All in all it was a good experience. Neither of us felt hungry during the cleanse,
although I experienced a different sort of “pang” – my stomach telling me it’s
not used to the foods I've been eating. Where’s
the bread? Where are the cookies?
We were warned by the author to expect some fatigue and
possibly other symptoms as our bodies flushed out the toxins we've been
building up for a while. Ms. Recitas
recommends taking it easy during the cleanse and finding ways to pamper
yourself. And while she didn't explicitly say, “stay close to home,” we found it convenient to do so. All that water we've been drinking had been
doing its job – flushing out the toxins.
Pun intended.
About the menus: I
like the curly-leaf kale better than the lacinato kale, but that’s close to
saying I like being stuck with prickly pear needles better than barrel cactus
needles. OK, not quite that bad, but I
seriously doubt that kale will make it to the “keeper” list of foods we’ll eat
when the twenty day testing protocol is done.
I may not have cooked it enough.
We’ll try again.
And as for Spicy Coco Sauce – I just didn't like it. There.
I said it. I’ll take my kitty
litter plain, thank you very much. I’m
on a pretty short list, though. Per the
author, most plan followers really like it.
We really liked last night’s dinner menu. Who would have thought that baked chicken
with only herbs and orange rind would taste so good? Of course, it may have been that we were
craving meat – but the recipe was really very good. And the roasted vegetables were wonderful.
So far my husband has lost six pounds and I have lost four. Truth be told, I think we both gained exactly
those amounts last weekend on vacation.
We ate many of the foods on the “probably bad” list – and drank beer and
champagne. I expect my weight loss to
significantly taper off as we continue the testing protocol.
Can’t wait to have wine and chocolate tonight!
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