Cereal 4 Supper

I didn’t do so great yesterday.  I took the boys to a birthday party in the morning where they had lunch, and I had a few pieces of fruit.  We stopped by Applebees to say hi to Mom, and I was really hungry by then.  Mom gave me part of her salad, which had a little bit of cheese and chicken on it.  I didn’t have an opportunity to go to the store, and I had very few vegetables left.  I ended up eating butternut squash soup for supper and a shake later on in the evening–not much to go off for the day.

I did look through a lot of my cookbooks last night and have a plan for the upcoming week.

• eggplant pizza
• chili corn salad
• ratatouille
• tomato/avocado salad
• artichoke/rice salad

Day 9 almost over. I would strongly recommend not going out to eat with others while you are on this program. We went to TGIFridays this evening. I had a side of rice and vegetables–neither we’re particularly good. W had ribs, and E had macaroni and cheese. Yum.

I wish I could say that I have had major benefits from the program. So far I really haven’t noticed much difference–maybe a little bit of more energy in the evenings.

First day of the Green Food supplement. Nothing significant to report. Also continued to use the dairy free powder today for shakes.

Day 7 almost done. Today was the last day of the SP supplements. My order of the dairy free protein mix also arrived today, so we will see if that makes any difference.

I picked out a few veggie recipes to make this weekend which should help. The sugar cravings have been reduced, but I’m still looking for a snack around 2:30. It was carrots today. Not terribly satisfying I have to say.

Also, I would strongly recommend not opening up the capsules and putting the contents in water to drink. I tried that on the second day and regretted it. My throat felt like it was being scalded. The pain did subside with several drinks of water, but I will NOT be doing that again.

It is 9:34 p.m. and I am so hungry.  I don’t think I am eating enough on this program.  I’ve really got to bump up the vegetable and water intake.  It didn’t help any that I didn’t really get a lunch today and so the timing of all of my meals was messed up.  Tomorrow is the last day of the SP Cleanse supplements, and then I switch to Green Food.

Nothing too exciting to report.  Don’t feel awful; don’t feel fabulous.

Another day down today.  I just got back from the store with more vegetables.  It’s been a long time since I was a vegetarian, and I’m a bit out of practice making veggie dishes.  My afternoon smoothie mixture was much better today–pear, banana, and a dash of nutmeg.  I still get a strong urge for some sweet treat around 2:00-2:30.  I think I am going to make an extra shake and bring that to have at that time instead of the carrots I’ve been crunching.  I feel fine–no headache today.

I talked to friend today to who has done the program, and she said she didn’t experience any major benefits until the second week.

I am drinking, or should I say chewing, my afternoon smoothie.  Orange, carrots, and banana; it’s not much of a smooth smoothie.  No headache today, which was nice.  Honestly though, I haven’t felt much of a difference from my pre-purification days yet.  No extra burst of energy, no glowing skin, nothing too exciting yet.  Maybe I am extra full of toxins, and it will take awhile to get them out.  I still have a drippy nose.  I ordered the dairy free version of the protein powder today to see if that makes a difference.  Seventeen more days to go….

Another hard day today.  Have had a headache all day.  Tired.  Craving everything–eggs, peanut butter, candy, a hamburger, yogurt, cheese.  Hope I feel better tomorrow.

Today was harder.  I got hungry around 2:00 p.m. and had to fight off the urge to eat something sweet.  Even now, I would love a bite of Halloween candy!

I started the Standard Process Purification Program today.  I can eat as many fruits and vegetables as I like but no processed foods, nuts, or dairy.  There are supplements as well as a shake to drink for protein.  I can also eat a small amount of lentils or brown rice each day.  The program is 21 days, and on the 11th day, I can eat some lean protein like fish or chicken.

Not too bad today although I had to catch myself a number of times reaching for a snack of something sweet.  If nothing else, the program really makes you very conscious of what goes in your body.  For me, it has already made me realize how much unconscious/eating out of boredom I have been doing.  It has also made me think more about what I am feeding the kids.

We’ll see how it goes.  I imagine there will be some ups and downs during the process.