TO CONTINUE RESEARCH>>> TODAY's TOPICS..EGGS

http://behealthyandrelax.com/2007/11/egg-whites-vs-whole-eggs/

I am pulling info out of this site above..

"I found out that egg whites actually make up for two-thirds of the egg’s weight, which consists of proteins, vitamins, trace minerals, fatty material, and glucose. Looking back at the familiar yellow, all that the yolk contains are massive amounts of cholesterol, fat, and about half the protein as in the rest of the egg."

"Let’s quickly break it all down:

Egg Yolks:

• Calories: 55 cals
• Fat: 4.5 g
• Saturated Fat: 1.6g
• Cholesterol: 210 mg
• Protein: 2.7g

Egg Whites:

• Calories: 17 cals
• Fat: 0.1 g
• Saturated Fat: 0.0 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Protein: 5 g

ANd the info below states:

http://www.fitsugar.com/Egg-White-Vs-Egg-Yolk-Which-Better-364527

	Egg White	Egg Yolk
Calories	17	59
Fat (g)	.06	4.51
Saturated Fat (g)	0	1.6
Carbs (g)	.24	.61
Protein (g)	3.6	2.7
Cholesterol (mg)	0	210
Sodium (mg)	55	8
Calcium (mg)	2.3	21.9
Vitamin D (IU)	0	18
Folate (mcg)	1.3	24.8

The blogs give you both sides of it..like many blogs out there..but I like having the clear cut of the nutrition facts in comparison. 

I COMPLETED THE DETOX!! I MADE IT THROUGH DAY 7!!! The end leads to a new beginning.>> ;)

 "I completed my week detox & celebrated with an Australian band & had a beer at 12:02..."

I quote myself on this lovely journey. haha how awesome is that.  [Side Note: "a beer".. meaning 1.]

I am keeping the healthy food thing going.. so far never broke it.. kept that part going.... 

I actually didn't even have a coffee yet.. til the morning HAAAAAAAA  >> but I am honestly cutting back on how much I drink.. & I will keep incorporating more tea in my routine.

I wanted to note things I learned:

besides the fact your body feels deprived at times because it is used to certain foods.. & you become aware of your dependencies... you become aware of how much shit food is out there.. how much is processed.. etc etc...  & how not enough is raw & whole. ...even more so.. ('cos I mean we know this already..but some items you thought were healthy you start looking @ in a different light- it is odd)

it is addicting also to keep it going..because it is a challenge to yourself.. and you see positive results.. so you want to keep going..

I feel so much healthier.. & I feel like my body is finally going in the direction I want it to.

I DID 10 pull ups in a row today.. full ones.   >>I was doing only 7 a month ago.

I am making it to at least 12 again.. like in high school..  idk actually how many I did then..

but I am getting there...   

I suggest detoxing to anyone who is interested in trying it... at least the one I had .. it wasn't bad... only natural extracts & herbs really. I am interested in exploring the longer programs they have out there.. the week one is the quickest I've seen anyway..  the month program I feel would be even better...

I think the main reason why this was working was because of my healthy diet though.. so  I don't even think you really need the detox box..  detox yourself by just eating healthy.. & most likely you will get similar enough results.

make sure you check your box though>> & all boxes are different so who knows..  some of the advertisements for some seemed crazy to me.. showing pictures of shit & saying.> "LOOK WHAT CAME OUT OF ME"...    I mean nothing INSANE came out of me like that.. it is quite disturbing some of the pictures.. it looked like intestines wrapped up in a car accident.. nothing outrageous like that happened to me. Yeah it helps cleanse your system..helps you shit sooner. .. ok.. there is fiber in the powder.. but really your shit depends mainly on what you eat.

I like this site: http://www.detox-guide.com/detox-diet-foods.html

ok thanks to those who actually read this... I will most likely be posting more information about detoxing.. although I completed mine..  I want to do more research.. etc.. and look more into all the the different types..

I am sorta a health freak.

the end. (of this blog episode anyway). goodnight all.

~D

6...not sicks.

June 14th:
1am.. still here....still detoXing... >> I will write after I awake. goodnight world.
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>>Ok so I made it through the day 6...well less than 2 hours remaining... count down.. 1 MORE DAY!
                Today:
-Fire Alarm went off @ Shop & Stop.. when I was about to buy some mixed nuts & two little dates. >>>  I took that as.. I am not supposed to be eating this...  so I left instead of waiting to go back into the building.


-I bought a bag of Organic whole grain brown rice rice-cakes..  & so as I was sitting there eating them for lunch...
Me: holding bag of rice cakes eating only a few (as in 3)
Dude walking by: You gonna finish all of those? That is a big bag.
Me: bursting out in laughter.. I don't even remember what I said.. 
... I couldn't imagine eating an entire bag of rice cakes for lunch.. that just has to be the most bland boring lunch ever. It is like eating air pockets. I somehow enjoy those air pockets though.


Ok. Anyway who cares what I ate today..who cares what I did working out wise... all you need to know is your body really realizes that it was depending on certain foods (which=not good, & certain things such as COFFEE)...& I felt delirious @ times but I am making it. bring it.
tick- tock- tick- tock.

tomorrow I will try to follow something like this even more.. minus the being in bed by 10pm! HA that is a joke for me (though I gotta wake up early tomorrow so I should sleep now.. ;p)

hi-5.. made it to day 5.

5th day today. - June 13th.
woke up to french toast.
smelt delicious. sucked it into my nostrils.
but no touch. no eat. I am staying away from bread. I am ignoring the eggs in the fridge. Oh yeah so I never ate that salmon.. I have basically been vegan.

...So again, on an empty stomach..I took the two pills.. waited 1/2 hr.. now having the powder mixture. Not sure but most likely I will eat an apple in a little bit.

After this is over I will still eat super healthy..but I will have to have a coffee every day most likely..(which isn't bad anyway) & I will have to have incorporate some foods here and there that I miss..  but I think this is a turning point with my eating.
this is helping me have discipline. it is helping me get used to fresh raw whole foods.. if my body can learn to just completely crave them.. it will be a better story... this life.
This is what I am trying to do.
Mentally I realize it helps when I just "have no desire."
Find happiness & comfort in other things.. & it is so much easier.

>>I kind of want to get into meditation..
& as for today eating wise..I am going to try to incorporate more of these:
list of foods that are good to have when detoxing

& avoiding these.   still NO COFFEE for me though.

Ok so I have half-an-hour left of Day 5...I'm almost there...  making it.>  had some three bean salad from market basket that my sister let me eat. & this good cucumber slice mix..;) thank you.   broccoli, carrots, some mixed berries (black, raspberry, blue).. drank another Kombucha tea.. I should really buy a life supply of them. . hmm some almonds not gonna lie...I ate a lot of seeds today.. I ended up working out for awhile today because I felt like I ate too many seeds (today was odd 'cos I did a circuit for 1hr & 5 minutes early in the day..but then went running for 55 minutes later on 'cos I felt like I needed it.. today felt so long..like two days in one.. I also biked around awhile). OH!!! & I tried this new thing from WHOLE FOODS.. DELICIOUS!!.. they are called.."PUMPKIN SUPER CHIPS!".. they have pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, dates, agave nectar, sea salt.. they are 100% organic GO RAW.vegan.  DAMN GOOD. 
So there you go.. you got a recommendation. 
Oh yeah & I had some hot green tea today. 


some info I found.. the ones that I put in bold.. I ate today...woooo! ;)

Detox diet guide
the following is from www.targetwoman.com:
Detox diets are not recommended for pregnant women, children, persons suffering from heart problems, lowered immunity, cancer or eating disorders. Persons on detox diets are known to suffer symptoms such as headache or fatigue. But gradually they might notice improved digestion, increased concentration and better skin condition. Proponents of detox diets claim that there are calming effects on the mind too.

• Vegetables that are great while detoxifying are broccoli, onions, garlic, beets, artichokes and sprouts. Vegetables that are rich in color are preferred.
• Grains such as quinioa, millet, buckwheat or amaranth can be consumed instead of rice.
• You can include plenty of legumes such as green peas, kidney beans, chickpeas and lentils.
• Nuts such as almonds, cashews, walnuts, flaxseed and pumpkin seeds make for ideal snacks, as long as you don't go overboard.
• Incorporate soups and salads into your daily diet.
• Raw foods and fresh juices are known to have substantial cleansing and rejuvenating effect on the entire system. Vitamins A, C and E along with selenium are powerful antioxidants - that work to rid the body of free radicals.
• Steamed or poached fish can be included in your detox diet.
• Grapefruit contains naringin that can affect production of liver detoxification enzymes. Grapefruit is therefore not recommended during a detox diet.
• Herbal tea or green tea along with water, natural fruit and vegetable juices and lemon water are recommended when on a detox diet.

...I should try to bold out some of the others tomorrow...

444444444 I REALLY want a coffee but I gotta 444444get about it!!!!

>>> what is in store???.....  I cannot take any more! hahah..  dumb rhymes for the 4th day of detoxing..

Ok so I made it through day 4.. which was a bit of a challenge..
I went to a World Cup Party where I saw a bunch of old friends I used to play soccer with.. ;) Really glad to see them..   was surrounded by A LOT of tasty foods though & the only thing I could eat there were some cherries so.. guess whatttt I ATE SOME DAMN CHERRIES...
There were a lot of foods that looked delicious..& my friend Kim made some cool cupcakes w/ sugar soccer balls on top... I didn't take a bite.
I just held one in my hand & admired the way they looked.

Later I had to work at a venue in the city.. beers/ drinks all around but .. NOPE..    sober me had a ton of water. .. I went to whole foods again today.. so far I have been having Kombucha tea every day.. what else...the mixes w/ spinach noodles & this thing with peas..etc. I ate a banana & apple today... I mean that pretty much sums up day 4.. no need to go into so much detail like the last few blogs ha. I had to eat cashews again today though..it was the only thing I could eat from this store (when I was about to hop on a train) & I was starving at that point.

just got back.. it's like 3am.. I finally am doing step 3 of the detox.. idk if it matters..they just said "in the evening..take this.." They probably didn't mean 3 AM.. this is almost MORNING for some people. O well. I feel like I am in a different time zone.

>>>I want this to be educational somehow..rather than me just explaining to the world what I ate today! haha it is like.. who cares.. really. no one. I guess I am not learning much except it makes you more aware of how much shit food is out there... honestly so much is processed.. I mean we know this already though... but try going out to the store with the mentality... "I can only eat raw whole foods.. NOTHING processed... " .. & let me know the percentage of food you were able to consume.
it is mind boggling to me.
no wonder.
Also you really do start to miss the things you are used to having every day.. that you somehow find a way to resort back to it..  for example how I am constantly eating nuts 'cos well I always liked to eat them..  basically it is difficult to completely change all your habits at once.. so you find ways to make it easier on yourself. And for those things that I just really can't have.. you smell them in.. and pretend to eat them. It is odd but you can almost remember if you concentrate..remember the taste of the food & picture yourself eating it as if you ate it.
When I was younger I wondered would my body then think I actually ate it.. and act as if it did??
ha. strange to think about.

Coffee though.. I am craving.. again.. I just want to be shaking.. I want that caffeine feeling.. I feel drained at times.. though I feel cleaner and more refreshed by doing this.. it is an opposing contrary ha!
ok I wrote an essay.. I guess when I write I like to just keep writing... whatever comes to mind..
I want this journey here to be a lesson though..so I hope we all are learning something at least.

ignore words that don't make sense. I need sleep. ha! goodnight.

Day 3-Let it be

>>I woke up to loud construction noises... damn bulldozer shaking the place..& drills that must be the size of light poles. definitely didn't sleep enough..but that's ok.  ha! I just laugh as this "alarm clock."
I am starting my day off w/ a good attitude, which I try to do every day.. though I am very hungry...
ok notable difference I guess.. shit is different ha. literally. but that is a given & the scale is dropping but who even knows if that is right. that scale is in another world sometimes.. I'll take it though. love thinning out. I think I think about this too much.
I just popped the step 1 pills on an empty stomach again.. I need to wait half-an-hour for step 2.
Of course when I go into the kitchen there is coffee already made & smelling up the entire room... I have to ignore it.

I did find something called a coffee enema though..not doing that.
& this other site said the following:... "Drinking coffee, while not part of a typical detox diet, may actually help “detox” your liver from alcohol." iFit&healthy.com
..but I want to see what caffeine withdrawal is like I guess haha. I haven't been having massive headaches yet 'cos I have been drinking a lot of water... let time roll...I do sorta feel like I want to shake & can't though.. idk if that makes any sense.

I just keep looking shit up... here is another site.
>>so many sites out there..I keep trying to sort through the bull shit & the legit stuff... anyway it is all about exposure..who knows these days?

Well .. I will blog about the rest of the day later.. I have no idea what I am going to eat today but there are a ton of apples here so I will probably be having one of those soon.

peace out for now... >>>


......Just wanted to let you know.....I made it through day 3 but it is getting harder.. I really want a coffee more than anything..strange.>> & a lot of foods that I would love to eat.. I cannot. Idk how many times I smelt pizza.

I went to 3 different whole foods today..& one of them I think I went to twice.. idk I am mixing up the days now.  I think I have an addiction. half the time I will go just to walk around & be surrounded by the healthy items haaaa.  There were a lot of moments today I felt delirious.. one Whole Food lady told me I should actually sit down & eat some of my food before I left...that was probably because all I ate for breakfast was an apple so I was completely out of it when I was paying...  Also running today I tripped on my shoelaces in front of a bunch of people hah.. 'cos I had just finished doing a hard circuit.
Oh yeah did another circuit today..  1hr 25min I think.. & ran in spurts that added up to 1/2 hr.
also walked a little while today.
trying to stay active.
I've been eating too many cashews because that is the closest thing to junk food probably that I am allowed.
I need to stay away from nuts.

today some scoops that added up to less than a lb of food (which I didn't even finish) included these items: kumut blend, heirloom beans, edamane, dark leafy green quinoa-kale, baby spinach, red pepper, black pearl medley w/ zucchini & arugula, pumpkin seeds, CASHEWS, cucumbers, a piece of a yellow pepper,...
had a buch of black beans today too & a probably too many apples.
>>>onto the next day

>>>on2 day 2.

Made it through my Day 1...
It is past 12am again.. here I am..returning to the blog because it is addicting.. just like running ...exercise.. & eating healthy I guess haaaaaa..

no. only for some.

.those crazy lunatics.

ok.

so I was gonna cook the semolina but my dog started dry heaving & I lost my appetite .. what else.. I tried making this salad thing but the lettuce tasted sour so I spit it out. I actually got up & checked the expiration date on the thing afterwards even though I knew I just bought it today.. yep..supposedly still good. Idk time fools us I guess... maybe the future me was eating it.

I had some black beans.. no complaints there.. they were  "ready to serve".. good for people like me who don't know how to cook shit.

 All in all...I ended up eating a lot less than I normally do...had some veggies..fruits..but kept resorting back to that mix w/ the cashews & goji berries.. I think I like trail mix way too much. tomorrow I will try to stray away from this & maybe I will actually eat my sour lettuce.. probably if I had some sort of dressing on it I wouldn't have noticed but I am staying away from those so.. i will pretend it is lemon spray on top? idk.

what else about day 1..  I finished up the day w/ the step 3 of my Detox box.. I had to do that powder thing again & then two pills.. water water water... got it down.


Oh my friend Jacqueline is joining in I believe w/ the detox/ eating challange. I hope she makes a blog. Either way.. glad to add her.

by the way here is my friend Sarah P..who is doing this w/ me: http://secrettelling.blogspot.com/

I feel like I am blogging WAY too much haha. ..prolly will die out to shorter paragraphs as the days go.

ok so after I go to sleep & wake up I will continue here about day 2: >>>>>>>>>>  fun times.
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ok just wanted to come back on here to let you know I made it through day 2...
I just had a very busy active day & finally got back.. exhausted.. walked instead of taking the subway for like 6 miles.. biked some..& ran for over an hr today so.. that is probably why I am so exhausted.

I cannot wait to sleep.
anyway.. today I ate some different stuff...apples....broccoli.. more kombucha tea.. I think I am addicted to that stuff.. different kind this time though... what else did I eat today.. hmm...less nuts than yesterday so good job there...had some carrots..blueberries.... went to a good health food place downtown and got a good fruit mix of grapes and mangos...   & this quinoa thing with walnuts and cranberries..   ALSO found this noodle mix with GINGER & SESAME SEEDS.. which I was just reading about.. they are great detox items..  They were under the link about the top 10 for detoxing...according to a site..


so so far my mentality is good.. I am looking for the differences in how I feel..I want this is be a learning experience.. an adventure. I mean I am taking the pills & water mixture but I am not feeling entirely different like I expected..
I guess 'cos I usually eat pretty healthy anyway..  I do wonder what I would feel like on the other detox diets..'cos the one I am on is strictly natural herb extracts..etc..  I had looked @ the main one from GNC & it was entirely different ingredients...

so.. I was surrounded by alcohol today though & had no desire. I drank my strange powder water & popped the pills in the back of the bar...
I walked by tons of junk food.. ice cream..cookies..  pizza..   smelt the pizza which smelt damn good..I mean it is NYC.. you pass like 23849023849032 places in a second.

I guess some were appealing but not enough to break me.
PS: it was my mom's b-day today- June 10th..& my grandma's- rip.. so HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEM. I THINK I HAVE THE BEST MOM EVER...super mom. very thankful.

>>>>ok sleep time...>>> & onto day 3 now.. woooo  Friday June 11th.....

ps:ignore typos it's past 3am here

Day 1 in detail.

Ok so I popped the two AM pills on an empty stomach this morning.. then waited half-an-hour  & took Step 2- light powder mixed in water. The name of my box is "Total Body RAPID Cleanse"..it is from Whole Foods..so you know the ingredients include natural herbs..roots.extracts. etc.

By the way all my dreams last night basically included episodes where I broke the challenge.. I was taking shots & justifying with my friends that alcohol is included in this diet haha.. & put M&M's in my mouth & had to spit them out.. etc etc. haaaaa  ....so many thoughts I guess.

....today is circuit day for exercise.. I just did an intense full body circuit for 77minutes..random # I know..I do what I want. I think I will go run now too 'cos I feel like it.


ok so far so good with the mentality.

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..... ok so I went to Whole Foods & got a bunch of stuff: vegetables, fruits..beans.. etc ..considering that is all I can eat. We do it to ourselves.

.some items include.:
fresh herb salad, broccoli, carrots, a red pepper, Kombucha tea (multi-green w/ blue-green algae & spirulina), blueberries, black beans, salad beans (kidney, pinto, & garbanzo), a mix that includes goji berries, mulberries, cashews, pistachios, & 100% organic drum wheat semolina. I also picked up Salmon but I am torn whether or not I will consume it this week.. I think I should almost go vegan.

I CANNOT HAVE.. any processed shit. Basically I am eating whole food items.. example: a banana is a banana. A pretzel is out. All junk food out. There are more things I CANNOT eat than CAN..but this is part of the challenge.. & I like it. Roaming the isles I am constantly sorting through what I can & cannot eat.. & you'd be surprised even @ a place such as whole foods.. a lot falls into "cannot eat" category.
NO meat.. (which I have been doing for years now anyway)
NO dairy. ..so no cheese.
I am not having any soy milk... NO COFFEE..which might be the hardest part for me. No alcohol.
Only water & teas really..such as kombucha tea..will be in liquid form.


>>>> anyway I have stuff to do but so far so good.. I am enjoying this adventure...I find that I keep coming back to blog about it 'cos it is always on my mind you know hahah. o well. it helps.

Top 10 Foods to Detox..according to a site.

AND SO the DETOXING BEGINS!! 6/9/10

It is still Tuesday night in my mind since I haven't yet gone to bed...but it is past 12am.. & I told myself starting Wednesday, June 9th I will be detoxing for a week. I have been curious about these full body cleanses & thought what better way to know than try...so here we are... Challenge...adventure... etc. My friend Sarah P who is living in London is doing this with me.. though we are in different time zones. Motivation..helps when someone joins you. We got our detox boxes...& we'll be eating only raw foods. Opening it tomorrow to start.. though I looked briefly @ it today.....

ok soon I will sleep... I've been done eating for the day anywayz.

I will be updating you on how it is going....

DETOX DETOX DEtOX. ;0 wish me luck. I will probably experience caffeine withdrawal.