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I’m over half way through.  Today was rough, I was ready to throw in the towel until my dessert/dinner.

Breakfast was very tasty. I really enjoyed the green apple in my smoothie for it’s sweet tart flavor.  I was quite hungry by 9:30 and dove into my almond mid-morning snack. Time flew by and before I knew it I was hungry for lunch and it was 12:30.  Unfortunately, I cut into my avocado at lunch time and found strange brown, stringy, rotten looking things staring back at me.  This didn’t leave me with much to eat for lunch.

I wasn’t hungry at 3:00 but knew it was only a matter of time. I went to the local QFC and couldn’t find anything raw nuts.  They were all roasted.  I ended up buying some natural chunky peanut butter. It was delicious with a banana, but was not raw….hopefully close enough.

When I arrived home, I nibbled on the nacho kale chips from yesterday while I made a dessert for dinner and for the rest of the family.  It was a Fruit Tart recipe from Blender Babes that I recently saw on Facebook. I did not take a picture because mine looked nothing like theirs.  I really liked the taste and so did my husband.  It disappeared before I had a chance to ask if he liked it!  My two boys have different tastes; one loved the fruit and one loved the crust.

Today’s Menu

Breakfast – 169 calories

• 1/2 cup water
• 1 small tangerine
• 1/2 cup spinach
• 1/2 medium banana
• 1/2 green apple
• 1/2 cup strawberries
• 1/2 tbsp chia seeds
• 1/2 cup ice

Morning Snack – 119 calories

• 1/4 cup almonds

Lunch – 32 calories

• 2 cups 50/50 spring mix
• Pico de Gallo from Day 4

Afternoon Snack – 295 calories

• 1 medium banana
• 2 tbsp natural crunchy peanut butter

Dinner – 335 calories

• Vegan and Gluten-free Fruit Tart

Evening Snack – 66 calories

• Brad’s Organic Kale Chips, Nacho

I went to bed with a headache again. I did not have chills through the night, so that was good.  I also didn’t wake up starving.  I am down 3.2 pounds from my starting weight.  This leaves me only 13.6 pounds from my goal weight.

For breakfast, I used parsley after reading about rotating my greens to avoid alkaloid build up.  The parsley added a sharp and spicy flavor to my smoothie.  It was different and took some getting used to. I felt very energetic throughout the morning.

I made a very delicious salad for lunch.  I enjoy fruit in my salad, these will be my favorite meals during this challenge.  I was very pleasantly surprised by the taste of my dressing. It was made with the juice of one lemon and one mandarin orange.  I was also happy that I used my very first, home-grown leek!  It was a small leek and really gave some zip to my salad…and my breath.  My afternoon snack of raw almonds knocked out the leek breath.

I really experimented for my dinner. I had cold carrot and ginger soup.  The soup was made with our juicer and the Vitamix. The first bite was good. My 6 year old son also thought the first bite was delicious. After half of the bowl, I was done with the texture. There was some substance to the soup, but nothing to chew. It also wasn’t good to slurp up like hot tomato soup.  I did have to muster up some courage to finish my bowl.

Today’s Menu

Breakfast – 172 calories

• 1/2 cup water
• 2 small mandarins
• 1/2 medium banana
• 1 cup parsley
• 1/2 cup raspberries, frozen
• 1 cup ice

Lunch – 230 calories

• 2 cups mixed baby lettuce and spinach
• 2 small mandarin
• 1 small leek
• 1/8 cup raw almonds, coarsely chopped
• Dressing – Juice from one small lemon and one small mandarin

Afternoon snack – 57 calories

• 1/8 cup raw almonds

Dinner – 534 calories

• 8 carrots, juiced
• 1 green apple, juiced
• 1 small avocado
• pinch salt
• cilantro garnish