Day Two, I Haven't Given Up Just Yet.

This morning, my brain almost won and I was just about to quit this whole detox and eat a damn english muffin. But instead of getting out of bed at 6a, I stayed in it and calmed my brain down a bit with another 3 hours of sleep. Because of that, I decided not to give up, but I did have to change my menu quite a bit from the recommended menu. I had the lemon water right away. Made some tea (with honey) after my shower and took it to work with me. I skipped the morning smoothie since I didn't have time to make it, so I had a peach instead... and I also conveniently "forgot" the coconut water at home.

I did remember to bring leftover soup and some grapes & blueberries to work for lunch and snack, but of course my brain started tormenting me again. To appease it, I ordered lunch with the rest of the office... but I got a detox friendly salad with no dressing. Just lettuce, cabbage, mandarin orange, rice sticks, sesame seeds and grilled chicken.

For dinner, I think I'm going to keep it simple and make a peach & raspberry smoothie. It's pretty filling with all that protein powder in there, but if I do get hungry (or more cravings from the evil brain) later on I can always make popcorn. I realized that since I have an air popper, plain popcorn with a little salt and pepper (or maybe cinnamon, I'm weird... I'll put anything on popcorn) is completely detox friendly.


Here's the breakdown of my Day Two menu, in comparison to the sample menu from Goop.

Real Menu
9:30a: Glass of lemon/raspberry water
10:30a: Raspberry herbal tea with honey
11a: A Peach
1p: Chinese Chicken Salad (no dressing)
4p: Handfuls of grapes & blueberries
7:30p: Peach & Raspberry Smoothie
9p: 2 cups of popcorn, lightly salted

Sample Menu
7am (or upon rising): Glass of room temperature lemon water
8am: Herbal tea
10am (breakfast): Raspberry and Rice Milk Smoothie (follow method for Blueberry and Almond Smoothie)
11:30am: Coconut water
1:30pm (lunch): Detox Teriyaki Chicken and Steamed Greens
4pm (snack): Miso Soup with Watercress
6pm (dinner): Pea and Basil Soup (follow method for Broccoli and Arugula Soup)