Clean Day 7

We had a off day because Ben went out to lunch with his co-workers, which was fine though. They luckily went to Whole Foods for lunch. So what I decided to do was go ahead and make what I had planned but give Ben a smaller portion for his lite dinner later in the day. Ben stopped on the way from lunch to have his supplements. He ate a large Salmon Salad, but he said he was still hungry:(

Breakfast

• Scoops of Vanilla Nourish and Move: with Blueberries, a small fuji apple, two table spoons of flax seed meal, two tablespoons of almond meal, two packs of Stevia, dashes of cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, 8oz of almond milk, 12oz of water and a 1/2 cup of ice.
• Cranberry green tea with Meyer lemon zest and the juice and some Stevia

Supplements

Lunch

Stuffed Acorn Squash

Now this is a pretty easy recipe. The only thing missing from what I would of added before the detox is butter. So that is it pretty normal recipe. You will love it!!

• Turn oven to 400 degrees
• grab a cookie sheet or a baking dish
• grab one Acorn squash and cut in half
• scoop out the seeds and strings(save the seeds to make toasted seasoned seeds like I did with the Butternut Squash Seeds)
• place the squash cut side down on sheet and place in oven for about 40 minutes

next

• Grab a rice cooker
• measure out 3oz of brown rice
• measure our 3oz of Basmati Rice (all black)
• wash rice and rinse
• grab a shallot, chop it and add to rice
• grab two garlic cloves, chop them and add to rice
• small splash of EV olive oil
• a few good cranks of the pepper mill
• pinch of kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of Sage plus a little extra
• add a cup in a half of low sodium chicken stock(or veggie)
• turn rice cooker on and stir hear and there until the machine turns off

next

This is optional if you don't like meat instead of using meat I add about 1/4 cup of chopped toasted Pecans to make the dish Vegan.

• grab a good size fry pan or a saute pan
• grab 1/4 pound ground turkey
• add a splash of EV olive oil
• turn burner to medium heat
• add a dash of sage
• add a few good cranks of the pepper mill
• pinch of kosher salt
• saute until fully cooked

next

• rice should be about done
• add about two tablespoons of dried cranberries (you can add a little more if you like them) to the rice.
• Combine the rice mixture with the meat mixture
• I also added toasted Pecans with the rice mixture along with the ground Turkey

next

The Acorn squash should be done. Take out of the oven and flip over brush some olive oil inside the opening and salt and pepper them too. I added some Meyer lemon zest and a squeeze of the juice as well. Set in bowls cut side up. If you want to put them on a plate I would cut a little off the bottom a bit so it sets flat.

Scoop rice mixture into acorn Squash and you are done!! A complete meal!! So easy and really tasty. Make sure when you eat it you get a bite of the squash with the rice mixture with every bite:)

Supplements

3pm Shake

Scoops of Vanilla Nourish and move with: mango puree, raspberries, tablespoon of coconut flakes, two teaspoons of virgin coconut oil, one table spoon of flax seed meal, one tablespoon of almond meal, two packs of Stevia, natural calm, pinch of nutmeg, 8oz of almond milk, 12oz of water and half cup of ice.

Lite Dinner

Ben had his Stuffed Acorn Squash and I was not hungry so I went with out dinner.

Clean Day 6

Breakfast

Morning Shake

Scoops of vanilla nourish and move: blueberries, a small fuji apple, pinches of cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, two tablespoons of flax seed meal, two tablespoons of almond meal, two teaspoons of virgin coconut oil, 8oz of almond milk and 12oz of water, 1/2 cup of ice, two packs of stevia and natural calm.
Matcha Green tea with Meyer lemon zest and juice with some Stevia

Lunch



Mock Italian Sausage and Spaghetti Squash Pesto Pasta

• Grab a fry pan
• add a splash of EV Olive Oil
• turn stove to medium heat
• chop up and add 1/4 cup of red onion to pan
• chop two chopped garlic cloves to pan
• a couple of big pinches of dried oregano
• a small pinch of red pepper flakes
• a couple of big shakes of creole seasoning
• salt and pepper well
• add 1/2 pound of ground turkey saute until cooked through but not browned
• two splashes of chicken broth
• add 1 cup of sliced mushrooms
• add 1 cup of broccoli Florets
• cover the pan for like five minutes then saute until Broccoli is a pretty green color and tender but not super soft.

Pesto Spaghetti Squash

• Either pre pair a Spaghetti Squash and use half of it or like me pull out your left over Spaghetti
• Squash from the refrigerator.
• Grab a large saute pan and dump two generous servings of the squash in the pan
• add a splash of EV olive oil and turn stove to medium heat. Saute until heated through.
• Grab a container of Vegan pesto and add two big tablespoons of the pesto and mix in.

Next just plate your Spaghetti Pesto Pasta on a plate and top with the mock Italian Sausage with the broccoli and mushrooms. Sprinkle with a generous amount of fresh parsley. I added some lemon zest and squeezed half of a lemon on top. I also sprinkled a little organic Garlic salt as well. If you have Kalamata Olives, chop up a couple of hand fools and put on top and don't add the lemon.

Enjoy!

3pm shake

Scoops of chocolate nourish and move with: raspberries, blueberries, one tablespoon of flax seed meal, pinch of nutmeg, one teaspoon of virgin coconut oil, 8oz of almond milk and 12oz of water, 1/2 cup of ice, two packs of Stevia and natural calm.


Lite Dinner




Basically the same salad I always make, but I added some left over rise, butternut squash and the mock Italian sausage. I made the shallot dressing again and poured a drizzle of EV olive oil over the salad. I know you are thinking, rice??? Now, I got the idea from a episode from Top Chef. One of the contestants made this salad with rice and it got rave reviews from the judges, so I just decided to give it a try. It worked, YUM!!!

Clean Day 5

Breakfast

Pumpkin Pie Shake
Scoops of Vanilla Nourish and Move with: flax seed meal, almond meal, two cut and seeded small Fuji apples(or one large Fuji apple), cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, 10oz of water and 8oz of un-sweetened almond milk, half cup of ice, two packets of Sweatleaf brand Stevia and natural calm powder.
Morning Tea
Cranberry Green tea with lime zest and lime juice a sprinkle of Sweatleaf brand Stevia.

*remember this is two servings

Supplements

Lunch


Seasoned Brown Rice with Shiitake Mushrooms

• Grab your rice cooker
• measure out 3/4 cup of brown rice and wash with water and drain
• add cup of OGF chicken stalk and cup of water(if you have low sodium stalk use two cups of just the stalk and no water)veggie stalk will work too. If you can find mushroom stalk use it:)
• add 1/2 cup of roughly chopped Shiitake Mushrooms(or any type)
• add a couple of cranks of the pepper mill
• a drizzle of EV Olive oil
• Let cook until the machine stops but stir periodically while cooking

Lemon Rosemary Chicken

• Set oven to 375 degrees
• grab a roasting pan, or a baking dish
• grab about five to six organic, free range drum sticks(trader joes has them sooo cheap)
• add them to roasting pan and salt and pepper them
• sprinkle with some Old Bay Seasoning
• Sprinkle with about half a tablespoon of fresh rosemary or dried rosemary use a little less if dried
• zest the out side of a lemon and squeeze the juice over the chicken(lemon lovers use two lemons)
• drizzle with Grape seed oil
• wash your hands and mix the chicken in the pan with your hands until all the drum sticks are coated well
• wash hands again and then put chicken in oven for about 25 minutes
• after it has baked for 25 minutes baste chicken with pan juices, turn oven to broil setting and broil for 10 minutes more

*Ben and I ate two drum sticks each and the rest where for our lite dinner later in the day

Warm Spinach and Butternut Squash Salad with Shallot Dressing




Prep for Butternut Squash

• Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
• Grab a butternut squash and peel with a peeler that does not have smooth edges(something with little teeth works better on the hard skin of the squash)
• Cut in half lengthwise(use the sharpest and biggest knife you own, use the stab and pull down method) and scrape out seeds and strings with a spoon, cut into bite size cubes
• grab a large bowl and toss the cubes with a drizzle of EV olive oil
• *you can also salt and pepper them at this point but you don't have to. If you don't salt and pepper them you can use them to make Clean Program Friendly treat or you can add them to your smoothies later.
• Grab a cookie sheet and spread out the cubes on the cookie sheet
• place in the oven for 30 minutes and toss periodically

Once done pull out of oven, let cool and put half of it in a refrigerator storage container and put in the frig for later in the day or for use with something else.

Caramelized Shallot Dressing Recipe

• grab a fry pan
• pour like a teaspoon of EV olive oil in the pan
• Grab a large shallot, or two small, chop fine and add to fry pan
• turn stove to medium heat
• saute shallots and once they start softening add a pinch of kosher salt and give about ten cranks of a pepper mill
• keep sauteing the shallots until the are starting to brown and become sticky
• add about a splash of water(one tablespoon) the mixture will bubble keep stirring and scraping up brown bits until the shallots are dark about 3 to 4 minutes.
• turn off heat and move pan from burner.
• you can either add a splash of a sulfate free vinegar(if you can find a sulfate free red wine vinegar use that for sure) or squeeze the juice from one whole lemon and mix together.

*The original recipe that you could try after the diet you would add a splash of red wine vinegar and a dollop of Dijon mustard after you take the pan off the burner with more pepper.

Assemble the Salad

Grab about two to three big hand fulls of baby spinach. Pour your shallot dressing over the spinach, take the half of Butternut Squash and add to the top. Sprinkle a little more salt and pepper. Maybe add the zest of the lemon from the lemon that you squeezed to make the dressing. Now toss. You can add another splash of EV olive oil or Sulfate free vinegar if it looks dry. But give it a good mix and toss before you decide.

Supplements

Lite Dinner




Warm Roasted Chicken and Butternut Squash Caramelized Shallot Dressing

Now I made the Caramelized Shallot Dressing again then removed the dressing from the pan and put it on about two or three big handfuls of baby spinach again in a bowl. This is the difference, next I then I shredded the chicken from our lunch and added it in the fry pan(without cleaning it out from making the dressing) and added about two cups of the roasted Butternut Squash into the fry pan. Then I sprinkled some rosemary and sauteed until heated threw. Then I added the chicken and the butternut squash to the bowl and sliced some red onion about 1/4 cup and then tossed the salad together. I did add another drizzle of olive oil as well. Ben was in love!:)

Ben and I feel good today. I am little tired though. I lost another pound and so did Ben!!!

Clean Day 4

Day 4

Busy in the kitchen today. I made a vegan dish just to have a meatless day. Vegan is always tough. You have to do a lot of layering of flavors to get good flavor and to please Ben's meat eating palette. Meat and dairy are a easy way to add flavor to meals. It takes a true Chef to really create big flavor using no animal products at all. Plus, on the clean diet no soy products are allowed so adding some tofu is a no, no in this as well. So this one some may want to skip if you are not ready to have three pans going at the same time and keeping track of nuts form burning in the oven. I have a couple of different ways I make stuffed Portobellos. This is one recipe that I created back last year when I was Vegan. I had to omit the Balsamic Vinegar from the recipe because of the sulfates. I did use chicken broth in the Quinoa though this time.

Breakfast
Apple Pie Shake

• Shake for the two of us: with scoops of Vanilla Nourish and Move with: two diced small fuji apple, tablespoon of frozen cranberries, dash cinnamon, dash nutmeg, dash pumpkin pie spice, 12oz half water, 8oz almond milk, ice, natural calm, tablespoon of flax seed meal, tablespoon of almond meal and two small packets of Stevia.
• Matcha Green tea with juice and zest of a couple of wedges of a lemon and Stevia.

Supplements

Lunch

This is a long one:

Stuffed Vegan Portobello Mushrooms with a side of Quinoa(not vegan, but can be)

Quinoa

• Take out your rice cooker
• add 3/4 cup of Lentils
  add some Thymeadd a pinch of Kosher Salt
  a couple of good cranks of the pepper mill
• 1 cup of water
• 1 cup of organic free range and gluten free chicken broth(or good quality organic veggie broth)
  Let cook until cooker turns it self to warm or off. Stir periodically while it is cooking.

while the Quinoa is cooking do the fallowing

• grab a sauce pan and boil about 1 and 1/2 cups of water
• add dashes of thyme, oregano, black pepper and kosher salt(add once you have added lentils to water).
• add 3/4 cup of French Green Lentils, wash well and pick out any thing that looks foreign
  
• Once water and herbs start to boil in the pan add lentils and salt. Let boil for 3 minutes, then let cook for 45 minutes.

Start your Mushrooms while your lentils are cooking

• Take two large portobello mushrooms, wipe clean or rinse and dowel dry, salt and pepper them, both sides
• Grab a heavy fry pan and add a guzzle of Grape seed Oil, coat the pan with a brush, turn up heat to medium high. Once Pan is hot add Portobellos and press with a spatula, flip and slightly press until soft and cooked all the way through on both sides
  
• Grab a Saute pan, add a guzzle of olive oil to the pan and set to medium high heat.

while watching and flipping your mushrooms

• turn your oven to about 300 degrees
• grab a cookie sheet
• grab a handful of walnuts(all my nuts are in the freezer so they don't spoil) and put on cookie sheet and place in per-heated oven for about 10 minutes, check on them till they look toasted and warm, do not let them burn. Take them out and chop.

After you have put the nuts in the oven start the veggies

• Grab about a quarter of a head of cauliflower and chop into small pieces
  
• then grab four chard stems, rip leaves from the stems and rinse well, towel roll dry or salad spin them dry, chop the leaves up
• chop two garlic cloves
• roughly chop a quarter of a red onion
• After oil gets pretty hot in Saute pan add a leaf to pan to see if it hisses, if it does toss in the chard and cauliflower and saute until the leaves break a bit then toss in red onion and then garlic, saute and toss and toss and cook until cauliflower is slightly soft

After the Qunioa is done you should be done with mostly every thing. Take a plate and spread a good layer of Quinoa, place a portobello mushroom on top of the Quinoa, spoon the Lentils into the mushroom to make a nice mound, then the kale and cauliflower, sprinkle with chopped Italian flat leaf parsley or fresh thyme, sprinkle the chopped walnuts, add some lemon zest and squeeze a half of a lemon on top of the whole thing. You can also do a drizzle of a fine Extra Virgin Olive Oil as well if you want. Enjoy:)

Supplements

3pm Shake

Ben is having serious cravings for sweets. He said "can you some how make the shake taste like a chocolate Pumpkin Cheese Cake??"

Poof here is my best effort to make this happen for him:

*Don't forget I make this for two servings

• Two Scoops of Chocolate Nourish and two scoops of move
• two large tablespoons of pumpkin pure
• dashes of: Cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg
• two packs of Stevia
• one tablespoon of flax seed meal
• one tablespoon of almond meal
• 10oz of water and 8oz of almond milk(make sure you are using the unsweetened kind) about half a cup of ice.

Gave it to Ben and he was beyond happy:)

Lite Dinner

Dinner I just made the same salad from yesterday I just put the left over lentils on top with some chopped raw almonds. I dolloped some Vegan pesto on top, squeezed a lemon over the salad, topped it with the lemon zest. Did a drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, salt, pepper and garlic flakes.

Supplements

I weighed myself after my first morning shake and I came in at 148.5 pounds. Ben forgot to weigh himself. Both of us feel totally normal now. Going to the bathroom more often for sure then the first couple of days.

Clean Day 3

So Day 3 was a whole lot easier! Felt great all day. No problems cannot complain! Ben is complaining about not being able to have cookies and coffee, but he is fine too. He felt better when he was driving to go fly one of his planes and he heard a Doctor being interviewed on NPR about the link between consuming too much sugar/carbs and not enough good fats to upping your chances of getting cancer by 60%. He felt a lot better that we are doing this when he heard that for sure.

Breakfast

• Shake with Nourish Vanilla and Move: Two big tablespoons of pumpkin puree', cranberries, tablespoon of flax seed meal, dash of cinnamon, dash of pumpkin pie spice, dash of nutmeg, natural calm, half water half almond milk, Stevia and ice.
• Cranberry Jasmin Green tea with Lemon zest and juice and some Stevia

Supplements

Lunch



Turkey Meat Balls with Spaghetti squash and Vegan Pesto

• You will need a container of pre-made Vegan pesto. I get mine from Whole Foods in the fresh food section near the Salsas and Hummus. Totally program friendly ingredients.
• Set oven to 400 degrees
• take one spaghetti squash poke about 30 times all over the squash and set in oven directly on the rack with a cookie sheet under it. Set the oven timer for an hour. It is done when the skin is soft to the touch.
• take about half pound of ground turkey
• get good heavy fry pan
  
• add two teaspoons mixed with two tablespoons of flax seed meal let sit and thicken(this will replace the egg usually called for in the recipe)
  
• add two chopped garlic cloves
• add 1/4 of red onion chopped
• add teaspoon of dried oregano
• add pinch of red pepper flakes
• add pinch of kosher salt
• add 1/2 cup of chopped mushrooms any type
• add a couple of good guzzles of very fine extra virgin cold press olive oil
• add 1 heaping tablespoon of brown rice flour
• add a couple of pinches of creole seasoning
• Mix all ingredients together and form into medium size balls with your hands. I got about 7 balls out of the recipe
• add a guzzle of grape seed oil to you fry pan and turn up heat to medium almost medium high, wait for pan to get hot and place balls in and let brown and then rotate on all sides until pretty cooked or browned. Place on a open safe dish and put into the 400 degree oven for the last 20 minutes of the spaghetti squashes baking.
• When the Spaghetti squash is soft, which may take longer then a hour, take out of oven and cut in half lengthwise(be careful use a silicon oven mitt when doing this). Take a knife and cut and scrape out seeds and stringy stuff. Once you get all that out take a fork and scrap sides inward to center. It should be nice and pasta like in look.
• Don't toss your seeds that you scrape away. Put into a bowl and set aside we will use those in a minute.
  
• Toss the squash from one side with about two large tablespoons of the Vegan pesto. I would scrape the other side and put into container to use for another meal later.
• Take your meat balls out of the oven. they should be nice and crispy looking and plate with a large serving of the squash. I like to squeeze a little lemon on the pesto and a dash of organic garlic salt on top. You could top it with some fresh basil if you can find it in season. I did not see anything great at Wholefoods that was grown locally. Also you could top with some toasted Walnuts too.

Supplements

3pm Shake

• Scoops each of Vanilla flavored Nourish and Move with: one pack of Mango Puree'(comes in packs of four from Trader Joes), some blueberries, tablespoon of flax seed, natural calm, half water and half almond milk, dash of nutmeg. Then in my glass I sprinkles some organic coconut flakes. Ben hates coconut so I just mixed it in my glass.

Lite Dinner



Ok so I basically did what I did the last two days make a kitchen sink salad using two meat balls left over from lunch with:

• two big hand fools of salad greens
• one big hand fool of Trader Joes Broccoli slaw
• hand full of roughly chopped broccoli florets
• hand full of chopped mushrooms
• a cut meat ball into bite size pieces
• dash of oregano
• zest and juice of a a lemon
• guzzle of cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
• pinches of garlic flakes
• a good size dollop of the Vegan Pesto and some sliced red onion
• toss and enjoy

Supplements

Snack Recipe



Creole Squash Seeds
Now what I do with the seeds is throw them into a fine strainer and run cold water over them and pull away the sticky stringy stuff on the seeds. Once you have them cleaned up take out of the oven the cookie sheet you had on the oven and dump them on and spread them out.
The oven should still be warm but turn it down to about 275ish and let them dry out four about a half hour then check them and see if they are totally dry. If they aren't let them stay in until they are. Once they are dry pull them out and scoop into a bowl. Toss them with a little Extra Virgin Olive oil and sprinkle with garlic flakes, Creole Seasoning and a little kosher salt. Spread back on cookie sheet and put back in oven for another 15 minutes. YUM!!!!!!!

Clean Day 2

So I completed Day 2 and man was it a rough day!!! I have heard that the second day is the worst, and man where they right. Ben and I where just as useful and "on it" as my cat is pictured above. Cashmere(our cat) just looks so much like how we felt.

Ben and I went to a family gathering. The event was a buffet at a Chinese restaurant and then after go over to Ben's Moms house to carry on the party. So Ben and I decided to skip the restaurant and go strait to the house. I brought our 3pm shakes with us pre-made and a selection of teas, carrot sticks, packs of Stevia and some almonds. We planned on playing cards after the majority of the family left. Well, people probably thought Ben and I where smoking everything but our shoes before we arrived because we could not keep up conversations with anyone! We where pretty out of it. Ben's sister was thanking me for gifts that I picked out for her from over the Holidays and I could not remember what they where. So be ready people for a bumpy ride!


What we ate today:

Breakfast

• Jasmin green tea with lime zest the juice and Stevie
• Mango and raspberry Smoothie with: flax meal, Natural calm powder, half water/half almond milk and ice with the Nourish Vanilla and Move Powders
  
• Supplements

Lunch

Seared Saki Salmon

• you will need a heavy fry pan
• heat pan to medium high heat
• a guzzle of Sesame Seed Oil
• one Wild Saki Salmon (Trader Joes has them frozen and de-boned and cut into two large piece) cut into four pieces(two smaller then the other two)
• Salt and pepper the top and sprinkle well with Old Bay Seasoning
• When the oil becomes pretty hot lay salmon down, skin side down, and sear until the skin wants to release from the pan about 4 minutes, then flip the Salmon for about 2 more minutes and sear until you see how done you want them to be.

Shataiki Mushroom and Brown Rice

• 3/4 cup of brown rice wash well and add to rice cooker
• about two cups of chicken stalk
• 1/4 cup of chopped white onion
• a couple of sprinkles of dried garlic flakes
• a couple of sprinkles of red pepper flakes
• about five shataiki mushrooms roughly chopped
• turn rice cooker on and stir rice every once in a while until the rice cooker stops cooking it
  

Garlicky Greens with Cauliflower and Purple Kale

• grab another large fry pan
• heat pan to medium high heat
• add a guzzle of grape seed oil
• chop four cloves of garlic
• set aside two pinches of red pepper flakes
• take one bunches of kale(I used purple kale) and clean very well, tear away leaves from center stalk into medium size pieces, then either throw in a salad spinner and dry or lay the leaves out in a towel and roll them up and squeeze the towel to get excess water from the leaves
• throw a leaf in pan if it hisses then throw the rest in, and saute for about a couple of minutes
• after the leaves have broken down a bit toss in garlic and saute then add the red pepper flakes
• serve asap

*I added some cauliflower as well just to add bulk to our lunch. Add it when you add the kale. you can also use chard as well instead of kale.

Supplements

3pm Shake

• Nourish Chocolate and Move powders with: frozen wild organic blueberries, organic frozen raspberries, flax seed meal, natural calm powder, half water/half almond milk, ice and Stevia

Lite Dinner

Salmon and Avocado Salad

• two big hand fulls of mixed greens
• left over saki salmon form lunch flaked with your finger on top of the salad
• some raw broccoli florets
• two stalks of celery chopped
• two small hand fulls of Trader Joes Broccoli slaw
• one avocado de-seeded and chopped
• about a table spoon of toasted almond sliced almonds
• Divide all ingredients into two bowls and the top each with lemon zest of one lemon and the juice of the lemon, a guzzle of extra virgin olive oil on each and some salt, pepper, dried garlic flakes and toss. Yum!!!

Ben weighed in at 210 and I weighed in at 151 at the end of the day. Also the first night of the program Ben had complete body twitching for about a couple of hours when he was sleeping. I made sure he was OK without waking him though. The twitching woke me up a couple of times so it was intense. Little strange but he does not remember any of it when I told him that morning.

Clean Day 1 and Pre-Detox Prep

Ok so Ben and i decided to do a Detox last year, but was not sure where to start and what kind of detox to do. Well, I got a blog post from GOOP where Gwyneth Paltrow was talking about a detox program that she liked and had success with, called Clean TM. So I went to the website and did more research and looked at other programs. After a year of hearing more and more good press about the Clean program I was sold. So Ben and I decided after the Holidays we would dive in. The kit arrived yesterday. We purchased the Clean Renew kit at the cost of $250.00 including shipping. They have two programs this is the more milder one of the two. The Renew program is for people that have never detoxed before. The program kit came with three large canisters of drink powders and three bottles of pills. The powders are two canisters of Nourish one flavored with chocolate and the other is vanilla the third canister is called Move. The pills consists of one bottle of Ease (63 tablets), one bottle of clear 1 (21 tablets) and one bottle of Balance (63 tablets).

This is how the program works. Before you even get the kit you go on a three to five Elimination Diet depending on how much crap you eat determines how long you need to do the Elimination diet to prepare for the detox.

Ben and I did not need to do it because we where eating pretty close to the elimination diet already. We have been using Almond Milk for a year now so we where used to it. I we just stopped drinking wine, eating cheese(which we did not eat much of anyway) and switched from espresso to Matcha Green Tea in the mornings. We also started the habit of drinking hot water with lemon zest and juice at night as well.
The Elimination Diet Consists of:

Include

• Fruit: Whole fruits (including lemons and limes), unsweetened, frozen or water-packed, diluted natural juices
• Dairy Substitutions: nut milk made from "clean" nuts (hazelnut, almond, walnut, pecan, Brazil), unsweetened brown rice milk, seed milks like hempseed, sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, coconut milk (unsweetened and in small amounts)
• Grains: Brown rice, millet, quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, teff
• Meat: free-range chicken, turkey, duck, fresh ocean fish-pacific salmon, ocean char, halibut, haddock, cod, sole, pollock, tuna (preferably fresh, but canned is okay), mahi-mahi, lean lamb, water-packed canned tuna (watch out for the ones that have added soy protein), wild game
• Plant based proteins: Split peas, red and green lentils, all legumes and beans (except edamame and peanuts)
• Nuts and seeds: walnuts, sesame, pumpkin, Brazil, sunflower, hazelnuts, pecans, almonds, cashews, hemp seeds, chia seeds, flax, nut and seed butters
• Vegetables: everything except nightshades (eggplants, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes and no sweet potatoes or yams) consumed fresh/organic/local, raw, steamed, sauteed, juiced, roasted
• Oils: Cold pressed olive, coconut, flax, sesame, almond, sunflower, pumpkin, walnut, coconut
• Beverages: Filtered or distilled water, green tea, herbal teas, seltzer or mineral water, yerba mate, coconut water, kombucha (in moderation if you're already consuming it), fresh juices
• Sweeteners: Brown rice syrup, stevia

Exclude

• Fruit: Oranges, orange juice, grapefruit, strawberries, grapes, banana
• Dairy: Eggs, milk, cheese, cottage cheese, cream, yogurt, butter, ice cream, non-dairy creamers
• Grains: Wheat, corn, barley, spelt, kamut, rye, couscous, oats
• Meat: Raw fish, pork, beef, veal, sausage, cold cuts, canned meats, hot dogs, shellfish
• Plant based protein: Soybean products (soy sauce, soybean oil in processed foods, tempeh, tofu, soy milk, soy yogurt)
• Nuts: Peanuts, peanut butter, pistachios, macadamia nuts
• Vegetables: corn, creamed vegetables, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, peppers
• Oils: Butter, margarine, shortening, processed oils, canola oil, salad dressings, mayonnaise, spreads
• Beverages: Alcohol, coffee, caffeinated beverages, soda pop, pasteurized juices, soft drinks
• Sweeteners: Refined sugar, white/brown sugars, honey, Agave, maple syrup, aspartame, high fructose corn syrup, evaporated cane juice, Splenda®, Equal®, Sweet’N Low®
• Miscellaneous: Chocolate (processed with dairy and sugar), ketchup, relish, chutney, soy sauce (with gluten, sugar, and gmo soybeans), barbecue sauce, teriyaki sauce, other condiments

My Grocery List some I have on hand but this is what you would need for two people:

Three packs of Trader Joes Organic Drum Sticks

Two Packs of Wild Saki Salmon

Two Packs of Wild Salmon Patties

One pound of lamb that has been cut into chunks

Two Pounds of Ground Organic Turkey

Four Bunches of Organic Baby Broccoli

Two bunches of regular Organic Broccoli

Head of red cabbage

head of napa cabbage

one large container of mixed salad greens greens

one large container of spinach

Twp butter nut squash

Two Spaghetti Squash

Two Acorn Squash

Two bags of organic peeled baby carrots

Two bags of apples

Two container of Trader Joes Almond and Flax Seed Butter

Four half gallons of unsweetened Almond Milk

One containers of Teavana Imperial Grade Matcha Green Tea Powder

6 onzes of Yerba Monte loose Teavana Tea

One box of Gunpowder Peets Green Tea in bags

Assorted Loose Teavana loose leaf Herbal Teas

Old Bay Seasoning

Creole Seasoning

Oregano

Red Pepper flakes

Black Pepper

Kosher Salt

One large Bottle of Cold Pressed Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

One jar of Virgin Coconut Oil

One bag of Almond Meal

Coconut Flakes

Eight Cans of Coconut Water

Two bags of Limes

Two bags of Lemons

One bag of Meyer Lemons

One bag of Red Onions

Stalks of Ginger Root

Eight Bulbs of Garlic

Eight Shallots

Several Bunches of Rainbow and regular Chard

Several Bunches of Dinosaur, Curly and regular Kale

Six Bag bags of Trader Joes Wild Organic Frozen Blueberries

Joes Organic Frozen Raspberries

Two packs of Frozen Organic Mango Puree

Two cans of Organic Pumpkin Puree

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Pumpkin Pie Spice

Assorted Mushrooms

Big bag of Quinoa

Big bag of Brown Rice

Organic Tamari Sauce

Costco size case of Toilet Paper;)

Case of Mineral Water

Water Purifier if you do not have one already

Shaker Containers(BPA FREE)

Water Containers(BPA FREE)

Almonds (Individual snack packs form Trader Joes) and sliced

bag of ground almonds, bag of whole raw almonds

Walnuts

Pecans

Now I did not buy all this all at once. This is about what Ben and I eat over a three week period and this would be purchased over a three week period.

Supplements that i recommend:

Wholefoods brand Probiotics Complex

Vitamin D 1000 I.U.

Food Based Rainbowlight Brand Calcium/Magnesium/D complex

Fish Oil Capsules

Men's or Women's Multi Vitamin I use Code Brand

****This one I recommend HIGHLY!!!!! Peter Gillham's Natural Vitality Natural Calm you can get it at any health food store. Comes in a canister and it is a powder and comes in flavors, un-flavored as well and sweetened with Stevia, so it is perfect. This is important to take all the time even after the detox. It helps calm you and gets your bowls moving if you need that(on the detox you will need it)also if you suffer from Migraines and headaches this does the trick. Just add to the detox shake in the morning. After the detox mix in some boiling water in the moring of mix in your morning shake everyday. SOOO worth the money!!!!:)

What we ate today:

Breakfast:

• Matcha green tea with stevia and zest and juice of a Meyer lemon.
• Morning shake with scoops of nourish-chocolate and Move. Used half water half almond milk, blueberries, a few raspberries, ice, cinnamon and almond meal.
• Supplements ours and the Clean Programs-ease, Clear1 and Balance

I had three whole almonds and two baby carrot sticks for snack

Lunch:

Sauteed Baby Broccoli

• 6 to 8 stalks of broccoli
• splash of olive oil
• red pepper flakes
• some sliced red onion
• two chopped cloves of garlic
• Saute till done but still crunchy
• *I steamed it some by putting the top on the pan with two splashes of organic chicken broth and let is sit on low heat until Ben came home for lunch. I let it cook a little too long but still good.

Lemon Chicken

• Roasting pan
• five drum sticks
• one large lemon, zest the whole lemon and juice the whole lemon over chicken
• drizzle some olive over the chicken
• old bay seasoning
• turmeric
• salt
• pepper
• let marinade for about an hour or two
• bake on 375 for 25 minutes
• based the chicken form the juices and broil for about 5 to 8 minutes
• Remember to not eat the chicken skin

Garlicky Quinoa

• I use a rice cooker it is just too easy that way
• 3/4 cup of quinoa
• 2 cups of chicken stock(low sodium organic)
• Dried Garlic Flakes
• Cook and stir every once in awhile. The machine does the work for you.

Supplements ours and Clean Program-Ease and Balance

Late After Noon Shake:

• Scoops of Vanilla Nourish and Move powders, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, two table spoons of pumpkin puree, ice, half water half almond milk and flax seed meal.

Ben had three almonds and I had two for snack

Late Lite Dinner:

Tossed Salad using the reaming drum stick from lunch

• Mixed Greens
• sliced almonds toasted
• Trader Joes Broccoli Organic Slaw
• Chopped chicken from one drum stick divided for the two salads
• Drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Zest of two lemons and juice of the lemons
• Salt
• Pepper
• sliced red onion
• dried garlic flakes(organic you can get them at Whole Foods)

Supplements Clean Program Balance and Ease

We had teas all day with either lemon, Meyer lemon and lime and a lot of water!!!!

I went on a long walk. Tomorrow I will do weights and a walk. Sunday hopefully yoga and weights and a walk. Then Monday Hot Yoga class.

Advice of the day:

You will feel kinda loopy all day until night time. Also stay close to a bathroom after lunch. Your first BM will come very soon after and fast!! After that your fine. We felt really fool and did not go hungry either. The morning was a little tough but I think tomorrow morning will be better.

My weight as of today is 150

Ben's weight is 213