Day 1

Start Weight: 180.4. This is up a bit from my "last supper" last night. A healthy weight for my height can range from 110-140. I've got some work to do.

Breakfast - Smoothie and coffee
About 2 cups of frozen tropical fruit mix
1 container Vita Cocoa Coconut Water (only form of coconut allowed in program)
Note - this was probably too high sugar. The program recommends mixing fruit and veggies for smoothies. It was great though! You are also not supposed to have coffee, however not drinking coffee holds no interest for me, so I am ignoring that advice.

Mid-Morning Snack - Raw Veggies
1/2 cup broccoli, 1/2 large carrot, 2 ribs celery
Peach Detox Tea

Lunch - Autumn Roasted Veggie Mix
1 Sweet Potato, 1 Cup Brussels Sprouts, dab of olive oil and pink salt

Afternoon Snack - Raw Apple

Dinner - Roasted Italian Salad
Raw Kale lightly dressed with lemon, braggs, pink salt, olive oil and nutritional yeast topped with fresh tomato sauce and lightly roasted Italian vegetables. (About 1 Cup of Kale, 1 Tomato, 2 cloves Garlic, 1/4 Onion, 1/2 small eggplant, 1/2 red pepper, and 4 mushrooms.)

Overall thoughts on meals for the day - maybe not enough raw stuff, trying not to over cook stuff. Note all measurements are approximate, but it looks like - Fruit Servings: 5. Vegetable servings: 13? Wow. Have not been hungry.

Water - 4 cups plus 1 Liter Bubbly Water

Exercise: 3 mile jog
Was a tiny bit sluggish, but this was likely do to lack of exercise lately more than new diet.

Thoughts: I realize that I have been unsuccessful in losing weight because I have been living moment to moment and reacting to situations rather than planning ahead for them. I need to be thinking more about my long term goals and developing a plan to get there. Also, I realized that I always put this off because "I haven't lost weight yet." I have definitely caught myself thinking "I can't do that until i lose weight" more than once today.

And it's not just long term plans. I planned ahead for what I would eat this morning and for lunch and that made me successful today. I will have to think more about this and less about instant gratification to get me through these 21 days.

What kind of stuff have I been putting off you might ask? Things that popped into my head today are: horseback riding lessons, yoga retreats, parkour classes and buying pants that fit. I bought a groupon to remedy the horseback riding. Now I just need to schedule it (and get into my riding pants and feel fit enough to get on a horse, LOL).

Some potential rewards for sticking to the program: test drive the MINI that I covet and buy the facial serum that I think I might need. Also worth noting, I have heard that plant based cleanses can really improve your skin and I find that very motivating as I've noted some sun damage. And, at 35, I have started to notice my aging a bit, so I want to make an effort to be more on top of this.

Other: I did have an afternoon slump, but managed to get some stuff done after work. Went to library, did dishes, made juice for tomorrow morning, fed cats, and remembered to put on night cream.