I'm going on a five day system cleanse by sticking to a 90% Raw Foods diet and then gradually add other foods back after five days.

Day 1 (April 25)

• Breakfast
  • Green smoothie: kale, strawberries, banana
• Lunch
  • handful of almonds
  • baby carrots
  • orange
  • banana
• Dinner
  • arugula & romaine
  • drizzled w/ some olive juice
  • six Greek olives
  • 1/2 an avocado
  • sweet potato crisps (not raw, obviously)
• Snack
  • about 1/4 cup of dried cranberries
  • hot Japanese green tea
• Notes: 3:45...stomach ache and tummy bulging & hard =/. Greek olive juice and smashed avocado make a nice salad dressing. 8:00, stomach feeling better.

Day 2

• Breakfast
  • glass of V8 Fusion Acai Mixed Berry
  • apple
• Lunch
  • baby carrots
  • a tablespoon or so of sunflower seeds
  • plum
  • orange
• Dinner
  • arugula & romaine salad...
  • drizzled with olive juice & olive oil
  • w/ five Greek olives
  • pickled baby corn (whole jar XD)
  • 1/4 tomato
  • slices of red bell pepper
  • sweet potato crisps
• Snack
  • Japanese green tea

Day 3

• Breakfast
  • Green smoothie: red swiss chard, sprig of mint, peaches, blueberries, soy milk (yum!)
• Lunch
  • handful of almonds
  • baby carrots
  • pear
• Dinner
  • brown butter sauteed radishes with mint
  • tomato
  • 10 olives
• Snack
  • Cheat: boston cream pie toaster strudel (it was going to go to waste if I didn't eat it!)
  • Japanese green tea
  • half a mango

Day 4

• Breakfast
  • Green smoothie (1/2 glass): red swiss chard, mint, peaches, blueberries, soy milk
• Lunch
  • Szechuan vegetable delight
  • hunan tofu
• Snack
  • orange
• Dinner
  • pile of broccoli
  • home-made guacamole
  • sliced tomato
• Snack
  • Japanese green tea
  • strawberries

Day 5

• Breakfast
  • nothing
• Lunch
  • mango
  • crinkles (cheat...)
  • soy milk
• Dinner
  • (dad made dinner so I ate it) stirfry kale, chard, bell pepper, potatoes, and a sauce I probably shouldn't have had (had meat in it but I avoided the slices)
• Snack
  • pretty much off my diet now XD;; had Nubi frozen yogurt - pistachio, pralines, coffee, and dulce de leche with bluberries and mango sliced on top

Results/Comments

• I do not believe I was on this diet long enough to show any results. It probably has been beneficial.
• The thought of certain foods I would eat before do not really appeal to me right now.
• I measured my waist, still an inch bigger than my goal. I didn't measure it on Sunday because I didn't know where my fabric measure was; so I don't know if that has changed.
• Last weekend I noticed I gained 4 lbs in a matter of two days and was shocked (though I used to be prone to fluctuations). Those have gone, two before starting, but I am carrying that extra 5 lbs I gained a year and a half ago.
• Changes? Not really. Still got headaches and stomach aches, didn't really lose weight. Did have to pee more often, so it was cleaning out my system. My stomach did appear to be flatter though, so yay.
• Would I do this again? Yes and no. I still believe eating a balance of food is healthy and raw foods is too extreme.