DAY TWO of the Raw Cleanse Diet

DAY TWO

Breakfast: Almond Chia Pudding with Strawberries
Lunch: Leftover Lettuce Cup
Dinner: Lemon Zuke Soup + Apple & Avo Salad

The "Almond Chia Pudding with Strawberries" for breakfast included: unsweetened almond milk, pitted dates, natural vanilla extract, sea salt, chia seeds (we had to substitute flax seed for this, since I have an inflammatory reaction to chia), raw almonds, and sliced strawberries

See the last post for what was in the "Lettuce Cup"

The "Lemon Zuke Soup" for dinner included: vegetable broth, chopped zucchini, celery, avocado, lemon juice, garlic powder, onion powder, sea salt, and olive oil, with spinach and hemp seeds as a topping. 

The "Apple & Avo Salad" included: 1/2 avocado with 1/2 green apple. The apple was seasoned with lemon juice, minced fresh ginger, sea salt, onion powder, and garlic powder

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What I liked most: Lunch... actually the only meal where I ate the entire thing. I also liked the "apple & avo salad" for dinner. Surprisingly, apple and avocado go great together! Who knew?

What I hated: DINNER. Specifically the "Lemon Zuke Soup". No. It wasn't just the "oh that wasn't the greatest. Let's not have that again" type of dinner. It was "I only had 6 bites and now I'm about to vomit" type. I literally only had 6 bites. I couldn't stomach it. My eyes started to water; my gag reflex was in full force! Just bad. So, so bad.

Breakfast was the "I could do without ever tasting that again" meal. Probably because ours was more of a soup than a pudding. I really hated the strawberries in it too... I don't think those flavors mixed well (for me at least).

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Symptom Tracker: 

My energy level has been extremely low. But, to say it's the diet I think is a bit of a stretch. I've been more sore and tired lately anyways, so it could just be a fluctuation in my overall symptoms -- which probably signifies that this is a great time to be on a cleanse! I also just went off of my methotrexate, leucorvorin calcium, and folic acid, so that could also be a contributing factor.

My lower back is sore tonight. More sore than usual, I'd say. But that had more to do with the fact that I stood up for so long helping my mom to prepare all of the juices for tomorrow, plus I washed dishes, which is always a bad idea.

I learned from the "Autoimmune Secrets" documentary that the brain needs to drain at night, and those of us who don't sleep well tend to keep a lot of the toxins in our brains that we are supposed to be releasing. So, tonight, for healthy brain drainage (??) I placed a drop of Frankincense on my left temple and dragged it across my forehead to the right temple. We'll see what it does!

Also: I can't believe we've only been on the cleanse for two days. Feels like a million years 😂