Breaking the Cleanse and Going Forward

For the past few days, I’ve noticed that I haven’t been getting much enjoyment out of eating. Recipes that I love, such as Kris Carr’s miso soup, just aren’t appealing to me even when they’re right in front of me. It could be a slump, but I’m not sure it’s a slump I want to push through. 

The other reason (and maybe more important reason) that I’m going to stop the official cleanse is that I’m not feeling any better than I do when I eat non-cleanse healthy. I figure, if I don’t feel any better than normal and I’m not enjoying myself, then I might as well eat other healthy food.

I did end up breaking the cleanse today with dinner: drunken noodles with fried tofu and spring rolls with peanut sauce (those might be Crazy Sexy).  

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However, I’m going to apply the “take the best and the leave the rest” attitude to my diet. I enjoy juicing and drinking smoothies (especially the pineapple basil one!!!) so I’d like to continue with that. I love eating Crazy Sexy snacks. I learned I love pears! Who knew?! I thought I didn’t. I’m also in love with spiced almonds. Last week I made curried almonds and this week I made my own barbeque ones (recipe to come). And I really enjoyed the flavor of almost every recipe I made, so they’ll still be on my radar. In a nutshell, I still adore Kris Carr and many of the elements of her diet.

For the future, in terms of healthy eating, I want to try out at least one recipe from each section of Color Me Vegan, by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. I received it for Christmas and have been anxious to test out some recipes.

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I have some other plans in mind too (very not Crazy Sexy), but I don’t want to say too much in case I decide against them.

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