at a salad bar...they even had a "Vegan" dressing so we didn't have to cheat! Supplements

Supper:
Sweet Potato, asparagus, Quinoa and ACV cucumbers with jalapenos, SP complete in water.
Supplements

Day 4

Feeling edgy...might say a little ornery! BUT, we are headed out to have a fun good day! I know that is a symptom of detox.
Breakfast:
SP shake with spring mix lettuce, blueberries and a banana. It was good! whew!

I would like toast with cheese and an egg! oh! and banana bread with a big glass of cold milk please!  👍😇 Tasting a little something like metal in my mouth...eww.

Lunch:
Had a nice big salad out to eat. Salads always taste better out!

Snack:
Watermelon

Supper:
Slammed SP complete in a little bit of water! Worked great this time!
Cucumbers, green beans with ACV dip. Supplements

Day 3

All is going well! 
So much to learn! Doing a ton of research too! I need to learn more about food combination...which foods go best together. I have decided to have a SP complete shake for breakfast and lunch with fresh fruit and veggies for snacks.  (The shakes are easier to digest so doing 2/day during the cleanse is probably a good idea.) And then eat a plate or bowl of something for supper. 
Breakfast:
Pumpkin Pie Shake:
1 banana
1 C. Organic Pumpkin
two scoops of SP complete
pinch of ginger and cinnamon

with a side of supplements🙋

 Should have sprinkled extra cinnamon on top to pretty-tize it! oh well, next time! 
Whip cream would be great on it!! Guess I'll have to pass on that!
It is pretty good.

Had leftovers for Lunch: Veggie burrito without the wrap. Didn't enjoy it as much as the first time.

Supper: Veggie spaghetti:
The sauce is amazing as I have a good recipe and made it from fresh ingredients! The noodles....
well, yuck...I am sick of zuchinni ....ugh!! I couldn't even finish it..and couldn't even drink my SP shake. But Dan really liked it! LOL   ugh...even looking at the picture it is gross! Ha!

Day 2

Feeling pretty good...slept okay, still woke and laid awake around 3. Woke up with my normal achy neck and the normal feeling of not sleeping well. 

Physical affects are not really noticeable yet! Maybe just a tiny tad bit of a normal headache...but compared to mine, it's a piece of cake to deal with! 

Breakfast:
I felt like chewing food instead of a shake so I had 1/2 banana, 1 orange 5 cherry tomatoes and 1/2 C. Quinoa. I'm not a huge fan of that but it taste SO GOOD now, I think because it is warm!  The SP complete I just put in water and plugged my nose and slammed it! GROSS! I gagged. Way better in a smoothie!! Green tea decaf and supplements. 

When we got home from church we needed something!!!!! So we ate a couple of dates! Yummy! It was crazy how it tasted really good and was very satisfying for the sweet craving!  I tried a fig but didn't care for it....I had to google how to eat one! LOL  I like fig newtons though! Ha!
Lunch:
Veggie burrito!
Saute veggies, wrapped in a big collard green. Seasoned with sea salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and cumin. These were really good too! Again something warm.  Cauliflower, broccoli, beets (won't put beets in next time they turn everything pink!), onion, jalapeno, zucchini and quinoa. With guacamole on the side! Supplements
I really missed beans in it so that will be nice when we can have those again!

Some cravings are:

Biscuits and gravy

Crackers

Corn chips

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The cleanse!

Standard Process Organic Farms 
We have decided to do a 21 day cleanse! Fun and not so fun! We just feel sluggish and achy joints. I have about 3 migraines a week (with a few good spurts now and then) but am super thankful for medicine that gave me my quality of life back. Although I would like if somehow I could get off of them. We will see! Thought I would blog about our (mostly mine) experience for our record and for anyone interested in hearing about it! 

The Standard Process 21 day cleanse.
I am not promoting this product at all...just sharing our experience.

Day 1
Feeling a little bit nervous about starting this but here we go!
Breakfast:
Banana, blueberry, strawberry and SP complete smoothie, Plus the supplements.
Not as bad as I thought it would be! Actually enjoyed it. 
No photo
Lunch:
Spinach, yellow pepper, carrot, jalapeno salad with Apple cider vinegar, olive oil, oregano and pepper dressing.(ACV dressing) And sweet potato chips! yummy! Plus supplements

Supper:
Kale, pineapple, pear and SP shake with romaine, cucumber yellow peppers and carrot salad and Quinoa.

Snack:
Peach
Feeling fine!