I Quit Sugar (Sort of) Plan and My Day One

Week ONE:

We are choosing our own path here, so you are going to see multiple options:

Upon waking you are going to have one of the following:

• Hot Water with Lemon
• Coffee with/without Milk of Choice and/or Stevia
• Herbal Tea with/without Milk of Choice and/or Stevia 

Meal 1: Toast With Avocado, Tomato, Red Onion and Sea Salt

Meal 2: GREEN JUICE: 1 green apple, 3 celery stalks, 1 lemon, 5 large kale leaves,1 cucumber, 1 handfuls of spinach, 1 handful of cilantro (optional) 1 handful of parsley (optional)

OR if not juicing, blend above ingredients for a (just squeeze the juice out of the lemon) smoothie OR no smoothies? Have homemade salsa an veggie sticks and/or crackers (The I Quit Sugar Lady has a great recipe for homemade super crackers)

Meal 3: Salad: any combo of dark leafy greens and vegetables of your choice (I used baby kale, spinach, carrot, tomato, sliced cucumber, green onion, yellow pepper and red onion) and a tablespoon of nuts (I used pecans) and 1 TBS homemade ACV DRESSING : 1 tbs olive oil, 2 tbs apple cider vinegar, juice from one lemon (or Lime) dash of sea salt and fresh pepper

Meal 4: More Green Juice or a small piece of fruit (preferably low fructose) and a protein source (almond butter)

Meal 5: Needs to include protein source (Animal or Soy your choice), Grain and Vegetable: I have a quinoa bowl which included : 2 cups cooked Quinoa (sub Millet for Quinoa), one can rinsed black beans, shredded carrots, 2 cloves minced garlic, chopped tomatoes, chopped pepper, green onion, baby kale and spinach. I added 1 tsp of low sodium soy sauce and the juice of one lime to ACV dressing and mixed about 3 tbs of sauce to mix. Each serving of quinoa mix was topped with three chopped chicken tenders I cooked in olive oil in a sauté pan. 

Meal 6: Could be berries, I had one piece of toast with a little butter and melted cheese

For week one you keep the basic outline the same. Making simple changes within the outline to keep it interesting. You could have toast with spinach and egg for meal one. You could eat Avocado toast every morning. Its up to you.  Change up the veggies in Meal 3 or try different nuts. Play with herbs in the AVC Dressing. It's up to you. Here are a list of books that I am getting meals from, I suggest you check them out:

• "It's All Good"
• "Reboot with Joe"
• "Crazy Sexy Diet"
• "I Quit Sugar"
• "Beauty Detox Foods"
• Natural Health Magazine
• Yoga Journal

and some websites:

• http://iquitsugar.com
• http://www.rebootwithjoe.com
• http://kriscarr.com/blog/crazy-sexy-diet/
• http://kimberlysnyder.net
• http://nomnompaleo.com

Week Two we will add more animal protein in, unless you dig a Wilber Free diet, then its up to you!

If you are weight training during week one, I suggest you add more calorie dense foods as needed. Think eggs or Protein Powder Smoothies! 

Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It's a journey of discovery - there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.

-Rick Warren