Day 1 starts with the Cleanse Phase! This post will walk you through what do eat/take/do for the entire day, so read carefully :)
If you have read the instructions you will already know what food and drink you should try to eliminate from your diet during these 10 days. Remember that the goal is to be 80-90% "on" - not to be perfect! But also remember that the better you commit, the better your results will be...
The Cleanse Phase should be "uneventful" - you should be able to go to work and do your normal routine as always. Some people find that they feel a little yucky during the first few days - I did not experience this, but this can be normal...the body is doing some cleaning! Here is how I took the products and followed the eating regimen:
Upon waking: Fiber Drink + Spark
The best way to mix the Fiber Drink is with 8 oz of Orange Juice (and you get a fruit serving in - two birds, one stone!) It will taste like thick, pulpy orange juice. Then, mix your Spark with at least 8 oz of water. Follow your Spark with another 8 oz of water. Talk about full! You should plan on eating breakfast about 30 minutes to an hour after this step.
Breakfast:
If you are on the Plus Plan, have a
Meal Replacement Shake. If not, eat a healthy breakfast like oatmeal with fruit or rice cakes and a 2-3 hard boiled eggs.
**DRINK WATER**
Mid-morning:
Snack time! You need to eat something no sooner than 2 hours after previously eating, and NO LATER than 4 hours after eating. This is very important. Here are some examples snack examples:
- a handful of nuts + apple wedges
- 2 or 3 hard boiled eggs chopped up with hummus (can go on top of a brown rice cake)
- veggie sticks and hummus
- raw fruit
- rice cakes with peanut or almond butter
**DRINK WATER**
Lunchtime:
All of the meal portions should stay small, with your carb count coming in at no more than 30g per eating time. For complex carbs, like brown rice, that's about what would fit in the palm of your hand. You should have mostly vegetables and protein and a small amount of carbohydrate. Examples:
- Grilled Chicken Salad with Balsamic Vinegarette dressing
- Tuna Salad made with Olive Oil or Canola Mayo on a bed of Spinach leaves
- Grilled chicken with steamed veggies and hummus
- Grilled fish and steamed veggies
I was shocked when I looked back on how much I had been eating at one time, and what that was doing to my body chemistry. Eeek! Also, it's TOTALLY possible to go out to eat still. I found though that what I would normally eat in one sitting was probably 2 - 3 meals worth of food. Good news - one meal became three...plan on taking part of whatever you order back to work or home!
**DRINK WATER**
Mid-afternoon: Spark + Snack
Snack time again! This snack time is similar to Mid-morning. If you are feeling tired, mix up another Spark!
**DRINK WATER**
Dinnertime: OmegaPlex + Dinner
For Dinner, keep the carb portion to under 30 grams again - read labels! I ate vegetables like zucchini and eggplant, green beans, broccoli, kidney beans, and lima beans, mixed with tomatoes and sometimes topped with some goat cheese. I would also sometimes fix a small portion of brown rice or brown rice pasta - it has the same consistency as regular pasta but contains no wheat and doesn't give you that barfy full feeling that eating regular pasta can give you.
**DRINK WATER**
Optional Snacktime:
If you are still hungry, you can have another snack later - just make sure it's been a few hours since you had dinner.
Bedtime:
Take the Cleanse Tablets that come in the Herbal Cleanse box.
You should try to drink water mostly in between meals. Try to drink small amounts of liquid with meals, but large amounts in between. This keeps the stomach acid from getting diluted when you eat so that it can do its job of breaking down the food you eat.
All in all, you should have taken the following products today:
- Fiber Drink
- Meal Replacement Shake (only if you are on the Plus Plan)
- 1-2 Sparks
- 4 OmegaPlex
- Cleanse Tablets
