Crazy Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, and Live Like You Mean It! (52 page)

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Ok, now let’s get started on the next 21 days!

Day 1
21-DAY
CLEANSE

Ta da!
It’s Day 1 of the Tune-up. Your big task this week is to balance between pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and being gentle with yourself. There’s no need to be in it to “win” it. Be in it to do better, feel better, to stretch your selfimposed limitations—that’s more than enough.

Today you will remove coffee completely. Yup, give it up. If you are still consuming animal flesh and dairy, say so long. Since tush is a thing of the past (or at least it is for the next 21 days) it’s time to add a vitamin B
₁₂
and B complex supplement to your diet. Gluten is out. The only way you’ll know if you are sensitive is to boot it for now. Refined sugars and processed carbs are way out. See ya!

What you focus on for the next 21 days is extremely important. I want you to concentrate on the positive rather than the negative. Instead of “I didn’t do it right,” I want you to think of all that you did accomplish. To do this, you really need to think about the language you use. We all talk to ourselves. Take stock of what you are saying and remember that your cells have ears! They’re listening.

Please help me open my mind. Ignite my childlike curiosity and anything-is-possible attitude. Tap me on the shoulder if I act like a cranky old bat. The voices that hold me back are thoroughly misinformed. Grant me the wisdom to release them now.

I am capable, confident, intelligent, resilient and in charge. Health and happiness are my birthrights and I accept with gratitude.

Drink a large glass of purified water with lemon, and add a wee dash of cayenne to awaken your circulation; followed by herbal tea, one to two cups of green or white tea, or yerba mate. When you’re hungry, sip 16 ounces of fresh organic green juice or green smoothie (see the recipe section for examples). If you’re still hungry have more juice and/or smoothie.

Load 60 to 80 percent of your plate with a rainbow colored salad, good fats, and other raw delights. Yummy “peanut” noodles, raw veggie pasta, nut pâté, and jicama nori rolls are lovely choices. You may not need more. However, the remaining 20 to 40 percent of your plate can be graced with healthy and whole cooked fare (slightly steamed or sautéed veggies, beans, tempeh, tofu, gluten-free grains and pastas, soup, baked sweet potato or nori rolls, etc.). Review the sample recipe section and reading list for more ideas—and
crazysexylife.com
has hundreds more recipes waiting for you to explore!

The juice bar is open and it’s cocktail hour! Around 3 to 4 p.m. we all crash. Instead of grabbing adrenal smacking stimulants, the new you
will guzzle a large and perky green juice! If you want more, go for a handful of raw almonds or brown rice cakes with hummus, or tahini or guacamole, flax crackers, bean dip, and so on. Get creative!

If you’re a girl or guy on the go, bring snacks with you. That way you won’t be tempted to swerve into a mini mart or vending machine. A small travel cooler with ice packs will help keep juice and other perishables fresh. Many stevia brands come in handy packets for your purse, so stock up. Raw nuts and seeds are also great for your desk drawer. Just don’t overdo it—these are really nutritious and a great source of good fats, but the calories can add up.

Same ratios as lunch—so simple you don’t even have to think about it. An average night at chez Carr/Fassett is super easy. We make a lovely salad with romaine, tomatoes, snap peas, hemp seeds, red onions, oil-cured olives, and an easy agave mustard dressing. For the cooked portion, we make a Buddha Bowl with quinoa, broccoli, chick peas, garlic, Braggs liquid, black pepper, cayenne, and some flax oil. I serve myself a huge portion of salad (60-80 percent of my plate) and a smaller portion of the Buddha bowl (20-40 percent of my plate).

Huh? Well, if ya need it and you don’t have a major health issue or a sweet tooth that transforms you into a werewolf, a little dark chocolate (at least 70%), cacao pudding, or a square of carob from time to time won’t kill ya. I make my own chocolate with 100% cacao and stevia or yacon. Please note that dessert on a regular basis will slow down the cleanse process. But if you’re going to snap without a treat, then snap off a piece of yummy, and STAY ON TRACK!

MOOOOVE! Sweat your prayers, walk, run, dance, play with Fido—whatever yanks your crank. I urge you to do 35 minutes a day at least five days a week. In addition, make sure to dry brush before you shower. Start at your toes and work up to your nose! If you can do regular saunas, or, even better, infrared saunas, during this time, ooh la la—speed the success!

Optimally you want to drink green juice or green smoothies until noon and then add solids at lunch and dinner. However, if you still feel hungry after a couple of juices, wait 20 minutes, and then enjoy a bowl of low-glycemic berries. When consuming fruit, please eat it alone. Other breakfast options include glutenfree toast with Earth Balance or avocado with a dash of sea salt, almond butter with celery, raw cereals or gluten-free cooked cereals, oatmeal, seed pancakes, nut milk, chia pudding, and of course there’s always the leftover veggies and grains from the night before! Finally, remember to CHEW! Can you try 20 chews per bite? If so—wow, will your tummy and tubes love you.

Day 2
21-DAY
CLEANSE

You did it!
Day 1 is over and you are one step closer to liberation. What you leave out of your diet is as important as what you include. The healthiest diets have one thing in common: They toss crappy food. This diet and lifestyle is the Rolls-Royce, and you deserve an elegant ride.

Embrace yourself—literally. You may feel tired and cranky today. Yesterday you started what is a major shift in your life and health—but it likely brought up all sorts of physical and emotional pangs. That’s okay! Stop what you are doing right now (well, after you read my directions), take in a very deep breath, and raise your hands to the heavens. Let your capable hands meet in a prayer. Stretch your God pod and while you swoop your lovely arms down exhale all the air out and hug yourself. As you embrace your majesty, say this out loud: “I LOVE YOU (fill in your name).” Repeat three times.

May I know in my heart that I am precious, worthy, and divine (aka very fabulous!). When I move from my own private divinity, whatever I do is enough.

I
love
my thighs. My skin is
beautiful
. My organs are healthy and powerful.

It doesn’t matter what time of day you do it—just do it! Exercise for thirty-five minutes. There is no way out of this, so don’t try to wiggle. Oh, and how’s the meditation going, dear one? Don’t blow it off, okay? Who cares if your mind stages a mutiny? What matters is that you show up.

Plan meals ahead of time. It’s a huge help! Though I’m not going to tell you what to eat every step of the way, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t strategize. Don’t get caught with your dinner pants down, sister. Crack open your cookbooks, shop, and plot. Stack the odds for success in your favor.

Day 3
21-DAY
CLEANSE

Wednesday
—hump day. You may hit your first real wall today. Brava! Hit it and then climb it, champ. It’s really just a speed bump. You may feel some physical detox symptoms, such as fatigue, headache, a foggy brain, skin rashes, and muscle weakness. That’s okay; it’s normal. Your body will jump at the opportunity to remove stored toxins. This is training wheels week, so stay where you are and grin and bear it.

In your mind’s eye, imagine how good it feels to start something new and see it to completion. For a minute or two, close your eyes and picture a colorful calendar. Watch yourself as you check off each day of the cleanse with a green marker. Let the joy wash over you as you usher your accomplishment into your tissues. You did it! Now open your eyes and know that you will do it, to the best of your ability at this time. The only failure is inaction.

Allow me to let go of the restraints and get out of my own way. I am as free as I will let myself be, and I could really use a gentle reminder (and perhaps a flick on the ass).

I am so frickin’ cool and delicious and pretty and witty and sharp! I love every inch of me! Who wouldn’t?

Work it, girl, work it! Your lymph needs you. Hey, cutie, this is also a great day to play with your neti pot. Your sinuses and lungs will bow to you.

If you’re jonesing for a frappuccino or Cinnabon, refer to tips for cutting cravings down to size in
chapter 3
.