Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The cleanse part deux

I am really spacey these days.

I titled my blog as such because I meant to talk about my own version of a cleansing diet that I use after weekends or nights when I gain weight, especially after drinking. My version, however, does not involve starving or fasting and is a one-day kind of thing.

I eat a regular, light breakfast like a bowl of high-fibre cereal with skim milk. I have a kiwi (washed, skin on and sliced) on the side and a glass of diluted pomegranate juice. Later, I drink lots of water and I usually have some green tea during the day. I eat a fruit as a snack (or veggies) and then lunch is a light meat or fish with loads of veggies (today it is leftover tilapia and a veggie-ful salad). For dinner I would usually have a soup and something on the side or a big salad meal.

Essentially, I eat lots of watery and high-fibre foods. This clears out your system like no other (eating a kiwi every day is fantastic, as well as a bit of pomegranate juice) and leaves you full but feeling light. The more tasty your light food is, the less likely you'll be to need more snacks and heavier food. I make some great salad dressings and use lots of vinegar, pepper, lemon, lime, salt, garlic and even onion flakes (I don't eat onions) to make sure my food is satisfying and flavourful.

Using fresh herbs and other spices or hot sauce can also make you feel fuller, especially chili flakes, mmmmm.

So there's no need to starve to get rid of that feeling of heaviness, bloating and grossness. Just eating really fresh, crisp, light foods will do the trick and will still allow you to eat and be energized throughout the day.

This pic is of leftovers from my BBQ yesterday. It doesn't look anywhere near as good as it did fresh off the grill with salad. It is garnished with yellow and orange peppers, garlic and lemon in this photo.

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