If all goes well tomorrow and I get my 80 mile ride in I will have racked up a 300 mile week for the first time in over 10 years. We’ve had terrible weather with freezing temps, snow showers, and a persistent heavy wind, which meant that there was no riding possible for several days during the week.
I’ve also been doing a cleanse diet since Monday which has meant restricted calories during the day which certainly hasn’t helped the energy levels and resulted in a near bonk earlier in the week. I found the diet in a blog post from Gwyneth Paltrow’s site and I chose the diet because it seemed to be a little more “real world” than some of the ridiculous ones like the Master Cleanse, which just seemed dangerous. The hardest thing to let go of was the refined sugar – I’m too used to eating whatever cookies and candy that I want. As the days have gone by I’ve gone from wanting cookies and candy to wanting something as basic as bowl of cereal or even a piece of bread.
I have enjoyed the organic vegetables and the soups but I’ve had to combine the meals of solids into one meal in the evening, mainly because I don’t have the time to prepare completely separate sets of soups. I’ve stuck to the recipes in the diet with the exception of the juices since I don’t have a juicer – I’ve just been having tea and instead of having a “handful of almonds”, I’ll have a bowl of them – something a bit more realistic for someone my size who is riding a bike several miles per week. It makes one wonder how many people make adjustments to these diets and if they are still keeping an eye on their overall intake. The only other changes I made was to have a couple grapefruit during the week which makes me think I’m still within the calorie intake boundaries.
What makes the diet tasty are a homemade carrot-ginger dressing for vegetables and a teriyaki sauce for the chicken. While I’m not normally a fan of salmon, I’ve enjoyed it steamed as the diet calls for. A big bonus was the inclusion of avocados which are used in both the raw vegetable meals as well as in a very tasty “soup” of pureed cucumber.
The big disappointment for the week has been the slacking off of donations to my PMC fund. I have $1700 in there now, and am truly thankful of the effort from people who stepped up in the first 2 weeks, but that’s a far cry from the $5k I need to raise by August. I’m almost at a loss of how to raise more money – any ideas you might have would be greatly appreciated.
Below are some of the videos I’ve been making and posting on my Facebook PMC Page:
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