let the rain fall down, I'm coming clean

Never one to be without an impending personal goal, I've started a 28 day cleansing program. I've heard from friends who have had success on programs like this, and decided it was time to try one for myself. I'm sick of being unhealthy, enjoy and challenge and like to learn new things about myself, so I was excited to give this a shot.

Turns out I was in for a bit more than I bargined for. Not only is the program vegan (no problems there) but you can have no processed foods whatsoever, no sugar, no caffiene, no booze(!), nothing containing an ingredients you can't pronounce. I am normally a pretty healthy eater to begin with, mostly organic foods, mostly vegan diet, etc- but even most of the things in my cupboards will be obsolete for the next month. The book that I bought also came with a bunch of recipies and tips, etc. So I am actually having fun cooking. And while I normally hate cooking for one, it is actually handy because one meal usually lasts me about 3 days of lunches and dinners. So it probably is really a time saver in the end.

So now I am on my 6th day of the cleanse. I think (hope!) that I am over the initial hump. The first few days without coffee were hard. I weaned myself off at the beginning of the year and unfortunately let myself get sucked back in when I started this new job. It doesn't help that Target now carries dunkin donuts brand coffee grounds!

I thought for sure I would slip up this weekend when my dad was visiting. I took him to the Uptown bar and grill for lunch and was starting to panic when I was looking through the menu. What in the world can you order at ANY restaurant, let alone a place like this, that will fit in the program?! Turns out I underestimated that place once again. One of their signature dishes are veggie tacos so I ordered that and left the shells, eating the veggies that were inside it with salsa. Now I guess if you're going to be picky, I don't actually know if the ingeredients they use in their salsa are all cleanse-friendly, but I thought I did pretty well!

Anyway- wish me luck, and don't hate me if I turn down happy hour invites, or more likely, come anyway and make you drink alone, for the next month. :)

On another note- I am deep in the throws of car shopping. Thought I'd be celebrating today with a lovely and shiny new (to me) car- but negotiations didn't go as well as anticipated- so it's time for plan B. Kind of disappointing, but I'm hoping the new direction will work out better in the end anyway.