Happy New Year = Fasting and Detox!

So the last 7 days have been a wonderful binge of truly horrible food! A cheat week if you will. I ate almost everything I have eliminated from my diet. Fast food and sweets. Gluten and Sugar. This one time during the year I consumed anything and everything.

Most likely this will be the last year I indulge like this for a full week. I didn't really like it as much as I thought I would. As I ate everything my brain was screaming to stop. And of course the physical effects started. Constipation, acne, cravings and more. So January 1st starts a 21 day detox and fasting program.

The first 11 days will be a Green Smoothie/Juicing fast along with a colon cleanse. 3 days of smoothies followed by 5 days of juicing concluding with another 3 days of smoothies. The next 10 days will consist mostly of raw veggies mixed with smoothies/juice.

Once the 21 day detox is over my diet will involve eating only between 12pm and 6pm. Two days of the week I will limit myself to only 600 calories. Fish, one day a week. Chicken/Pork/Beef, two days a week.

Exercise will include daily Yoga and walking/running. Abs and Strength training alternating. Waking up at 8am and sleeping by 12am. Water and Teas will be used as snacks and a sleep/stress aid. I will be posting my daily progress just in case anyone wants to try this some day.


Resources:

http://paleomg.com/category/sugardetox/

http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/mean-green-juice/

http://life.gaiam.com/article/10-ways-detoxify-your-body

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-ozs-3-day-detox-cleanse-one-sheet

Merry Christmas!

Homemade Easy Sushi!

Create easy sushi by using tortilla's or wraps. I used a gluten free spinach tortilla. 

Hot Chili Nori

Smoked Salmon

Guacamole

Cucumber Dill Greek Yogurt

Cucumber

Drizzled with Ginger Vinaigrette 

This made a wonderful Spicy Salmon Roll!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Dinner

Roasted Dry Brine Turkey with Fresh Sage/Rosemary/Oregano butter rub.

Healthier Cornbread Stuffing made with Gluten Free Cornbread 

Sweet Potato Gratin

Paleo Gravy

Pecan Pie Tart with Coconut Cream and Chocolate Sauce

Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Cranberry Brown Butter Sauce

Carrot Souffle

First Snow 11-25 2013

Unexpected snow is the best!

Turkey Invaders!

So we have this group of wild turkey's walk our neighborhood all the time.

There have been as many as 10 walking around in a group.

But this time of year I always think, why doesn't someone kill one!

Today they swarmed this poor house. Turkey season apparently hasn't started yet.

App Spotlight

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I just found this app yesterday. So far its great. It has

• Quick and easy food logging
• Access to our library of hundreds of educational articles and challenges — all intelligently assigned by the Coach.
• Reminders and Notifications.
• Pedometer and GPS tracking.
• Group Support and more.

You can go Pro for around $10 a month to add a recipe library, waist measurement tracking and more challenges. The more you do the more you level! You gain levels the closer you get to your goal which I find appealing.