Day Four
Bananas and milk. Today you will eat as many as eight bananas and drink three glasses of milk. This will be combined with the special soup which may be eaten in limited quantities.
As I mentioned on day three, I was suuuuuper pumped for this day. And it didn't disappoint! I forgot how delicious a nice glass of ice cold milk is. (Note to self. Drink milk before taking vitamins otherwise you will want to barf.) I probably ate 6 bananas and had 3-4 bowls of soup. It was fantastic. The kale was my favorite part of the soup...and the asparagus was my least favorite. Even though it was a hot day, I ate a nice steamy bowl before our kickball game that night. I have a suspicion that it was the super soup that allowed me to get on base that night. Woo woo!!
Day Five
Today is feast day. You will eat beef and tomatoes. Eat two 10 oz. portions of lean beef. Hamburger is OK. Combine this with six whole tomatoes. On day five you must increase your water intake by one quart. This is to cleanse your system of the uric acid you will be producing.
I am not a big meat lover. So when it came to day five, I was sort of stumped on how to thrive. I ended up buying a 4-pack of hamburger patties and then bugging Mike for cooking instructions as he was headed out the door... "Cook them in the grill pan?? For how long on each side? What seasonings? How do I know they are done?? HELP MEEEEE!!" etc. Luckily I barely had any time to think on Thursday so this was the perfect day to have the meat day. I took a hamburger patty to work and as I was microwaving it, Mike called to tell me he was at Snooze with a friend for lunch, so I put my tasty (nasty) little patty on a plate and met him other there. This was sort of a mistake...not only did I look like I dug my lunch out of a trashcan, I was also trying to conceal its weirdness by covering it with a napkin so the servers kept trying to take it away. Not to mention Mike and Erin were sipping on delicious grapefruit juice and debating pancakes vs pot pie. I have no clue where this week's self control came from, but normally I walk right in and don't even have to look at the menu before I am barking my order "SWEET POTATO PANCAKES, STAT!!!!"
Needless to say, I was glad when day five was over.
Day Six
Beef and vegetables. Today you may eat an unlimited amount of beef and vegetables. Eat to your hearts content.
Bad news people. I totally lost my love for the cleanse after day five. I just did. I think the meat killed it for me. I just don't know how to prepare meat that looks or tastes good. I ate the rest of the super soup for lunch, and then.....................met Mike for chorizo queso fundido (double chorizo, por favor) at El Monte. I won't even tell you how many ounces of strawberry lemonade icee we had when we went to see Rock of Ages later that night...Woopsies! Needless to say, day seven did not exist either.
HOWEVER. I liked this cleanse! I think moving forward, I will adapt it to be a vegetarian cleanse that only lasts 5 days. I mean come on...who wants to cleanse on the weekends??? Not this food lover, thats fa sho.
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