I hope Day 1 went really well for everyone! I enjoyed the Blueberry Celery Smoothie a ton! My yoga time went by quickly and I had a few minutes where I even stopped thinking about how much time I had left. Yes! LoL.  Here’s Day 2…

DAY 2:

1. Daily Affirmation: ” I am accomplishing so much by committing to this goal.”

I think Day 1 was excellent, but Day 2 can present challenges. We begin to come off of our “I’m doing it!” ‘high’ and realize that we have 13 more days to go. Today, beware of the craving to eat for emotional pleasure. You know the feeling- you come home from work and want immediate satisfaction of some chips, cookies, or even “healthy things” like pita chips and reduced fat wheat thins. OR you have something awesome happen and want to eat to “celebrate.” When I get these emotional eating cravings I drink a smoothie or start eating a salad immediately to take the hunger edge off. I have also trained myself to think about the next day. Will I really be regretful tomorrow morning if I DON’T eat that piece of cake? Probably not. I will be most definitely proud of myself! It’s easier said than done, because when you’re in that moment, the craving (addiction) is so powerful! So use this affirmation today to remind yourself of your goal and how much you are accomplishing through it.

2. Today’s Menu:

Breakfast- Japanese green tea, a pear or apple

Snack- green juice- 2 cucumbers, 2 carrots, 3 leaves kale. Use juicer.

Lunch- Cortney’s Green Smoothie (1/2 red pepper, 1/2- 1 cup beans or other legume, large handful spinach or other green, 2-3 florets cauliflower, 1/4 cup broccoli sprouts, 2 carrots broken in half, 1 tomato cut in half, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 apple-optional, water as desired.) Blend in Vitamix or blender.

Snack- 2 rice cakes with almond butter or piece of fruit or veggies sticks.

Dinner- BIG salad with dressing of your choice. (1/4 red onion chopped, large handful baby greens, 1/2 chopped green pepper, 1 apple chopped, 1/4 cup soaked walnuts, 1/2 avocado, Herbamare or sea salt to taste.)

Dessert- naturally caffeine free herbal tea with stevia.

 3. Daily Questions

Did you have any “emotional craving” moments today?

If you could have created your own affirmation to help you today, how would it go?

Have you told anyone about you doing this cleanse? How did they react?

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