It’s Day 5 and we’re deep into week one of our raw foods cleanse!  I know it can be a struggle at times to stay motivated but YOU’VE GOT THIS!! I know it! Read on for more moments of motivation…

DAY 5

1. Daily Affirmation:

” I am healthier each day because of the foods I am giving my body.”

This 14 Day Cleanse is causing major flashbacks. I have been traveling back to November of 2008 when I started eating raw to combat my cancer. I would make up all kinds of affirmations and pray very specifically for what I wanted my body/God to do to heal me. This was one of them. But what it especially did was KEEP ME MOTIVATED. I knew I couldn’t go back to eating how I did pre-cancer, so I had nowhere to go but FORWARD and no way to eat but RAW. Some of you may be feeling the desperation that happens around Day 5 of this cleanse. You’re craving cooked food and junk food REALLY bad. You may also be starving because you would rather not eat than down another smoothie. I can identify. The same thing happened to me during my cancer protocol. You will not nourish your body without eating. Simply avoiding the foods that are bad for you is not enough. You MUST re-frame your mind and eat the food on this cleanse because it is forming new habits, cleansing your body, and nourishing your cells. So, go ahead and struggle with yourself, with your food habits, and then down that smoothie!

2. Today’s Menu:

Breakfast- green tea, green juice ( 1/2 bunch watercress, 2-3 carrots, 1 cucumber)

Snack- apple with almond butter

Lunch– Savory Green Smoothie (1 large handful spinach or red lettuce leaves, 1/4 bunch of fresh basil, 1/2 lime juiced, 1/2 red onion, 2 celery sticks, 1/2 avocado, 2 c water) Feel free to add other veggies to this one!

Snack– rice cakes or organic flax crackers or green juice

Dinner- BIG salad (sunflower sprouts, sunflower seeds, baby or regular spinach, sliced almonds, 1/2 red onion, 1/2 avocado sliced, sliced red pepper, hummus, broccoli, dressing of your choice)

Dessert- naturally uncaffeinated herbal tea

3. Daily Questions:

Do you feel like you are “detoxing” in any way? Do you have nausea or headaches?

What thoughts are you struggling with regarding the food?

Do you plan on continuing for the second week of the cleanse?

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