After a late night last night getting up this morning was a nightmare! but then again when is it ever NOT! I had to get up early on this here Saturday morning in order to get in and out at my hairdresser in a jiff. Of course my hairdresser is really going to take up ALL of my morning and this much I know already but I like to fool myself into thinking that perhaps…just perhaps this one time I will be out of there in decent time. So I dragged myself out of bed when the alarm went off at 6:15am, cleaned up and prepared breakfast.
BreakFast
Since I was going to be gone all morning I wanted to make sure I left on a fairly full stomach.
So I cooked a 1/4 cup of steel oats on the stove and about 15 minutes later when they were done, I threw in:
- 1/8 cup of 2% organic milk
- a handful of sliced up strawberries
- a handful of blueberries
- a handful of blackberries
- a tsp of real maple syrup
- a couple slices of mango (on the side)
After this 7:15am breakfast I felt pretty satisfied and opted to skip my regular cup of tea - it would not stay steaming hot enough to enjoy during the trip.
Lunch
So off I went to my hairdresser, water bottle in hand. By 10am, even though I was filling my stomach with water, it was rumbling like someone was beating bongo’s in there. After what seemed like eternity (about 3 hours), my hairdresser was finally done.Yay! Unfortunately the rumbling had also escalated to an alarming rate. I had to eat ASAP! So I rushed home and we went off to a local eatery that has decent healthy food, only to be welcomed by this sign ‘closed until 4pm’. Yikes! For sure I was going to die if I didn’t eat something soon and now I also feel a headache coming on. We ended up across the street at a chinese/american fusion restaurant. Nothing on the menu fit my bill but I had to eat something so I had miso soup and a house salad with ginger dressing. At last my hunger was suppressed for now. Time 1:15pm.
Afternoon Snack
My headache is worse! I think mostly because I waited so long to get something in my stomach - am not completely certain. It could also be because I haven’t had any caffeine today. At about 3:30pm I was hungry again so I fixed myself a snack.
- 1/2 cup whole milk yogurt
- a handful of strawberries
- a handful of blueberries
- a handful of cashew nuts
- a handful of pumpkin seeds
- a slice of mango
Yummilicious!
My headache was still persisting so I broke down and had a cup of coffee with 2% milk and real sugar at about 4:30pm and within 15 minutes my headache was gone!
Dinner
Dinner was served at 7pm and tonight we had grilled chicken, left over quinoa and peas salad and a sliced half apple. I downed the delicious meal with a cool glass of water.
Day 2 seemed a tard harder than Day 1 but mostly because I did not prepare well for this mornings happenings which impacted lunch. Todays lesson - plan and prepare.
If the headaches continue it may be signs of detoxing? Usually when there’s a dramatic change in diet one goes through a phase where their body adjusts the hard way - headaches, shakes etc etc. Were you addicted to caffeine?
I think maybe you are on to something. I was somewhat addicted to caffeine - i had at least 3 or 4 20oz cups of tea a day and starbucks chai way too much and on the weekends several cups of coffee. I also have a sugar addiction - way too much chocolate!
From the little research I have done, both of those things cause detox symptoms when cut out of the diet so that may be it. If you read up on Pavlina’s 30 day trials, in all of them, early on he had headaches and detox symptoms which are followed by increased energy once the junk is out. Btw, have you ever fasted?
I would think that is probably what is happening but like i said i didn’t have a headache today at all so i just maybe getting over it? Any idea how long it takes before one is fully detoxed? I have actually never fasted? Have you?
No I haven’t. Looking forward to it though, I have heard phenomenal things about water fasts post-detox. Again, very little research on this but its on average about 3-4 days though it can go for a week or two.