Gearing up for the Week of Detox

     So, of course I got sick the weekend I wanted to start my diet. There is no way that I am doing a week of detox while I'm sick, and I don't think it would be recommended anyway. So, I am taking this week to heal and prepare for my future of "diet and exercise." Since I am used to drinking one to cups of coffee in every morning and cokes continuously throughout the day, kicking caffeine is going to be a bitch! I generally do not eat breakfast, I go out to eat a lot for lunch, and I usually get sandwich and chips. I eat good dinners because it's important to me that my boys eat a square meal, with meat, vegetables, and a starch. We don't eat dessert at our house, but the boys get ice cream every Friday as a reward after dinner if they've had a good week. Lastly, I drink alcohol moderately, maybe 1-2 beers or glasses of wine, one or two nights of the week, and then a somewhat excessive amount, maybe 4-6 beers or glasses of wine, one night a week
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   In preparation for my week of detox, I have decided to give up coffee and replace it with smoothies. I love raw vegetables, but am not as big of a fan of raw fruit, so smoothies seem like the best way to get my fruit intake. I plan on eating salads or raw fruit and vegetables for lunch, and keeping my dinners the same as always. It's hard to change dinner's when your family is accustomed to something and they are not the one's dieting. Plus, we eat healthy dinner's 90% of the time. I am going to limit my alcohol intake, and only allow myself one coke per day. I'd like to walk or do some form of exercise too.

Here goes...
     Day One: Breakfast - a strawberry and banana smoothie, made with fresh strawberries, one banana, organic vanilla yogurt, and milk. Lunch -  a cup of plain flavored baked goldfish, some cubes of cheddar cheese, water. Dinner - spaghetti noodles with meat sauce and steamed asparagus, and a coke.

     Day Two: Breakfast - a strawberry smoothie, made with strawberries, organic vanilla yogurt, and milk. Lunch - salad and one mini-burger and a handful of french fries, water. Dinner - marinated pork tenderloin, roasted cauliflower, mac-n-cheese. Snacks - half of an avocado and cheery tomatoes in a lite, organic vinaigrette.

     Day Three: Breakfast - a banana smoothie, made with two bananas, organic vanilla yogurt, and milk. Lunch - half of an avocado and cheery tomatoes in a lite, organic vinaigrette, and one coke. Dinner - went out to eat because a friend in moving, went to Anthony's Woodfire Grill, got the Chicken Marsala with a vegetable medley of asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and yellow squash. Snacks - handful of pita chips with 1 Tbsp of hummus. Alcohol - two glasses of red wine with dinner.

    Day Four: Breakfast - a triple berry smoothie, made with strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, organic vanilla yogurt, and milk. Lunch - noodles with olive oil and light Italian seasoning and light Parmesan cheese and a coke. Dinner - best stir fry chicken recipe from Gwyneth Paltrow's My Father's Daughter cookbook and vegetable fried rice recipe from Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. Snacks - four Girl Scout thin mints.

     Day Five: Breakfast - a banana smoothie, made with two bananas, organic vanilla yogurt, and milk. Lunch - a junior bacon cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato from Wendy's with medium fountain coke. Snacks - lunch-sized bag of Lays potato chips. Drank one glass of white wine and got the muchies, FAIL! While munching, I finished the veggie fried rice leftovers, ate half an avocado, finished the thin mints (about 4), and drank half of a can of coke. But due to my schedule (gone from 5:15pm - 8:30pm en route to and from and attending Veggie Tales at CHC) I ended up not eating dinner so I'm just going to consider my munchies snacks as my dinner.

     Day Six: Breakfast - a cup of coffee (first in days, thought that was pretty good. Plus, I substituted the coffee for coke, so no cokes all day). Lunch - Thai chicken stir fry (small serving from Siam Bistro). Dinner - ate at Bella Bella so, 3pcs. Bubble bread, cup of French onion soup, and their Tuscan salad (mixed greens, eggplant, roasted red peppers, mushrooms, and chicken breast with a balsamic vinaigrette). Alcohol - two glasses of Cabernet with dinner and one blue moon out at the bar.

     Day Seven: Breakfast - half of a cup of coffee and 2 1/2 strawberry Nutrigrain bars. Lunch - a junior bacon cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato from Wendy's with medium fountain coke. Dinner - homemade pizza with bell peppers and mozzarella cheese. Snacks - half cup of popcorn with butter, 2 brownies, and a coke. We had a family movie night. I couldn't resist. :-)