Archive for May, 2012

Oooh… definitely not my perfect day today! I didn’t prep anything last night and then decided to take a yoga class at 7am which ended up being a 90 minute class followed by some chit chat, a bike ride home, taking my supplements and finally eating breakfast at 10am. I haven’t had breakfast that late in who knows how long!

Breakfast was… interesting. It really wasn’t worth photographing… Kind of looked like baby food. I had to switch some meals around so had the mashed chickpeas, 1/4 avocado and steamed spinach. I really enjoy ALL of these foods, I actually LOVE chick peas and eat them from the can sometimes… But for breakfast… it just doesn’t fit, I want my fruit back!

Chris and I had some errands to run and lunch was supposed to be salad and miso (ugg – so over miso – although last night was much better with the veggies). I only packed the salad to take with me, by the way, the garlic dressing is AWESOME! I ended up only having salad and then going to Costco and buying some more fruit and veg and confession – chowed down on some blueberries I bought. Like 1/2 a container! Fail #1

I was still hungry when I got home and made a cup of green peas, figured since I skipped the soup so needed something. Now my timing is all off for my Alkaline shake and afternoon snack. I ended up actually adding my alkaline to my Shakeology and looking forward to eating what is on the menu for dinner. Fail #2

Then dinner rolls around. I start cooking my beets (LOVE beets btw!) and kale (instead of collard greens) and make Chris some fish and salad. As I sit down to eat I realize I completely forgot to take my pre dinner supplements. What is up with me??? It comes in three’s huh? I will take the supplements 2 hours after dinner instead of before. Fail #3

I can’t stress about this. I fell off a tiny bit. I didn’t eat something that I am totally not supposed to (maybe the fruit a bit) but really? I honestly don’t think ONE day like this is going to “mess it all up”. I could have the attitude of “Well there goes that whole day” but that’s not true – it was 3 slip ups. Gotta get dinner right and make sure tomorrow is right on track! Only 9 more days to go. No biggie! So don’t sweat the little stuff – stay as close to on track as possible, you’ll do just fine! I guess not prepping my food the day before really threw me for a loop. Lesson learned!

Beets! Sooo pretty!

I had to do a double take just then, and then go and count the pages in my nutrition guide. Am I really at the 1/2 way point?? That was SO fast, and honestly, really easy…

I’m going to have to start planning what to do AFTER the Reset here really soon! I need to get my maintenance package!

Some of the things I am will most likely add back after Reset
~bread!
~salmon
~cookies
~eggs
~some cheese (possibly)
~chocolate Shakeology with a banana!!
~going out to eat. I love to cook and eat in but I know Chris misses going out, and so do I.

Things I’ll probably keep out for a while
~chicken
~turkey (only on Thanksgiving)
~beef (I hardly eat beef as it is)

Things I’ll KEEP from the reset
~the stir fried veggies!! YUM!!
~quinoa salads
~homemade salad dressings! (SO easy!!)
~zucchini and cashew soup
~the nuts on the salad!
~sushi rolls – but not with tempeh

Things I WON’T keep
~miso soup
~tempeh

I did a bit of re-arranging with my food today. We had plans to be outside for lunch and I didn’t really want cold soup (I don’t own a thermos here in Hawaii) so I opted for the quinoa salad for lunch instead of dinner and had the other serving of soup for dinner tonight. Easy switch

Have you noticed that you never eat raw veggies at night? From what I can remember, especially in my Ayurveda classes is that raw food in the evening is harder to digest. In my “real” life I actually tend to eat a lot of salads even at night. It’ll be interesting to see if I notice a difference if I go back to that habit.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t feel like getting up today for my bike ride and ended up back in bed till 6am. It felt good

Rainbow fruit plate

I’m LOVING the fruit for breakfast! I prefer my rainbow fruit platter over the breakfast out the other day. Isn’t it pretty!!

Lunch was enjoyed on the beach today (that did include a 15 minute walk each way). Food always tastes better when enjoyed in pretty surroundings, this is one of our favorite beaches on Kauai – it’s called Secrets. Only a little bit of sand ended up in my salad!
I did end up making my Quinoa Lentil salad the night before, but if you don’t switch up your meals you don’t really need to prep it unless you want to.

Lunch on the beach

My mom sent me a couple new Brazil Butt Lift workouts so I chose to do the abs and the “Secret Weapon” workout…. Who knew a towel could make you SO sore!

I do love me some Leandro!

MORE new workouts to try!

Dinner was a piece of cake to prepare… soup was already made so I just reheated it on the stove and steamed my broccoli. It’s really easy to eat this way.

Prep for Day 11: Again, super easy so no extra post needed. Fruit is prepared for tomorrow.
I made my cucumber and tomato salad but won’t dress it until the morning and I had made two servings of the quinoa salad so just had to grab and go with that.
I’m not looking forward to miso soup and swiss chard…. siiiigggh…. I’ll give it a go though

You should be used to all this by now! You should be spending lots less time in the kitchen as well, is it becoming more routine for you now?

Breakfast – sorry, but I just can’t do miso soup for breakfast – I’ll be eating fruit again! I found a jicama for my salads so I started adding that to my salads as well!
Lunch – make your salad and hopefully you made two servings of the rice and pinto beans – you’ll need the second serving for lunch
Dinner – I did prep the pepper the other day but looking back I would actually just do it fresh while the sweet potatoes are boiling.

That went by FAST! And it really wasn’t that hard!

Emotionally it was another rough day. Not quite ready to blog about it and I honestly can’t say if these emotions are coming up more because of the reset and what were just ready to come out anyway.

Today was grocery shopping day for next week! I mentioned this a bit in the Prep for Day 8 but it’s worth mentioning again here. Grocery shopping was MUCH easier this week than last. First of all, we had JUST moved so we were starting from scratch. This week you have all of your staples as far as oils, spices, Braggs, seaweed, etc. so it is pretty much just stocking up on the fresh fruits and veggies for the week. UPDATE!!! ***You may want to divide your grocery shopping for week two into TWO trips! Below is a list of the food that you won’t need in the first three or four days of week two. I had some wilting food and wished I had planned a bit better****
~Beets
~Swiss Chard
~Collard Greens
~Kale
~Pumpkin
~1/2 the fruit

If you hate grocery shopping I think you’ll find this way of eating easier in that aspect alone. You really are only in one or two sections of the grocery store, forget wandering up and down every aisle! I wish I could tell you exactly how much I spent on groceries this week but I honestly didn’t keep track.

So tomorrow starts officially a vegan meal plan for AT LEAST the next 14-28 days. WHAT?? I thought this was only 21 days! I will follow the Reset as it is laid out and slowly start re-introducing the food.

As far as energy levels go, feeling great. I’m up before my alarm and don’t feel drowsy at all in the middle of the afternoon. I am sleeping about 7 hours a night currently. I’d be a happy girl if I could cope on 6, but I’ll be reasonable

That being said… I did go off plan a bit today, twice actually…
First, my afternoon snack was celery, almond butter (only 3/4T instead of 1.5T) but I also had 1/2 a papaya which isn’t on the plan for after breakfast. I don’t feel bad about eating real food when on this. It would have been very different if I had a piece of bread, a cookie or a glass of wine.
Second time was when I pressed play with Les Mills Pump 45 minute Pump Shred workout. Working out like that is such a stress relief for me. I’ll admit, I had my ass handed to me during this workout. My fitness level is down after being on the road for 6 weeks! I need to get it back up before heading to Vegas to workout with Tony Horton, Chalene Johnson an Shaun T.!! I’m not following Les Mills plan, I am more curious to try out each of the workouts.

Today we headed out to a favorite beach of mine, Hanelei Bay and walked the entire bay before heading to the farmers market then the health food store to grab the rest of the goodies.

It was a bit cloudy on the walk today so no amazing shots, but I found this simple and beautiful

Most of the food for next week

This is what my fridge should look like ALL the time!

Tempeh, steamed veggies and brown rice for dinner

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I was NOT on my game today. You know those days where you pour your coffee into your milk instead of your milk into your coffee. Yep, it was kind of like that. It started off with me buying 3 cucumbers this morning instead of 3 zucchinis and not realizing it until the evening AFTER I bought 5 cucumbers at Costco later on in the afternoon. That evening I kept turning on the stove when I needed the oven. Or turning off the oven because I had to run back out to get more zucchinis and forgetting to turn it back on and wondering why my veggies aren’t cooked. I don’t know if it has to do with the Reset or not or if I just felt I had too much on my plate and need to slow down, take a deep breath and think before I do anything.

And breathe.

Sooo many cucumbers and zucchinis!

Today’s breakfast required more time to prepare. Baked Tempeh – it needs to marinate for 60 minutes and bake for 35. As soon as I got up I threw the tempeh in the pre-made marinade and headed out the door for my morning bike ride. Loved the sunrise this morning.

So lucky to live in such a magical place

I came home, preheated the oven and took my supplements, preheated the oven and timing worked out great. I’m not sure exactly how I feel about tempeh yet. It didn’t feel like the “traditional breakfast” I am used to… and coming up miso soup for breakfast… eeewww. Yuck. Today was also my last piece of bread for a while. Sad.

Avocado on toast - YUM! Tempeh... hmmm

Moving on!

Check out one of my favorite places on Kauai. It’s Wailua Falls and one of our favorite places to go for a swim, lay in the sun and read a book. Bliss. Can you see me under the waterfall?

Under the falls

After our lovely waterfall stop we had some errands to take care of. Of course I packed my lunch in my handy cooler bag. It’s the second time this week I have done this and both times now I’ve ended up at Costco. I tend to sit near someone who will make a comment about what I am eating. Today the man asked me if I work there since I brought my lunch and I said “nope, just running errands” and he was surprised that I still brought my lunch. I guess it has just become a part of me. I love picnic lunches pull up somewhere pleasant and enjoy your food instead of sitting in a fluorescent lit fast food joint. Of course the ambiance at the fast food window at Costco leaves a bit to be desired!

Tonight’s dinner brought an interesting dilemma. We were invited to a friends house for a fish dinner. When we were invited she asked if we had any allergies or didn’t eat a particular food. I wanted to accept but I didn’t want to go off of my meal plan at all. When I called to RSVP I simply said “We would love to come. Chris eats whatever, I am however on a specific meal plan and if it is ok with you I’ll bring my own food and some extra to share.” Would that be something you could do comfortably?

It actually worked out great. Before heading over for dinner I roasted up the veggies (I had prepped them the night before and cut up lots of extra) I made the soup which was so easy and made a total of 4 servings and also made the millet.

Dinner was a hit. Our neighbor knows first hand about being on a strict meal plan as she suffered from some severe swelling in her foot and found that eating for her blood type coupled with an anti-inflamatory diet completely reversed her problems. When we saw her six months ago she couldn’t stand for more than 10 minutes, now she is hiking. It drives me up the wall that doctors just want to shoot her with cortisone shots and give her drugs and not look at what she is eating.

The Zucchini soup was AMAZING! In fact her 14 year old son and his friend both enjoyed it. Don’t tell me teenagers wont eat healthy! I didn’t feel like I was missing anything at dinner that night. I was there for the company and I stated my restrictions as terms of accepting the invitation. Simple as that. You have to stand up for yourself.

Zucchini Soup - SO easy to make and sooo good!

Day 7 is really easy to prepare – check it out.

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