I saw the light today. Sometime around 2:00 my dullness lifted and I felt a surge of energy. I think I’m almost out of the woods. It usually takes me about 3 days to get out of a cleanse fog. My body must finally give up the thought that it is going to be constantly fed and it starts thinking of other ways to keep up my energy supply. I think by now I have surpassed the carb/sugar cravings. We will see tomorrow…that will be telling.

So, this morning it was a Blueberry, Chia Seed Smoothie:

• 1 cup almond milk
• 1/2 cup blueberries
• 1 heaping T soaked chia seeds (did you know soaking brings out the beneficial enzymes?)
• 3 smallish lacinato kale leaves
• ice
• pinch of stevia

For lunch, it was more fish! Today it was:

• 4 oz wild salmon, sauted with salt and pepper
• Sauted broccolini with garlic
• Tabouli quinoa (another awesome quinoa recipe)

The good thing is that I didn’t want to kill my children today. I only made Annabelle cry once when I told her I didn’t like tattlers. I also lied to them and told them I had hidden video cameras in their rooms and I could go play the tape if I wanted to see who really wrote of the wall…

Is lying bad?

Anyway, thank God I’m about to go to bed, because my liquid dinner is all used up. I’ll be dreaming of food tonight for sure.

Tropical Smoothie:

• 1 cup coconut milk (blend water and meat from young coconut. Will yield approx 2 cups)
• 1/3 cup pineapple and mango combined
• 2 inch piece of banana
• 1 mammoth swiss chard leaf
• 1 T soaked chia seeds (this adds lots of fiber, by the way)
• Ice
• pinch of stevia

Blend until smooth