I failed, I quit, I lost

So Sunday I finished day one of the 3 day detox.

The lunch smoothie

 I made the lunch smoothie with the celery, cucumber, pineapple, apple, almond milk, etc.  It made two big glasses and I managed to drink one of them.

I was craving solid food but I stayed strong.

The dinner smoothie

 And then dinner came.  This smoothie actually sounded good (other than the kale.)  But I'd had a smoothie at Tropical Smoothie that unknowingly had kale and it was great so I had high hopes for this one.  I took two sips and was done.  I took one sip and wanted to throw up but took a second sip just to make sure.  It was the cayenne pepper, I'm sure.  This nasty taste at the back of my tongue and down my throat.  I just couldn't do it.

I made bags ready for day 2 and 3 for the breakfasts

So I cleaned up and told myself I'd go to bed early so that I wouldn't cave and eat anything off the plan.

Before I went to bed I looked up information about why the things have to be blended or blended together.  I think I could choke down a shot glass of kale but to mix it with mango and blueberries (which would taste good blended without kale) didn't make sense to me.

Monday, day two, I tweaked things.  I didn't put the almond butter in the breakfast shake, I took it in a container.  The smoothie was okay but I realized it was the lemon that was ruining it for me, it was just too sour.

I ate the cucumber plain and dipped the celery in the almond butter.  It wasn't blended like it should have been, but I was at least getting the ingredients.

Lunch didn't go over too well as I'd had the pineapple and the apple frozen, thinking that would make a colder ice-smoothie, but instead it just meant my Magic Bullet couldn't mix properly.  That drink tasted okay.

By dinner, I just wanted to eat solid food and I was convincing myself that I'd detoxed enough (I had to pee at least once an hour, which is rough for someone who fears public bathrooms and tends to pee 4-5 times a day total.)  I also compromised and said that I would eat a smoothie each day, similar to the ones from this plan.

And so at about 6PM, I quit.

I threw some of the spinach, the cucumber, a little tomato, and a hard boiled egg (from Easter) into a bowl, drizzled on some extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, and salt and pepper and had a salad.  Chewing food is so underrated.

I ate half a pickle and then some more salad before I went to bed.  I was craving some bread but I didn't cave.  I also walked past the Easter candy several times but didn't give in to that either.

Sour patch bunnies, yum

This is waiting for me - calling my name

Today should be day three of the detox.

I ate two fresh eggs and a cup of green tea for breakfast, I'll have a smoothie for lunch, and I am making beef vegetable soup for dinner.  I think this is a fair trade (for someone that doesn't like soup and double all the veggies in the soup recipe).