I have made it to the middle of the afternoon; but I won’t pretend it’s been easy.
My breakfast did keep me till around 1PM. Protein is amazing. My lunch on the other hand had very little protein. I consumed it around 1 – 1:30PM. It is just after 4PM right now. I am managing but I definitely feel hungry.
The key to successfully avoiding eating solid food for me is that I cannot have moments of feeling hunger. It’s hard enough to deal with the tricks my mind plays on me throughout the day. I can’t be hungry on top of being stressed out and low on emotional energy. That’s the main reason it’s proving to be such a struggle on day 1. I’m sleepy. My emotions are unstable. My mind is unstable. And I feel hungry. So the combination is making day 1 a little difficult.
Papaya pineapple avocado cucumber blended in almond milk
My lunch was a blend of papaya, pineapple, avocado and cucumber. I blended them in almond milk. It was by no means a yummy drink. But it was tolerable enough that I was able to get it down.
As far as nutrients go, I was able to get a little dietary fiber, Vitamin B-6, Vitamin C, Magnesium, Iron, Calcium, Vitamin A and potassium out of the papaya. Not as much as in 1 serving as I did not use an amount equal to 1 serving.
From the pineapple I was able to get a little protein, some additional units of Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Iron, Calcium, Vitamin B-6, Magnesium, dietary fiber, potassium. Again, the amount wasn’t great because of the portion size of pineapple used.
The avocado provided more of the same.
Cucumber seems to have pretty much nothing in it.
Difficult though it is proving, I think I should manage to successfully complete day 1. And that can be hard sometimes just to get 1 day successfully completed. I’m not sure what I’ll do for dinner. Probably a blended kale and spinach soup.
