Daily Vegan Eats 3/20 (Spring Cleanse Day 2)

Breakfast

• Green Shooter
• Strawberry-kale-coconut green smoothie (It would be great with a little banana added in, but I wasn’t sure if that was cleanse appropriate)

Snack

• Pear & goji berries
• Is it just me or do pears always seem to go from rock hard to falling-apart-ripe in a day!

Lunch

• Cranberry-kale salad with chickpeas added
• about 1/3 cup cooked quinoa with salt & pepper

• The scheduled dinner was lemon-tahini kale however I had leftovers.
• Snacked on some fresh veggies I was cutting up for today (bell pepper, cucumber, carrot)
• Leftover kaleslaw from Monday. It is just too good! Plus I made a big batch so I don’t want anything to go to waste. I added some cooked tempeh to this batch since I did strength training before dinner and wanted some extra protein.
• Again, served with nori sheets

Detox Extras

• 3 mile run/strength training
• Dry brush before shower
• 104 oz water

Thoughts

It’s amazing the difference a good night of sleep can make. On Monday, I was running on 3 poor nights of sleep in a row and I felt awful. I conked out so hard Monday night that I didn’t even noticed my cats snuggle-smothering me to death! So many things are improved with quality sleep – mood, energy, and hunger to say the least. However, I was HUNGRY in the afternoon and unprepared. I think it was a combination of running in the morning (running always makes me hungrier) and being bored at work. I kept craving kettle corn popcorn which I haven’t had in ages! Thankfully the craving passed (I took a 15 minute walk outside around my office which helped) and  I managed to make it until dinner without diving headfirst in to a bag of chips or cookies. I ate dinner at 7 pm and was still full when I went to bed at 10:30…ah, the power of plant food. I do think that I was a little fruit heavy, but today is a Supercleanse low-fruit day so it will all balance out.