Good morning my friends! It is a gloomy day and I am waiting for the forecasted rain to begin. Today is the day... Day 1 of my cleanse. I am ready to go. Yesterday I made a delicious simple pumpkin/carrot soup for today. So easy to make and very tasty.
Pumpkin/Carrot Soup
1 small baking pumpkin (about 4 cups)
3 large carrots
1 tbsp coconut oil
Spices to taste
Peel pumpkin and carrots and slice into chunks about 1 inch in size.
Add chunks and spices (I used 1 tsp parsley and 1 tsp cilantro) to 2 cups boiling water or vegetable broth and cover.
Allow to cook until they become tender but not mushy.
Turn off heat and let soak until cool.
Place all into blender and purée until smooth. Salt and pepper to taste.
About 250 calories for 5 servings.
Okay.. So I woke up at 5am to a puppy with a tummy ache. He was whimpering like crazy so I got up to soothe him. Made a pot of coffee for the boyfriend who had to work early today. I had thought about skipping my coffee fix this morning but ended up having a cup. Tasted darn good I might add.
It is 8:43am and I am ready for my first juice.
I opted to use up some of the stock I have in the fridge before making my own juices. Not ideal but I hate to waste it. 150 calories per bottle. Tastes really good. One of my favorite go to juices. It has beet, pineapple, and apple in it. 12 ounces of Yummy!
9:53am I finished my first juice and filled the bottle up with 12 ounces of water and 1 tbsp lemon juice for flavor. Still feeling good. So far I am not hungry but would kill for another cup of coffee. Lol
12:34pm just woke up from a nap with a killer headache. Wowza!!!! Juice number 2 is really tasty too..
Orange +carrot juice. Orange, Apple, lemon, carrot and acerola. Another of my go to juices. This one is 120 calories for 5.5 ounces. I drank half the bottle and decided to have some pumpkin soup instead.
1:02pm. Savory pumpkin soup. Recipe is at the top of this post.
I am having 1.5 servings for 75 calories.
2:05pm I just finished another 16 ounces of water followed by a hot cup of peppermint tea. Slight upset tummy and the peppermint tea made it all better.
3:22pm and my busy schedule starts. Just had a stick of smoked string cheese. 80 calories.
I am going to be out and about for the rest of the day so I made a big bowl of salad to take with me. I also have my master cleanse juice wih me. See post before this one for the recipe I use. I made this one very weak. I made it for 8 ounce serving but used 16 ounces of water instead. Mainly for the cayenne and flavor not calorie intake.
6:21pm my salad tasted sooooooo good. I estimate it was around 210 calories. It was spinach,kale and cabbage based with shredded carrots, onions and zucchini topped with a squeeze of lemon juice and a drizzle of olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste. I drank all my master cleanse already. That was 205 calories. I am working on a 16 ounce bottle of water right now. Chillin at the park. Can't wait to get back home to the doggies....
I just realized I am way under my goal calories for the day. Might have to make a nice juice when I get home. Maybe a nice refreshing watermelon juice. An almond mylk would be heavenly as well. Hmmmmm
9:20pm. Home sweet home... I caved in and had an Organo Gold Mocha about 5 minutes ago. Not on the cleanse but soooo tasty. 130 calories
Starting weight 183.6
Calories 970
