This weekend - Lauren, Frank, Josh and Myself went to San Diego to visit Tiffany. Thankfully she is eating the same way we are - so it made the cleanse much easier. It did, however, bring out some emotions in all of us wanting to eat things that are off the cleanse list.
It started with the trip down. I think we were all a little cranky being out of our "at home comfort zones" and the trip down was filled with snide remarks, badgering and most of all feelings of hunger. Tiffany noticed our cranky moods when we arrived and offered to get something to eat. She had a groupon for a lovely Mexican restaurant in South Park - and we all managed to find something to eat off the menu. In fact, there were a TON of delicious Mexican style food options and they had all fruit smoothies too. The kind waiter was very understanding to our needs and recommended a documentary called "forks over knives" about the health benefits of becoming vegetarian. This waiter was also particularly fond of Josh and let him know by rubbing his back and giving him lots of attention. Did I mention we were in the West Hollywood of San Diego?
After lunch, we took a walk with dogs around Downtown. Walking around San Diego there are lots of restaurants and the smells are almost infuriating, they made our stomachs growl with envy. We headed home and ended up making a delicious dinner together of Turkey Burgers (without the buns of course) with mushrooms and goat cheese, yams, cauliflower and red pepper soup and a mix of sauteed yellow squash, sun dried tomatoes and onions. We felt very satisfied and we were all in the mood to do something. We decided the jacuzzi was our best option.
After dinner we took a walk up to the jacuzzi to relax instead of going out for a drink like we would usually do in San Diego. I though about how nice it will be to have a nice relaxing time, just the four of us in the warm bubbly tub, no temptations in site. To our surprise, when we arrived we were instantly tempted with alcohol by a rowdy group that was already settled in the jacuzzi and very drunk. We all instantly explained that we were on a 21 day cleanse and could not participate. There was no pressure from there, but it got us all talking about wanting a beer or glass of wine. This group was partying, talking about partying and well, we could only stand it for so long. So, we left and called it a night. I think we all went to sleep with a little booze envy.
We stopped to see my sister on the way back and she kindly made us turkey tacos and we graciously ate all the ingredients we were allowed to have. We left from there and we talked about stopping to get in-and-out fries - I mean it IS just a potato, oil and salt - right? When we did stop it was at a gas station, the nuts and fruit smoothies they had to ofter seemed unappealing and unsatisfying. But, we stayed strong and we made it work.
And in the end of the day - staying strong is what feels the best. Had we given into these temptations we would of feel good at first, but the guilt would set in and that feels worse then any limitations we might have right now.
I Hope you all enjoyed your weekend and feel at ease back in your weekly schedules. We only have one more week to go! I will talk to you all tomorrow on our Sixteenth day!!
Stay Strong,
Emily
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