I know, I know, I know. I havent been here, in like… well, Forever! But I have been busy, and quite frankly, I have nothing to say about “divorce” contemplating changing the name of my blog all together, because blogging about divorce just doesn’t even make sense anymore.
So, I have been busy! All kinds of things: school, work, volunteer stuff, travel, and of course… Miel. We are doing awesome, and I’m really happy. I love spending time with him and I always have a great time when we are together. However! We have spent so much of our time eating out over the last several months, that both of us feel a little bogged down by a few extra pounds, and want to get in better shape for spring. We decided… to do a fast! Now this is not one of those “lemonade” diets or anything like that. Quite honestly we are both considered thin and our doctors would never recommend us “losing” weight. Getting in better shape? Of course! Anyone could benefit from that, but 5 pounds lost on either one of us would be plenty. So we have decided to do a juice and soup fast. Since we basically made up our own diet, and make our own rules, we get to decide what we can and can’t have for 7 days. *I also made the pledge that if I have not lost my mind by day 7, I will continue this fast an additional 7. So far, here are the rules:
*NO Solid food, (This apparently only applies to me. Miel is eating only fruit, and nuts as part of solid food and usually only as a light snack)
*Completely cut back on alcohol (He is doing much better with this that me!)
*Cut back on caffeine but not eliminate completely, for example, I am only drinking 1 Cup of coffee per day and no other caffeine drinks. Only water for beverages the rest of the day, and a bourbon at night (with water!) LOL
*Morning/Breakfast: a smoothie, or a homemade juice
*Lunch: Soup!
*Dinner: Soup!
So, here are some of the recipes I used, and the things I have consumed during this diet so far:
Yesterday: Day One:
*Fresh Juice for breakfast: Apple, Carrot, Ginger & Spinach
*Lunch: Tomato Soup (This was an organic low sodium soup I picked up from the store)
*Snack: 1/2 an organic strawberry smoothie
*Dinner: Homemade black bean soup (recipe to follow)
Today: Day two:
*Homemade smoothie for breakfast: 1/2 frozen banana, 3 strawberries, splash of Almond Milk, 1/2 cup organic rolled oats, splash of homemade apple juice and a tiny squeeze of honey. This was definitely an energy smoothie! I did some yoga and stretching shortly after and felt great!
*Lunch: Homemade Avacado Soup with a mashed sweet potato plan. I guess this would be considered solid food, but I have a 15 hour day today and I know I will need something additional to push me through
*Dinner… Soup! Not sure what kind yet!
Recipes:
So Last night with the help of the blender, I was able to make 5 different soups rather quickly and get them individually packaged and into the fridge for us to grab and go. Here is my favorite so far:
Avacado Soup:
2 Avacados
3 Cloves Garlic
1 C Water
1/4 C Olive Oil
1 Small onion chopped
Salt and Pepper
*Squeeze of Lime if you have it, or also some cilantro would be good
Dump it all in the blender and blend until smooth, heat and serve
