Detox--Day Forty Five

Breakfast
11:00 Shake
Puffed millet, cashew butter, and honey

I'd been up helping Hubby get the two older cherubs ready to go to their cousin's wrestling match, then folding laundry, and answering a few emails. It's not unusual for me to get absorbed in other things and forget to eat. :-P My youngest enjoyed the puffed millet, too, but I put too much honey in hers and she couldn't finish it.

Lunch
1:00 Shake
This is the last shake I'll be taking.

Snack
Finished my puffed millet from this morning.

Dinner
6:00
Turkey soup, garlic, parsley, marjoram, and rice
Mary's Gone Crackers (organic wheat/gluten free herb) brown rice, quinoa, brown flax seeds, brown sesame seeds, garlic, herbs, wheat-free tamari (soybeans, salt, alcohol), sea salt

Water: 123456
Activity: Walked 40 minutes with my neighbor under slippery, but sunny and windy, conditions. About 40 min later, Mister Poochie and I headed over to the park and walked an hour in the snow on the trails. :-)

Detox--Day Forty Four

Breakfast
9:00 Shake

Lunch
12:30 Shake
Turkey

Dinner
5:00 Shake
Potato Soup--potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, garlic, and rice flour
Salmon Pinwheels
White Pistachio Cranberry Bark (NOT approved for on a detox :-P)

Snack
Turkey

Water: 12345678+
Activity: None

Detox--Day Forty Three

Brunch
11:15 Shake with 1/2 Sustain, 1/2 Ultra Clear Plus
I'm out of Sustain, so for the remainder of the detox, shakes will be made with Ultra Clear Plus.
Sweet potato casserole (sweet potatoes, maple syrup, walnuts, olive oil) and Quinoa Waffles with maple syrup.

Dinner
5:15 Shake
Salmon, onions, olive oil, avocado

Water: 1234???
Activity: None

Detox--Day Forty Two

Breakfast
10:00 Shake

Lunch
12:30 Shake

Dinner
5:30 Shake
Turkey, sweet potato casserole (sweet potatoes, maple syrup, walnuts, olive oil, and butter), rice stuffing (rice, celery, onions, sidepork, turkey drippings) and homemade cranberry sauce (cranberries and maple syrup)

Water: 1234???
Activity: None

Detox--Day Forty One

Breakfast
8:30 Shake

Lunch
11:50 Shake
Cheeseballs, GF crackers, homemade parsley dip, sip of sweet cherry wine

Dinner
Didn't record...

Water: 123
Activity: None

Detox--Day Forty

Breakfast
8:30 Shake

Lunch
11:50 Shake

Snacked on turkey, sweet potato casserole (sweet potatoes, maple syrup, walnuts, olive oil, and butter), rice stuffing (rice, celery, onions, sidepork, turkey drippings) and homemade cranberry sauce (cranberries and maple syrup). Guess this was dinner! :-P



Water: 123?
Activity: None

Detox--Day Thirty Nine

Breakfast
10:00 Shake with Ultra Clear Plus and Ultra Balance Protein

Lunch
12:30 Shake
I finished up all the Ultra Balance Protein, so I will be using Unipro Perfect Protein for the remainder of the detox.

Snack
Smoked salmon
Unfortunately, I wasn't thinking as I was picking at this while making hors d'oeuvres for Christmas Eve Day.

Dinner
5:00 Shake

Water: 12345678
Activity: Walked 35 min in -2F with my neighbor and her dog. I wouldn't be walking in this cold weather without them!!! :-)

Detox--Day Thirty Eight

Breakfast
8:00 Shake with Ultra Clear Sustain and Unipro Protein
1 Quinoa Waffle and maple syrup, see recipe below

Our church's youth group (which two of our children are involved in, as is my hubby) had a pancake breakfast fundraiser going on, this morning. So, as they were preparing for their breakfast at church, I was making my favorite gluten-free waffles as a treat for me at home! As you can tell by my posts, I'm not really much of a breakfast eater after the shake which pretty much fills me up. (So do the glasses of water!) But your nutrition is all in the shake and easily digested, so that's all good. :-)

Lunch
1:40 Shake with Ultra Clear Sustain and Unipro Protein
2 Quinoa Waffles with maple syrup

Dinner
5:00 Shake with Ultra Clear Sustain and Unipro Protein

I was making cheeseballs for Christmas and had to taste both versions I made of them after accidentally shaking too much garlic salt in one of them. Of course I had to make sure I got the other one right since I can't count on anyone else's taste buds but my own. :-} Soooo, I (cringe!) ate some sour cream, cream cheese, scallions, dried onions, Canadian bacon, cheese, garlic salt, gluten-free Worchshire sauce, parsley, cayanne pepper, and walnuts. I was making these balls right before running out the door to go to our daughter's high school orchestra concert.

This recipe for Quinoa Waffles is from The Complete Food Allergy Cookbook by Marilyn Gioannini:

3/4 C Quinoa flour
Baking Powder
Cinnamon
Apple juice (I used cider)
Oil (I used olive oil)
Honey
1 Apple, grated

Water: 1234???
Activity: None

Detox--Day Thirty Seven

Breakfast
9:00 Shake
Puffed Millet, cashew butter, and honey

Lunch
1:40 Shake
Salmon, garlic, sesame oil

Snack
2 Kiwi

Snack
Fresh cranberries, cilantro, red onions (raw), apple, lime zest, red pepper
1 Black olive

Today was a bit strange. We spent the morning vacuuming and then shampooing the carpets. I've heard good and bad things about doing the wet shampoo because of allergies..., but we've done it for years and were always glad we did it. then we quickly went shopping before caroling with the teens in our church, ringing the bell for the Salvation Army for two hours at Mega Foods. But wait, there's more! The Youth Group then had games, a meal, wreath decorating for a silent auction tomorrow at church (which, DV, will take place at the teen's fundraising pancake breakfast), and then a gift exchange. I hadn't planned to stay past the caroling, so I didn't bring my shake along.

Dinner
10:00 Shake

Water: 12345678
Activity: Cleaning? Caroling???

Detox--Day Thirty Six

Breakfast
9:00 Shake

Lunch
2:00 Shake
Raw cashews

Dinner
5:00 Shake
Grilled lamb chops
Sauteed mushrooms with olive oil

Snack
Puffed millet, cashew butter, honey, and cinnamon

Water: 12345?
Activity: Ummm, shopping with my hubby all afternoon??? :-P
I'm glad--my doc says the inflammation in my neck is not bad at all--that the detox is really helping it! :-)

Detox--Day Thirty Five

Breakfast
9:00 Shake
Crispy Rice Snakes

Lunch
12:30 Shake
Salmon, onions, and sesame oil
Jicama

Dinner
5:00 Shake
Black Bean Soup, onions, jicama, olive oil, garlic, and cumin

Water: 12345?
Activity: Nothing

Detox--Thirty Four

Breakfast
8:00 Shake
Crispy Rice Snacks

Lunch
2:30 Shake
Avocado, smoked (salted) salmon
Crispy Rice Snacks

Dinner
6:30 Shake
Mary's Gone Crackers (organic wheat/gluten free herb) brown rice, quinoa, brown flax seeds, brown sesame seeds, garlic, herbs, wheat-free tamari (soybeans, salt, alcohol), sea salt

Water: 123456+
Activity: Running around the school for an hour doesn't count... . :-P
My doc says the inflammation in my neck has improved and is not bad at all because the detox is working to keep it down! :-) I was a little worried because I normally have to take Inflaguard on a daily basis. I'm supposed to stay away from as much "stuff" as possible so the detox will work better. The first time I did a detox, I had to be on a lot of herbals, which is much better than trying to detox using traditional meds.

Detox--Day Thirty Three

Breakfast
10:40 Shake
Raw cashews
This morning, I got carried away working on yearbook. You know the scenario: you're only going to quickly look at something, get absorbed in it, then realize a few hours have already gone by!!!

Lunch
1:30 Shake

Dinner
5:oo Shake
Salmon, sesame oil, onions, and garlic

Snack
Crispy Rice Snacks--look below for ingredients and recipe
A few (salted) pistachios

I find it easiest to modify recipes I already use than to follow new ones, but often modify ones I find as well, out of necessity. Forget asking about the ones I make up--I take after my grandmother, great aunts, and cousins (who drove me nuts, at first) when they'd say, "a pinch of this" (more like a handful, in some cases!), or "you'll know when it looks just right (color/consistency)--there, like that, see?".

I had bought Arrowhead Mills Puffed Millet for making this very treat, but couldn't find the recipe anywhere. :-P For this part of the detox, you're not supposed to consume rice (I also have a mild intolerance to it, as does my son, which is rare). I bought the organic puffed rice for Butterscotch Crunchies to make for our company at Christmas, and when I saw this recipe on the back of the box, was ecstatic--it's almost the same recipe I had for the puffed millet! (I also subbed the puffed rice in the place of cornflakes for the Butterscotch Crunchies.)

Modified Crispy Rice Snacks

1/2 C Cashew Butter (this in the place of peanut butter)
1/2 C Honey
1/2 C Nuts, chopped--I used pistachios, and only a few
2 C Erewhon Crispy Brown Rice Cereal
(I forgot to use 1/2 t vanilla extract and 1/2 t cinnamon, but it tastes just fine this way. The other recipe I have doesn't use either of these ingredients, nor does it use the nuts.)

In a bowl, mix the cashew butter and honey. Gently stir in puffed rice 'til cereal is coated well. Keep hands wet and a bowl of water where you are working. Form walnut-sized balls out of mixture, and place on lightly oiled cookie sheet or wax paper. Allow to harden. Store in an air tight container.

Variation: Use Arrowhead Mills Puffed Millet in place of puffed rice.

Enjoy!


Water: 1234567+
Activity: None

Detox--Day Thirty Two

I've been up and (barely) at 'em since 7:15. Youngest child was feeling sick from GERD. I didn't realize she ate spaghetti for lunch at the church's pot luck the day before! Poor kid! I was too busy taking pics for our interm pastor's farewell gathering, and couldn't eat anything, including what we brought, 'cept for the shake. It usually fills me up, so I was fine. :-)

There are two favorite gluten-free recipes in my GF cookbooks I've been looking for that can be used during a detox. They are both hard to find, so I had written them out on recipe cards, but I didn't look through them since those got moved to a less convenient location other than the kitchen, for some silly reason. :-P

Breakfast
10:45 Shake

Lunch
1:00 Shake
Chicken

Dinner
5:40 Shake with Ultra Clear Plus--the Sustain was beginning to make me constipated. :-P May try it, again, toward the end of the detox.
Chicken soup with quinoa, mushrooms, garlic, ginger, parsley, and marjoram
I use a lot of garlic for two main reasons: I love it, and it replaces salt really well. :-)

Water: 12345678+
Activity: Walked 35 min in maybe 0F. The wind chill factor was earlier reported at -35F to -40F. :-P

Detox--Day Thirty One

Breakfast
8:30 Shake
Strawberries

Lunch
12:00 Shake

Dinner
6:00 Shake

Water: 1234
Activity: Nothing much :-P

Detox--Day Thirty

Breakfast
10:00 Shake using Ultra Clear Sustain
I was never able to use the Sustain, but since it was given to me to try..., I wanted to see how it would be tolerated.
My face feels like it's going to explode--weather related. My pain levels, however, have not increased, more than likely thanks to the detox! :-)

Lunch
1:30 Shake

Snack
Smoked salmon--Lots of salt in it which is a big no-no, but I was hungry and was out with the girls so they could get their hair cut for Locks of Love.
Cashew Butter
1 smidgen of fresh pineapple

Dinner
5:30 Shake
Salmon, Sesame oil, and onions

Snack
Strawberries

Water: 12345+
Activity: None

Detox--Day Twenty Nine

Breakfast
10:00 Shake
I've been up-and-at-'em since 6:30, this morning, and was even doing the encouraging,"Keep running after the bus and she'll see you and stop!" bit from the door to my frantic son. It was -8F at that time!!! Oldest child was already standing at the corner and was picked up, thankfully, unlike on Tuesday when she was running after the bus and son wasn't even out the door!!! It's dark and frigid in the mornings up here in the frozen tundra, so I don't blame the kids for waiting last minute! :-} After youngest left for her bus, I started working on yearbook. Once I start, it's sometimes hard to stop! :-P

Lunch
1:30 Shake

Dinner
5:00 Shake
Chicken


Water: 123456
Activity: Walked about 20 minutes in snow flurries, up two steep hills, and around the neighborhood with my neighbor and her poochie.

Detox--Day Twenty Eight

Brunch
11:30 Shake
Couldn't get up, this morning. There's a lot of pressure in my head and it was heavy, as were my eyes. The weather must be changing... .

Snack
Chicken
2 dates
I eat a whole lot more fruit when its in season in the summer. I should in the winter, too, especially while on a detox.

Dinner
5:00 Shake
Chicken soup with onions, garlic, quinoa, parsley, and marjoram

Snack
Quinoa with maple syrup and a dash of cinnamon

Water: 1234567+
To me, water's been tasting really blah which makes it harder to fill my daily quota of 8+ glasses. You need water to help rid toxins either by elimination and perspiration. Exhalation is the third, but not dependant on agua.
Activity: Took two walks back-to-back. First went with poochie to the park on snowy trails for 30 min under sunny skies, then came home and walked with my neighbor and her poochie for about 35 min under clouds. My body feels good, but brain fog is bad and head is not happy.

Detox--Day Twenty Seven

Breakfast
9:30 Shake
My pain level is up, today, as is the brain fog. It's a good day to do more "mindless" things, like choosing pics to upload for my youngest daughter's school's yearbook. It was -1F at 7:00, this morning, but that is life up here in the frozen tundra of northern Wisconsin!

Lunch
1:30 Shake

Snack
Apple cider

Dinner
5:30 Shake
Chicken, garlic, parsley, marjoram, and cayanne pepper

Water: 12345???
Activity: None

Detox--Day Twenty Six

Breakfast
7:50 Shake

Lunch
12:20 Shake

Snack
Apple cider

Dinner
5:15 Shake
Spinach salad with duck, avocado, and cashews
Today was the third day taking the Unipro Protein instead of the Ultra Balance Protein. So far, so good! :-)

Water: 12345+
Activity: Walked and ran around yard of 5-6" snow with poochie about 15 minutes--not quite enough, but better than nothing. It was an absolutely crazy day!

Detox--Day Twenty Five

Breakfast
9:00 Shake

Lunch
1:30 Shake
After running my youngest in for blood work, this morning, and then to school, I was totally exhausted. That used to be the norm for me before I did my first detox, but is not normal at all for me, now. I wasn't sure what it was 'til after the kids came home from school and were all talking about a snow storm coming through just south of us later this evening. So, this lethargy, blah and such can indeed be blamed once again on the barometric pressure.

Dinner
5:15 Shake
Duck soup with quinoa, garlic, mushrooms, and spinach
Totally whipped. Face hurts and I feel like a wet noodle. :-P

Water: 1234??? No idea how much, today
Activity: Too busy and worn out to do anything but take poochie out and walk him around in the yard which is white with about 2 1/2" of snow.

Detox--Day Twenty Four

Breakfast
8:30 Shake

Lunch
1:00 Shake
Duck

Dinner
5:30 Shake
Duck

Water: 12345+
Activity: None

Detox--Day Twenty Three

Breakfast
9:30 Shake

Lunch
11:40 Shake
Chicken Soup--chicken, garlic, onions, quinoa, spinach, mushrooms, marjoram, parsley

Dinner
5:30 Shake
Duck, garlic, marjoram, parsley
My youngest was getting grossed out as she watched me pull stuff out of the bird before throwing it into the oven. Honestly, at that age, I had felt the same way several times when I'd watch my mom prepare turkey for Thanksgiving. Ditto the first time I actually did it, but imagining myself having done it many times by watching my mom helped.
The thing with it being duck is a very different story. I had a beloved pet duck while growing up that was given to me as a birthday present by a friend. Unfortunately, we could only keep him for a few months because we were zoned residential..., and had to bring him to a farm... . :-( My great aunt and parents had tricked me into tasting "kacsa" (Hungarian), but in Switzerland, I bravely ordered "caneton" (French) to try it.
Yup, I did that with escargot, too, in a soup while in the Bahamas. Kind of rubbery, but not bad. Still, I had to keep the word "snail" out of my thoughts while eating it! Motivation: I had kinda regretted not trying turtle soup when our neighbors made it and invited anyone who wanted to try this possibly once-in-a-lifetime entree. Hey, I'm not gonna fix either of those for supper!!! :-P
Oh, and rabbit--the day I made it for the first time (while on my first detox) was a few days after watching a bunch of crows raid, kill, and devour a nest full of newborn baby bunnies, which made me positively sick. I had witnessed the parents build their nest by the side of the house, and watched a couple younger rabbits leaping around as the dad gingerly checked on the mom either while or after the babies were born.
I hope this isn't grossing anyone else out! This kind of talk always makes me want to consider becoming a vegetarian!!!

Water: 12345? I feel parched, but I often am in the winter--in a different way than in the summer--probably 'cuz the house gets dry with the heat on. :-P
Activity: Baking and cleaning??? :-P

Detox--Day Twenty Two

Breakfast
8:30 Shake

Lunch
1:30 Shake
Chicken, garlic, marjoram, parsley

Dinner
5:30 Shake
Salmon
Fried potatoes with onions and sesame oil
Some types of potatoes just don't sit well with me. I have an allergy to potatoes, so only try and eat the varieties that don't bother me as much. I often pass potatoes up when I serve it for dinner.

Water: 123+ Was under 8 8 oz for sure, but not sure how much I really got in, today.
Activity: Shopping and weightlifting/carrying 50 lb bag of kitty litter! :-P

Detox--Day Twenty One

Breakfast
10:30 Shake
Yes, I really should have taken my shake before doing anything else!!!

Lunch
12:00 Shake

Dinner
5:00 Shake
Chicken, garlic, marjoram, parsley

Snack
Apple

Water: 123456789+
Activity: Walked about 35 min in 19 degree F weather. The sunny skies made it easier for both my neighbor and me!

Detox--Day Twenty

Breakfast
10:00 Shake
3 Dates

Lunch
1:30 Shake

Dinner
5:30 Shake
Avocado, cashews
I have just not been hungry enough to eat anything much after the shake, which I always find filling and satisfying.

Snack
Apple

Water: 12345678+
Activity: Walked a little over an hour in the snow under sunny skies which made the cold more tolerable! I wouldn't be doing all this walking without my wonderful neighbor!!! :-)

Detox--Day Nineteen

Brunch
11:00 Shake
Okay, bad, bad, bad. You caught the "brunch", didn't you? Hubby later informed me snow was headed our way. Barometric pressure changes always mess me up, in many different ways!

Dinner
5:30 Shake
Potatoes, salmon, sesame oil
3 Dates

Water: 1234+
Activity: Walked about 35 minutes

Detox--Day Eighteen

Breakfast
8:30 Shake

Lunch
1:30 Shake

Dinner
5:00 Shake
Turkey soup, turkey, garlic, parsley

Snack
Cashews

Water: 12345
Activity: Does running a bunch of errands count???
Our kitten had an eye injury and the dog needed shots, so I was at the vet's for a little over an hour. Also brought our van in for bodywork. About a month and a half ago, we hit a deer and were going to live with the few chipped dents on the grill made by the doe's hoofs... 'til we were told the headlights were damaged in the accident. :-P I needed my weekly adjustment, too, so I ran off for that. Youngest child also home because of GERD and she felt awful. Both of my daughters have inherited my stomach problems. :-P