4:00pm
-egg salad
-chocolate chip cookie

10:00am
-eggs, nuts& seeds

7:00am
-skinny muffin (flax, almond flour, protein powder, egg) with pb&j

7:00am
-shake (spinach, beet, cherry, whey protein, apple cider vinegar)

10:30
-eggs, spinach


2:00pm
-skinny muffin (almond flour, flax, blueberries ) with peanut butter

2:00pm
-eggs, spinach

5:00pm
-peanut butter and blueberries

7:00pm
-cauliflower "mashed potatoes"  and green beans/tomatoes

7:00 am
-shake (spinach, beet, kefir, protein)

9:30am
-skinny muffin (flax, almond flour, blueberries)

11:00am
-mini muffin with frosting. ok those are out of the house now.

Rest of Tuesday

6:00pm
-green beans/tomatoes sauteed and "mashed cauliflour"

6:00am
-shake (spinach, beet, protein, kefir)

9:30 am
-skinny muffin with flax and almond flour and blueberries, with peanut/almond butter

12:00pm
-bite size lemon poppy muffin with frosting

8:00am
-shake (spinach, beet, protein, kefir, apple cider vinegar)

-seeds and nuts

12:00pm
-skinny muffin (flax, almond flour, craisins)

6:30pm
-eggs, spinach

8:30pm
-peach

Yesterday

Friday's finish...

5:00pm
-eggs, peppers, tomatoes casserole with 1/2 of 100 calorie whole bread

10:00pm
mandarin orange
eggs,peppers, tomato casserole

7:00am
-shake (kale, beet, blueberry, kefir, protein, apple cider vinegar)

9:00am
-eggs, peppers, tomatoes casserole

12:00pm
-skinny muffin - flax, almond flour, blueberries, egg, vanilla

5:00pm
-shake (kale, beet, apple, whey protein isolate, apple cider vinegar, kefir)

8:00pm
-ice cream.  Kenzie got a job at DQ.  We had to pick her up.  Only seemed right.

7:00am
-shake (beet, blueberry, kefir, spinach, whey protein isolate)


9:30am
-skinny muffin (flax, almond flour,  blueberries, egg, baking powder)


12:00pm
-egg/pepper/tomato casserole

2:00pm
-egg/pepper/tomato casserole

6:00am
-hot water with 1tsp of ghee dissolved

7:00am
- mung bean soup

10:00am
-flax/almond flour skinny muffin with blue berries inside and almond butter

Did a 24 hour mung bean soup detox.  It went really well.  I felt great.  I feel like that is probably enough, just kinda wanted to get back on track from a couple "sweet tooth" meals that were not on my cheat day.  So I will just add the mung bean soup to my list of foods allowed.  It was easy to make and super nutritious, and pretty tasty too.

mono diet!

I am going to do a 3 day mono diet detox with mung bean soup.  See info below.  Hopefully 3 days.  It's new for me, we'll see.

Mung Bean Soup- Ayurveda’s detox nectar!

January 20, 2011

For a deep cleanse to the body, you can trya mono diet of mung bean soup perhaps after a few days of eating a light vegetarian diet to prepare your body gently. Mung beans are available from health food shops, Indian grocers and sometimes supermarkets. Try and get organic if you can and buy in bulk to reduce costs (though you will save money on this diet, as well as time normally spend preparing food!) They come in whole green variety, split green or split yellow. The whole green is most nutritious.

The soup recipe is highly nutritious and naturally detoxifies the body. It works by cleansing the liver, gall bladder and vascular system of any ama (undigested toxins). If you follow it for a few days you will lose weight, as well as any retained water and feel lighter, clearer and more energised- but you need to have a little willpower initially, though it does tend to get easier day by day.

As this is a powerful detoxification process, pick a time when you are not very busy, and can be less sociable if you feel like it. You can do this diet for anything from one to 7 days, or longer if desired and you are feeling the benefits.  Just try it for one day if you are not sure- and carry on if it feels ok. You could try one day a week, one weekend a month or go for the full 7-10 days to really cleanse the system. Please be aware of detox symptons such as tiredness, irritability, headaches and possible tears- these are all normal aspects of a physical and emotional detox.  NB: Please do not do this fast if you are pregnant, breast feeding, nor suffering from a long-term chronic illness without consulting an Ayurvedic practitioner.

The benefits of a mono-diet of such a light and easily digestible food include:

•    Cleansing the body of toxins and residues (including heavy metals) by cleaning all the body’s subtle channels
•    Corrects digestive fire (or agni)
•    Sharpening the mind, providing tranquillity, energy and vitality
•    Promotes weight loss, reduces swelling and water retention

Some other tips for your detox:

• To help loosen deep seated toxins, drink one or two teaspoons of ghee dissolved in hot water in the early morning on an empty stomach. If you are Vata type, add a pinch of Himalayan rock salt (from health shops), Pitta types should just have plain ghee, and Kapha types a pinch of an Ayurvedic herb called Trikatu, or else a pinch of ginger. This will help the process but you can also do the diet without these herbs- its so simple.
• Throughout the rest of the day eat only mung bean soup and nothing else! You can eat as much as you need to satisfy your appetite, and once the previous meal has been digested. This means leaving 3-4 hours in between each meal, waiting for genuine hunger to appear (not boredom!)
• Make up a fresh batch for each day, re heating only as much as you need for each meal so the meal is as full of prana (energy) as possible. For work and eating out, I find a food thermos works very well if you don’t have a kitchen at work. Buy a large one and you can even fit 3 meals in it for busy days. Try not to use a microwave as these are not very healthy- a subject for a future article.
• If you feel like a little variety, you can also add green leafy vegetables, pumpkin or courgettes to the mung soup, or make a completely vegetable soup and have this for one of the meals per day.
• If you are feeling weak or very hungry you can eat a little brown or white rice with the soup (well cooked) at lunch time.

Ingredients

1 cup whole green mung beans - soaked overnight
2 cup water + 1/2-1 to taste tsp. salt- to cook beans in pressure cooker
2 cup water - to achieve the soup
1 tbsp sunflower oil or ghee
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp hing (known as asafoetida in the West)
1 bay leaf                                                                 
1/2 tsp Turmeric                                                         

1 tsp mixed cumin and coriander powder
11/2 tsp ginger - chopped
1/2 tsp garlic - chopped
1 tsp or to taste Salt
11/2 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp raw sugar cane (optional)
Preparation Time: 45 minutes

Directions

Soak the mung beans overnight in water. Clean and finely grind ginger and garlic. Drain the mung beans, wash them two times and cook in a pressure cooker with the indicated amount of water until tender. It takes around 25 minutes, according to your pressure cooker. (The beans have to be broken.) If you use a regular pot, it will take 40-45 minutes for the beans to be fully cooked. Heat the oil or ghee in a large deep saucepan and add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds pop, add hing, bay leaf, turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger and a pinch of black pepper. Mix well and do not allow to burn. Place the cooked beans with the fresh water and the remaining ingredients into the saucepan. Bring to a boil then simmer for a few minutes more. Add Lemon and Enjoy!

6:00am
-protein and water

7:00am
-eggs with black beans and salsa


almonds

12:00pm
-flax/almond flour skinny muffin with peanut butter

5:00pm
celery and peanut butter

7:00
-shake
kale, kefir, cherry/apple, apple cider vinegar, whey protein

2:00pm
left over gnocci


7:30pm
-green beans with cherry tomatoes

I'm back, been fine with food, but not recording. oops!

5:45am
-protein shake (kefir, beet juice, ice, protein, apple cider vinegar

7:00am
-eggs with black beans and salsa