Starting the model detox diet tomorrow, and I'm going to try and stick to it for a week. Here's what I'll be doing if anyone wants to join me. :)

Meal Plans

- Breakfast

Variations of fruit or fruit puree are great for breakfast. They are nutritious, filling and the

natural sugars will give you energy to get through the morning.

To make a fruit puree, cut up your fruit and place in a pot on the stove with a small amount of

water. Cover and leave it on a low heat until the fruit is soft. Now just throw it in the blender

and add a squeeze of fresh lemon to taste. I also like to add a little cinnamon.

My favorite blends contain apples, plums, nectarines, pears and berries, but really anything

goes. You can also mix it up a bit by using your blender to achieve different consistencies...

- Lunch & Dinner

For your main two meals its important to keep calories low but nutrition high. A vegetable

puree soup is the answer. This will give you energy to get through the day and all the

nutrients you need.

Cut up your vegetables, add approximately one cup of vegetable stock, and cover on a low

heat until the vegetables are soft. Now throw it in the blender and spice it up with a raw clove

of garlic or jalapeño pepper (only a little as it's very spicy!). I also like to add cilantro and a little

olive oil.

I like to experiment with different vegetables for this soup. Great ideas are spinach and

broccoli, collard greens, zucchini, onion, carrots and sweet potatoes. Beans also make a great

addition. I like to use chickpeas but be sure they are organic.

- Desserts & Snacks

This diet can sometimes leave you feeling hungry (it wouldn't be a diet if it didn't!), so its

important to have some filling snacks around for when you need a boost.

Fruit smoothies are a great options for dessert or a snack between meals. You need to buy

packs of frozen organic fruits from your supermarket. These lock all the goodness into the

fruit and are very convenient. I actually find that frozen bananas taste much better in a

smoothie than fresh ones so I peel ripe bananas and put them in a ziplock bag in the freezer.

Just add ice and a little water, then blend away! I like blends of blueberries, strawberries,

blackberries and banana. Its really up to you to find a few combinations that you love. Be

creative!

- Drinks

Freshly squeezed juices are very detoxing and a great way to get some condensed nutrition

into your body. Fresh juice is also packed full of enzymes which are fundamental in

maintaining good health and preventing disease.

Some ideas for recipes - try playing around with these super-healthy ingredients. Cucumbers,

apples, carrot, ginger, garlic, beet and broccoli.

Don't forget to drink Green Tea. This is so effective as a diet aid because it increases your

metabolism and reduces your appetite. It has also been used for more than 4000 years in

Chinese medicine, to cure ailments ranging from headaches to depression.

Woot! Finally cleaned out my car today. I feel gross and unclean, but at least my car is clean. I hate that everyone thinks they can leave their trash in my car. It's my car, I'd like it to be clean, my floor is not a trashcan. Please, just bring your trash in if you bring food in my car! I don't understand what's so hard about that. It's a whole new level of lazy when you can't walk your trash two steps to the trash cans that are on the way inside the dorms, and instead just leave it on my floor. Anyway, sorry, that rant was necessary. It should never take me a half hour to pull all the trash out of my car. So anyway. Dinner with D's mom last night was fun, we ordered some pizza and hung out for a few hours. D and I played Magic and watch TV with his mom and little sister, and his mom and I had an intense discussion with his little sister about why Johnny Depp is sexy. LOL. 

To Do:
Practice with Melody
Music Theory  
Clean Room
Get Flu Shot
Melody's Lesson
Practice
Karrie's Lesson
Make Hair Appointment
One on One with RA
Take Out Trash and Recycling
Vacuum and Dust Room
Practice
Cassie's Lesson
Study Session for Theory
Practice with Natalie
Jazz Lab Band II Concert
Floor Meeting

Ohh man. Today's hella busy.

Intake:
Ended up getting lunch with dan, so probably a grand total of 700 calories today. Not too shabby.

Outtake:
Walking - 30 minutes

Thinspo!
Siri Tollerod in 'Masumiyet muzesi'
Photographed by Sophie Delaporte
Vogue Turkey October 2010

I'll have this up as soon as my uploader decides to work. Or...I guess these will happen tomorrow. :(

Peace out girl scout!