For me, this exercise in detoxifying sugar from my body is SO overdue. My dessert obsession began as a child. My grandmother made the most delicious homemade desserts, which isn't bad on occasion. As I became an older child, my brother and I were rewarded with candy. As a teenager, I would walk to the convenience store with friends after school to purchase my favorite candy--Airheads and Nerds--and fill up a large cup with a super sugary fruit drink from the frozen drink dispenser called Parrot Ice-ha. As an adult in my 20s, I would always end my grocery store trip with a bag or box of candy at checkout and eat on the drive home. Over the past few years I have cut out the candy snacking at the grocery store and do eat an overall healthier diet, yet somehow I have created this habit (yes, it's a habit) of automatically reaching for a sweet snack after lunch and dinner. Don't get me wrong--there are definitely days when I crave dark chocolate--and I think that is ok, but it's not ok when I think about what type of sweet item I will eat while still eating dinner. It is ridiculous and has to end! So here I am today. After I began to follow a mainly paleo diet about 6-7 weeks ago, the Balanced Bites podcast has become a staple in my life. This is where I learned about the 21 DSD and decided it is time. I even convinced my husband to participate in hopes of making the next 21 days easier. So here goes!
My objective: To detoxify my body of the sugary crap and learn to enjoy food without the need for sugar. I look forward to less toxic sugar side effects, primarily skin irritations, breakouts, mood swings and low energy levels.
I plan to chronicle my meals on most days and supply recipes or the link to a recipe.
**Note: I am pregnant so my meals will include the energy modification for Level 2. My meals will also vary dependent upon my daily workouts.
Day 1
Pre-workout fuel (60 minute boot camp): half of green tip banana with a bit of almond
butter, water.
Breakfast: Almond Milk Smoothie
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
Other half of green tip banana from earlier + ~half of frozen banana
~1/2 TSP 100% organic cacao powder
~5 frozen organic cherries + a couple frozen organic blueberries
~1 TBSP almond butter
All ingredients blended together in Nutri Bullet blender
Coffee with unsweetened coconut milk and unsweetened almond milk
10:30 a.m. snack: 10 unsalted almonds
Lunch: Nori Wrap
1 sheet of nori, cut in half
1/3 medium avocado, smashed on nori
Thinly sliced piece organic cucumber
2 slices Applegate Farms roasted turkey breast
Cauliflower Chowder (~1 1/2 cup)
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| Cauliflower Chowder, recipe courtesy of Daily Paleo |
This soup was leftover from last night and I did not have extra bacon for lunch today. I used my homemade chicken bone broth and used an immersion blender, which made my version a bit smoother.
1/2 medium sweet potato
small bit of Kerry Gold grass fed butter
sprinkle of cinnamon and nutmeg
Grapefruit
Dinner: Slow Cooker Paleo Italian Meatballs with Parsnip and Turnip Mash
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| Recipe and photo, courtesy of Paleo Newbie |
Parsnip and Turnip mash recipe from the Meals Made Simple cookbook.
I served the meatballs and sauce over the mash and it was delicious.
It is now 10:15 p.m. and I have officially made it through day one. I did notice a bit of a headache around 11:30 a.m. Not sure if this was the result of no sugar all morning or just a coincidence. Either way I feel so great to have not cheated once--I really want to do this right and give 100% to see the full results. I did notice I was hungry between meals, which is why I added the grapefruit. I know that on the days I workout my appetite is off the charts so I will wait and see how I feel tomorrow with no workout.
More meals and recipes to come.
Heather
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