Hello everyone, I'm starting a challenge myself this Saturday(7/7), I've been eating a LOT of added salt lately and really too much fat. I've even slipped up once and ate something that contained powdered SOY MILK!!!!! UGHHH!!!! I've been too leanient lately and not being as strict and aware as I should be! My challenge is this:
First and Foremost, absolutely NO ANIMAL products, literally check every label twice if you must!
Get 8-10 hours of sleep EVERY night
Try to play outside everyday for vitamin D
Less than 10% fat calories each day
No added salts (I know, tough one), only those naturally occuring
Strictly: 2 fruit meals and 1 cooked meal
No fried foods, of course
Plenty of water (I aim for 1.5 gallons most days, but some people do less)
I'll be tracking my progress here, so you can follow and keep me on track if you'd like:) Also if anyone wants to join me I'd love the company. Anyone who's joining me can also give me ideas on the vital things I've missed. Thanks everyone! I won't let you all down!
Permalink Reply by Ashlee on Day 1:
B: 1/3 of a large watermelon
L: 6 navel oranges
D: course 1: 5 bananas, 7 dates, 1 atualfo mango
course 2: 2.5 cups of brown rice, 1 cup cooked corn, 3 tbs homeade Pico de gallo(no salt added)
course 3: vegan tiramisu, (15 dates, 7 bananas, 1 red delicious apple)
Calories: 3500
Sleep: Only got 7.5 hours!!! Was really tired at some points of the day but my energy was super high:)
Exercise: Beachbody workout program called Brazil Butt Lift(50 minutes), also worked today so I was really active.
Water: little over 1 gallon, I'll do better at counting my water intake tomorrow.
Sun: @ least 30 minutes, was outside working today
Just saying, I'm so glad there's people interested in this! I'm so happy we're all doing this together. I really need to get on the right path and stay on there. For people new to this lifestyle, I have a few questions about the beginning detox process. At first my skin was clear but now some acne is starting to rise up, I'm assuming this is normal since the bad toxins are coming from the inside to my pores to be let out, but has anyone else experienced this too in the beginning? I've been on this lifestyle for almost 2 months I think but the detox process is what's confusing me the most, not that I'm worried, just interested:) if anyone has similar or different experience with the beginner's detox I'd love to read them!
Permalink Reply by Ashlee on Day 2
B: 8 bananas
L: Mango, orange, and apple juice + Green salad w/ tomatoes and raw veggies
D: 1/8 of a watermelon, 2 atualfo mangoes, 2 cups brown rice, cooked corn(3 cups) also homemade pico de gallo without salt:)
Calories 2850
Sleep 8 hours, my dog woke me up during the night
sunlight 20 minutes
water 190 oz at least(I'm not done)
Exercise: worked 8 hours and cleaned when home, moderate exercise. No BBL
Today I was tired again because my dog woke me up twice in the night, I will definately get a lot of sleep tonight, I'm off tomorrow.
Permalink Reply by Ashlee on Day 3 was not so good because my boyfriend got food poisoning and I was at the hospital till 3am the following morning. I made a bad choice or 2 so I won't post that day for fear that I'll dwell on it, I was EXHAUSTED and very stressed/worried. But that just made me even more ready to NOT screw up again.
My day 4 was perfect!
sleep: 8.5 hours(napped throughout the day as well)
water: >120 fl oz easily
ttl cal: 3368
B: 6 small, 3 large bananas blended w/ 3/4 canteloupe. also 3 atualfo mangoes
L: 6 atualfo mangoes and 2 medium tomatoes, 1 cup cherry tomatoes
D: 7 small bananas, 1.5 cups corn, 4 tbs of my homemade pico de gallo, & 1 bowl of my potato tomato basil soup (also no salt added:-) ask if you want the recipe! )
Sorry for the brief pause there, I won't screw up again guys! Sometimes life just throws bad things at us.
Permalink Reply by Elisa Oras on dont worry! the main thing is that you will continue :) nice to see you back!
btw...whats the tomato-basil soup recipe? sounds delicious!
Permalink Reply by Ashlee on Day 5
B: 11 bananas, 1 apple, 15 deglet noor dates
L: banana ice cream(7 bananas)
D: 3 atualfo mangoes, 3 cups vegan chilli(no salt added!)
Cals: 2987
Sun: 20 minutes
Sleep: 8 hours
Didn't exercise much today, it was my day off work and I felt like being lazy:P
Permalink Reply by Ashlee on Day 6:
B: 6 oz raspberries, 1/2 honeydew melon, 5 small bananas
L: 40-45 deglet noor dates, 32 oz mango orange juice
Dinner until bedtime: 11 frozen bananas for banana ice cream, 3 cups rice, 3 potatoes, my home made pico de gallo, a little vegan chilli with my potatoes
Calories: about 4550 I was super hungry this day! I felt like I could never stop eating. It was incredible how my body was needing so much!
Sleep: 8 hours(need to work on this)
Sunlight:15 minutes
Water: 7 liters
Permalink Reply by Elisa Oras on wow, 4550 cals and 7 liters of water! Nice job! :)
Permalink Reply by Ashlee on Ha, thanks Elisa! I kinda scared myself there. I can't believe how hungry I am lately, maybe its just because I'm still a beginner....
Permalink Reply by Ashlee on Day 7:
B: 1/2 honeydew melon, 7 small bananas
L: dried cranberries(1 3/4 cup) black beans, brown rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, lil guacamole spread
D: vegan chili(no salt added) 2 mini corn tortillas with 2 tbs natural peanut butter(no salt, the only ingredient is peanuts!) then banana ice cream made with 5 bananas
Calories: 2700 ish
Water: LOTS!! 6-7 liters
Sleep: still just 8 hours... but in this chemistry class I'm having to study and sometimes my homework keeps me up. It ends next week though!:)
Sunlight: None, it was raining. Monsoon season here:)
Permalink Reply by Ashlee on Day 8:
B: 1/2 honeydew melon, 6 bananas, 1 carton of strawberries
L:1/2 pound of cherries, 7 bananas
D: 5 cups brown rice, 1 cup vegan chilli, 1.5 cups steamed corn, pico de gallo, then banana ice cream(6-7 bananas, tiny bit of pure vanilla extract)
Sleep: 8.5 hours(movin on up!)
Water: just below 7 liters
Calories: 3100
I worked again today:P
Permalink Reply by Ashlee on Day 9!
B: 7 bananas, 1/2 honeydew melon
L: .3 lbs cherries, 1.7 lbs strawberries, handful of cherry tomatoes
D: 1 cup corn, 2.5 cups rice, 1 cup vegan chili, 1 banana
Calories: 2300
Water: 5 liters
Sleep: 8.5 hours
Sunlight: Still raining:/
I'm actually thinking of trying to be all raw tomorrow then the rest of this challenge, would you mind if I did? You could still do cooked food as well, I just wanted to give it a try.... :)
Permalink Reply by Elisa Oras on yeah sure, go for it! :)
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