Days 8-10

Things are putting along, doing good, feeling GREAT, having fun with our new culinary adventure. Only complaint? Salads are getting old. Yes, it's true, and we knew it was coming, but we are definitely becoming weary of salads. You can dress them up a ton of different ways, and I think we've tried them all by this point - none of the fanciness changes the fact that it's still a salad. I know they're super good for you, and we're saturating our systems with alkalinity (yay!), but damn. We sorta kinda dread salads at mealtimes now.

One thing I made for us this week was organic tomato soup with vegan gluten-free grilled cheese sandwiches. Deeeeeelish, if I do say so myself.

Look at those gorgeous organic tomatoes on the side. Mmmm!

It even looks like a real grilled cheese, right? It was so good!

Courtesy of Amy's, with some vegan cheese shreds sprinkled in.

Especially good if you dunk it.

At this point, we have noticed one more thing about this change in diet -- both of us sleep better. We have been making a concerted effort to get a solid 8 hours of sleep each night, and boy, do we sleep gooooooooooood. Like a rock, I tell ya. No waking up mid-way through the night, no tossing & turning, just amazing, uninterrupted slumber. No wonder we wake up better each morning, even without the coffee!

We've been asked by many over the past few days, "what will you do when the cleanse is over?". Good question. We are talking about it, deciding what we want to continue, what we miss, and how things will go. Once we have figured that out, I will pass that info along. For now, it's looking like we will phase meat back in, but only sporadically, and maybe only one or two kinds of meat. And I'm not even going to lie -- we all know I'm going to drink coffee again. But, maybe less (trying to keep my acidity in balance), and maybe decaf? The deliberation continues ...

Added bonus: we're both down another pound. Wurd!

On to day 11!

Love, peace, & veggies.