Day 3

Last night I wrote my blog post while I was still eating dinner so, I have a few more things to add. I really struggled to eat the rest of it. I was about half way through and nearly gave up. I kept feeling sick and I didn't want it. (I didn't realise I'd be so fussy). But I carried on and finished it all. Afterwards I felt like I'd been on a run and just got home, I felt really bad. I went to bed feeling exhausted with a stomach ache.

This morning I woke up feeling incredibly sore but I had been hill walking yesterday (2 days in a row) so double, double strain. I haven't done any hill walking today so it will be interesting to see if I wake up feeling any better. I had my daily cup of hot lemon water. I wasn't having the bake today but a shamrock smoothie with the... Coconut water!! So, I wasn't feeling too excited. The shamrock smoothie's ingredients were: banana, avocado, cucumber, romaine lettuce leaves, lemon juice and coconut water. As you may have guessed the avocado and banana were a challenge, even though they were ripe this time. So I made a somewhat lumpy smoothie. What was it like? I hear you ask well, it was very different to what I had thought it would be. It was overpoweringly sour I don't know why it was so bad. I thought the coconut water was going to be the biggest problem but it wasn't. It was very hard to swallow. I was relieved that I didn't feel sick afterwards! Hmm... Interesting.

My mid morning snack was green lemonade juice. I forgot to put in the spinach - whoops! The other ingredients were: kale, green apples, cucumber, celery and lemon. Out of all the juices so far this one has been the nicest. I followed my snack with a cup of peppermint tea. Everything is GREEN! I had a look at what is in store for me during the next steps of my reboot. There seems to be a lot of recipes relying on a blender and we don't have one. I've decided my tactic for getting through this will be treating the smoothies like a sort of batter and maxing in the liquids a little at a time to get the right consistency. We will see how this method turns out.

For lunch was apple and butternut squash soup. This was strenuous to make. Mainly because the oven just doesn't seem to have a clue about how to heat itself up so, we have to wait forever for it to get to the right temperature. I hadn't made any vegetable stock because it would just take too long. I had a look at some vegetable stock powder to add to the soup for some flavour but, it contained milk. I was very tempted but my conscience got the better of me. I was regretting not making the vegetable stock though because I was guessing this was going to be some majorly watery soup. I decided to add heaps of onions and garlic. It must have done the trick because out of all the meals (apart from the berry apple bake) this was the tastiest and the one I actually enjoyed. Unfortunately after finishing it I was left feeling incredibly lethargic. This keeps happening when I eat so I decided to do some research as to why. I had a look on http://www.rebootwithjoe.com and looked on the beginners forum and what different people were saying. I have concluded from what I've read and advice I've received from people that I've asked that, I'm lacking in salt and that I need to make sure I do at least 20 mins of exercise per day. Hopefully when I do this I will notice an improvement.

Something else I've noticed us that I get a build up of plaque on my teeth after I drink a juice  (in particular) and eating all the vegetables. I don't know what's causing it. I tried having a look online but couldn't find any information other than to make sure I'm brushing my teeth. But it's gross and it does make me have to brush my teeth a lot (which I don't usually want to do at all). I hope the build up will die down.

In the afternoon I did some exercise (not walking) followed by another green lemonade juice. Other than my legs feeling like they were dead, I was feeling on top form. Yay! Then came making dinner - another soup, green detox soup. I was optimistic that this wouldn't involve so much effort. I was wrong. Due to all the kale and broccoli the mixture wouldn't mash. I sieved out the bulk and then put it in the juicer. There was a lot of mess. But the finished product was delicious! Come to think of it it think the detox soup is my favourite. I don't feel tired, YAY! Since I've been posting photos of my reboot on Instagram I got some new followers, which is encouraging. So, at the end of day 3 Im feeling excited!