Wed Jan 22 Day 1 Ultimate Reset

Wed Jan 22 Day 1 Ultimate Reset. The day before we had gone to Whole Foods to get the last few specialty items. We decided to also get a few things from the hot bar for dinner, including a few of the homemade cookies. That turned out to be a bad idea. I had been prepping for the cleanse and not eating simple carbs and sugar, so my body did not do well with the sugar overload.
The day started out sluggish and wishing I didn't eat those cookies and that pasta salad the night before :) Chet felt the same, great way to start a cleanse.

The first ritual was to drink 20 oz of distilled water with Himalayan salt and take 2 caps of Optimize, then wait 30 minutes before eating breakfast. I am not a big breakfast eater so I have chosen to have shakes during the reset. I had Green Shakeology (not a fan), Chet had oatmeal with Flax and blueberries - our typical breakfast for a few months so no big change. The big change was no coffee first thing in the morning. It didn't really bother me the first day as I was not feeling well anyway, and the coffee would have just made my stomach feel worse.

The second ritual was to wait a min of 2 hrs before the next 20 oz of distilled water with salt and 2 caps. Then wait another 30 minutes before lunch. Chet was chomping at the bit to make lunch. So he made us the Miso soup. I hated it, I didn't realize when I bought the Miso paste that it was Hacho vs white. I have since bought the white paste which I like better. In addition to the soup we both had a nice big salad with lots of raw veggies (cucs, tomatoes, baby greens, peppers, sprouts), 2 Tbs of Greek salad dressing, 1/4 C toasted pumpkin seeds, 1 tsp of chia seeds (love this addition). Was a very filling lunch and I really didn't miss the cheese I normally have on my salad. I remember thinking that I can replace the cheese with the pumpkin seeds. But after entering the meal into myfitnesspal I realized that with the seeds and the dressing, my healthy salad is a whopping 350 Cal, 13 Carbs, 30 Fat, 12 Prot, 6 Fiber. But as I am changing my thinking, the fat is from Seeds, Olive Oil and Flax Seed, these are all 'good' fats. I am so used to using fat free salad dressings - filled with chemicals and fillers, that it's hard to see the fat content of real 'live' dressing. I gave up store bought dressings over a year ago, but have not been religiously measuring and tracking they way I have been for the past 2 months. 30 grams of Fat for a salad with no cheese on it.. Blows my mind!! The fact that the salad actually tastes great with no cheese.. blows it even further..

Third ritual - 2 hrs after lunch another 20 oz of water with salt and this gross tasting Alkalinize powder in 2 oz of water. It tastes like grass and you have to drink it fast to get it down. You can have a snack 30 minutes later if you choose. I am trying to not snack as I want to lose 32 lbs during this reset. I did unconsciously have a snack, smokey almonds.ARG!! But I realized why I had the snack. Late afternoon on work days I would always make a mug of coffee. It is a habit.. a part of my work day routine! I missed it and was actually pacing the kitchen, not for the caffeine per say, but I needed a new habit. So I got on my bike and rode it for 15 minutes. Guess that is a good new routine.

Forth ritual - 2 hrs later another 20 oz of salt water, 2 caps and 2 caps of soothe, wait 30 min then have dinner. Dinner was 4 oz shrimp, 6 oz Salmon, ~10 stalks of steamed asparagus, and 1 small sweet potato oven roasted. I felt exhausted, a) from lack of sleep from all week b) from the carb overload the night before. I went to bed around 9 or 10 PM.

Totals for the day - 1019 Cal, 64 Carbs, 52 Fat, 88 Prot, 20 Fiber 128 oz H2O
Goals met for the day - under 1200 Cals, no dairy, no coffee, no cheese, no food after dinner
Goal not met for the day - I threw away the left over cigarettes.. then pulled them out of the garbage mid AM. I had ~8 of them