Cleansing

Fed up with my clothes shrinking (ie me expanding), today I'm on a fresh/natural-stuff only eating plan. I started out the day with 2 apples, a pear and a glass of ruby grapefruit juice. No coffee, no bread (my usual breakfast), just that. After the pear I could barely face the apples, but I did it!

Now it's on to the only other thing I will drink today except water - green tea. No sugar, no milk/creamer, just plain hot water and green tea. Fortunately it's the brand with added mint, so it's bearable.

I've got a small amount of raisins as snacks, along with MORE apples. Lunch is going to be salads, steamed veg and such. Supper is due to be a nice vegetable soup with no added butter, milk or anything like that, and no accompanying bread - it's my "cure-all" soup that I use when I feel something like the flu coming on. It's basically onion, garlic, green pepper, a can of tomatoes, sprinkle of chili, cayenne pepper and seasoning. Sometimes I throw in chopped potato and a can of beans, but will probably just add a few lentils this time. Full of good anti-oxidant stuff.

But being winter still, I'm thinking of all that comfort food - roast potatoes crispy from their olive-oil coating, rich puddings, milky coffee... Which I have to get out of my head! I spent the entire weekend being sedentary - sitting around reading or watching TV, eating way too much sugary stuff (got into baking mode) and way too few good wholesome things.

This is just for one day, but hopefully it will help kick-start a gradual lifestyle change that will leave me healthier, leaner and with a heck of a lot more energy, and sort out my son's bad eating habits at the same time.

::update::
As expected, the no-caffiene headache kicked in just after 10... I guess I MUST be addicted to coffee after all! :)