Sand in The Hourglass: 1/11/11

It's a day to document. 1/11/11. It's #1 x 5, so it's gotta be good.

The day started out with triathlon training at 6am at Elevate.

Hitting the pool when it is -8F outside, now doesn't that sound like fun?

Actually it is, cause I train with my friend Marie and my coach Greg, and the pools at Elevate are around

80 degrees. It's the getting out of the pools and getting into my frigidly frozen car with soaking wet hair that I dread. It's now 12:30pm and I am finally warm.

Today marks day 9 of my detox diet. I came home from the holidays feeling so overly filled to the brim with junk. Though I tried to get in my daily exercise, I pretty much let loose on the food consumption, thinking to myself, I'm on holiday. Well, we got home on Sunday night and after I swallowed my last Hot Tamale, which are a weakness of mine, I felt so horrible and so unlike my usual self. I decided, OK girl, it's time for a detox!

I start the day with warm water and the juice of half of a lemon. It hydrates me and gives me a great dose of vitamin C.

I then go and get a good sweat on, either biking, running or swimming.

Then I bring out my little long lost friend...The Juiceman Jr., It's not fancy, but he's doing a great job of providing me with my breakfast (or dinner sometimes).

My favorite juice concoction for the morning includes:

2 apples

1 carrot

1 lemon peeled

1cup spinach

1/2 inch chunk of ginger

All organic, that's super important!

I have tons of herbal tea and pure filtered water through out the day.

For lunch, it's usually some greens, quinoa, and either organic grilled chicken or fish.

My mid meals are usually tea and a handful of nuts or an avocado.

For dinner, it's homemade soup or juice.

Soup:

Butternut squash baked and diced

2 green apples peeled and chopped

2 celery stalks chopped

1/4 c pinenuts

1 tsp. apple cider vinegar

1/2 tsp. sea salt

1/4 C fresh tarragon

4-5 C pure filtered water

Throw it in the blender and presto. Mmm Mmm Good!

Before I go to bed I swallow down 2 TBS of virgin olive oil. Yep, that's right.

I'm also only using natural soaps and toothpaste and giving my self a good charcoal soap body brush down each day and lathering on the virgin coconut oil to keep me, oh so soft, in this Utah climate.

I'm feeling great. As of yesterday I have dropped 6 pounds. Not usually something I recommend to my clients to do in a week, but as a temporary cleanse, it's perfectly healthy.

One week down, two more to go!