Dr Joshi’s Book.
Day 1
Hot lemon drink
B: puffed brown rice, millet, walnuts, honey and rice milk
L: leftover chicken pattie + sweet potato chips (homemade)
D: chicken, pumpkin and broccoli stiry fry – I adapted this Donna Hay recipe
Snacks: snow peas, celery, carrot with hummus
Day 2
Hot lemon and ginger drink
B: puffed brown rice, millet, walnuts, honey and rice milk
L: leftover pumpkin and chicken stirfry (was great reheated) + corn cob
D: Turkey meatloaf made using the same recipe as Sunday night’s chicken rissoles, just with turkey mince instead. I also added some of the homemade pesto. Served with sweet potato mash and bed of baby spinach and rocket (arugula) coated with freshly squeezed lemon.
Snacks: didn’t snack today. Was too busy.
Day 3
B: green banana smoothie
L: leftover turkey meatloaf and sweet potato mash
D: chicken breast, homemade roast carrot and parsnip chips (yummy!) and peas
Snacks: carrot, celery, snow peas
Day 4
B: poached egg on gluten free toast with rocket (arugula) and lemon juice squeezed over the top with salt and pepper.
L: chicken breast (leftover) + salad of baby spinach, rocket and grated carrot.
D: salmon fillet + veges (broccoli, carrot, peas with lemon juice)
Snacks: the gluten free dairy free tortilla chips with flaxseed. Couldn’t resist them at the shop. They are amazing.
Day 5
B: puffed brown rice, millet, walnuts, honey and rice milk
L: salmon fillet (leftover from last night), green salad of rocket, baby spinach and carrot with lemon juice squeezed on top.
D: turkey meatloaf (last of leftovers), homemade sweet potato chips, peas and beans
Snacks: soy coffee, celery, snow peas, carrot, vege chips
I allowed myself a coffee at Mother’s Group today. Since I started eliminating most of this stuff the week before the detox started I decided to be a little more flexible. At Mother’s Group there are always cakes and other treats available and today I decided I would let myself have one. I desperately wanted a coffee but was afraid of the milk. I thought a massive intake of dairy like that would probably make me sick. So I was delighted when I found my friend had soy milk. And it was actually a nice one. I’m not a massive fan of soy in general for other reasons but once in awhile for a coffee I think will be OK. I really really enjoyed it and do not regret it at all.
Interestingly, even though I gave myself a leave pass for other treats I found I didn’t really want them. I’m feeling so great without the sugar, dairy and gluten in my diet (I particularly think that the no gluten is working really well) that I’m not really willing to risk ruining it. It’s not that I won’t ever but definitely not yet. We took vege chips again which fit into my restrictive diet and they are treat enough.
Day 6
B: hard boiled eggs x 2 + gluten free toast
L: wasn’t very hungry…just grazed all day…see snacks
D: ATE OUT AT MEXICAN RESTAURANT – this was challenging.
Snacks: carrot and celery sticks, flaxseed tortilla chips
Dinner at Mexican was really difficult. They had some gluten free choices but not many and NO dairy free. I got a meatball tapas dish (again wasn’t so hungry – not sure what was up with that). It obviously contains meat which is off the list but as we are so close to the end of the program I figured starting to introduce would do no harm. The dish also had a tomato flavoured sauce and fetta. I haven’t had tomatoes the whole detox and I figured the fetta would be in chunks and I’d be able to eat around it. The fetta was melted so that wasn’t so easy. Oh and the dish was served with rice.
It was actually a really really delicious dish and I would definitely order it again. However, it did see me reading my book on the throne (you know, the bathroom one) for a good stretch once I got home. As there are so many of my no-no foods in that one dish it is impossible to put my finger at the problem but if I had to guess, I’d say it was the dairy.
Day 7
The last supper
B: Buckwheat pancakes with maple syrup and banana – modified* this recipe to suit. Delicious!
L: Lightly toasted gluten free roll with chicken, hummus, baby spinach, rocket, grated carrot and lemon juice.
D: Rice pasta with homemade pumpkin + cannellini bean sauce
Snacks: carrot sticks and homemade hummus
*Modifications to pancake recipe were: no dates or blueberry sauce. Added a heaped metric teaspoon of natvia (natural sweetener from stevia plant) as I was worried about them lacking sweetness without the dates. It worked perfectly.
Dinner was amazing and my first recipe from my recent purchase of the Cut out the Crap books. The books contain recipes that are Dairy, Gluten and Preservative free and are amazing. I have the basic book, the one for kids and the one with style (fancier food basically). The recipe was soooo easy. I actually added the cannellini beans for protein – they weren’t part of the recipe. I boiled them up with the pumpkin and then it all went into the food processor to make a paste. So in the end it is just sauce over pasta. Easy. I highly recommend these books if you have allergies to cook for or simply just want some healthy easy cooking ideas. None of the recipes seem overly complicated and most contain ingredients I would usually have hanging around. Winning!
The Verdit:
This week was a lot easier than last week. I feel healthier and really committed to maintaining a lifestyle of eating with whole foods. I’m actually going to stay gluten and dairy free for awhile yet. I have no particular plan for time at the moment, I just know that I feel a lot better without it. The idea of having cow’s milk in my coffee makes me a bit queasy and there is something that is telling me to stay off the wheat, so I’m going to do that.
I won’t get all crazy about it when I’m out. If it’s hard to find a suitable option then I will let something sneak in but at home, where I am preparing the food, I am going to maintain a gluten free dairy free household. Bring on that fruit though. I can’t wait to eat a fucking apple. No joke.
This week I lost 1.2kg which brings total loss for the detox to 3kgs (give or take 100g). Dr Joshi promises 5kg but I think I did a few more sneaky things than he intended AND I did roast things in oil a lot so perhaps it was higher fat than it was supposed to be. I didn’t do this for weight loss but the few kilos are a nice bonus. If you were going to do this for weight loss I think you’d have to be a bit realistic and understand that as soon as you went back to your old way of eating you’d probably put at least half of it back on. So keep that in mind.
I’m going to do a wrap up post in the next week or so of things I loved and hated and also what I’m keeping in the diet a few weeks on. Until then, we are done with detox posts.
No cheering.
Really.
I can hear you.
