Ultimate Reset Day 14: The Final Countdown - Phase 2 Complete

Day 14: The Final Countdown - Phase 2 Complete

We have completed 2 full weeks!  1 week remaining!  The final countdown begins...

Let me start by saying I am VERY proud of our entire team for sticking to the program without cheating (although I admit I was able to sneak a little Shakeology before soccer).  This program is amazing and well worth the effort, however it requires a great deal of discipline.  The troops have been solid through this expedition of life.

We decided to celebrate our week 2 completion with a day at the park.   A truly amazing day: canoeing, walking, eating our micro green salad & coconut kabocha soup, and staring out into nature reflecting on the trials and tribulations that we have endured in our lives...

Ah, the fresh smell of coconut kaboca soup & fresh squirrel!

We expected to starve after eating only soup & salad for lunch, but it was plenty to keep us full until dinner time.   For dinner we enjoyed steamed lemon kale with a very filling edamame salad.

Not many quotes to share from the weekend, but there was one major accomplishment...

I FOUND MILLET!!!  (Whole Foods).  Now we are ready for the final countdown...

(so cue the Europe)

Ultimate Reset Day 9: Seaweed, Chick Peas, & Millet...Oh My!

Day 9: Seaweed, Chick Peas, & Millet...Oh My!

Today we were introduced to a plethora of new foods.  The morning began with perhaps the only meal thus far that has left me starving and my stomach grumbling more than The Grinch at a Christmas cookie decorating contest, mashed chick peas.  20 minutes later my stomach expressed its disappointment.

Luckily for me, it was followed up with what turned out to be one of my favorite lunches to date...pinto beans & brown rice.  I know it doesn't sound like much, but wow was it filling and tasted great, although almost anything would've tasted great after eating chick peas for breakfast.

Yes, this was breakfast :(

Not only did I eat a tasty filling lunch, but followed that up with another unexpected tasty meal for dinner: sweet potato & red pepper bisque soup.  Fly like a butterfly, sting like a mosquito, this soup had my taste buds dancing around like Muhammad Ali...I love sweet potato!

We spent a great deal of time Tuesday night cooking and preparing meals for the rest of the week with plenty of new foods to sample: Nori Seaweed, gomasio, miso, etc.   We noticed a trend in the meals.  Dinner for one day is always the scheduled lunch for the next day.

The day ended with my 3rd attempt to find millet at the grocery store.  I'm convinced millet doesn't exist and it's a ploy to get me out of the house.  Another unsuccessful attempt leaves me with my temptation of the day from the Whole Foods parking lot...

There's still a little bit left!

Now if I only had some peanut butter & honey to go with it...mmmmm

Quotes of the day:  

"Yummy Soup!"

"Can I borrow your millet?" (first time in my life I have ever said this)

"I get a free pass, it's release (phase) week" (response to having a little gas)

Ultimate Reset Day 8: Phase 1 Complete

Day 8: Phase 1 Complete

Week 1 wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be.  Despite no bananas and pancakes, I was still able to enjoy many of my favorite foods:

• peanut butter
• blueberries
• whole grain bread
• sweet potatoes
• quinoa salad 
• pineapple
• oatmeal

Good thing I enjoyed the meals, because the days of salmon, peanut butter, oatmeal, & bread are over...welcome to Phase 2: "Release".  Time to release all those toxins I've built up over the years. 

We are adding a detox packet to our list of supplements this week, and looking forward to a wonderful week of hearty breakfast like...

A BIG BOWL OF FRUIT!!!