I woke up full of beans on Day 3 of my 30 Day Detox and started my day with my pint of hot water with lemon and lime, followed by some porridge made with water and with stewed apple and pear added, plus some seeds sprinkled on top.
During the detox, dairy products are not permitted. I’ve never been a fan of soya milk, although I think I wouldn’t mind it in porridge with the other bits mixed in. But for some reason, the organic farm shop I went to didn’t have any soya milk at all. Trisha Stewart also suggests (in her Healthy Tart book) using rice or almond milk so I may give them a chance when I next get to the supermarket.
Anyway, the porridge made with water was surprisingly yummy and kept me going for most of the morning.
I arrived at work to find sweets and chocolate everywhere! And then one of my co-workers came in with some of my favorite lemon biscuits (cookies). And, to make it worse they kept waving them around under my nose.
To be honest, if I wasn’t still experiencing the remnants of my cold I would probably have found it harder to deal with, but my appetite is limited. From mid-morning my niggly headache was back and I gradually started to feel worse and worse. I ate some more of the bean chili for lunch but then headed home around 3pm and went back to bed.
When I finally emerged from bed this evening, I had a small snack of some oatcakes and then prepared my evening meal. I dry roasted some bell pepper and sweet potato and added them to a big green salad.
Salads can be a bit boring but I love adding loads of different things to them to add to the flavor (I don’t really like salad dressings much, so I don’t usually add flavor that way). My salad had a variety of salad greens, some fresh basil leaves, sprouting aduki, fenugreek and various beans, cucumber, and sesame, pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Add the roasted veg, and it was totally yummy!
I’m still happily on track with everything but know my evil co-workers will probably be armed with more sweets, cookies, chocolate and coffee in the morning 
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You should drink soy anyway…do the research. We consume way too much soy. Have you tried Almond Milk? I love it. Much healthier and is filled with antioxidants.
About your co-workers: Let them know that they are not helping you to be healthy. And as funny as they think it is, it hurts your feelings that they could be so cold to your plight. Just as you wouldnt force someone to walk on a broken leg, you shouldnt tease someone about food.
You “SHOULDNT” drink soy anyway….
P.S. I have become a nut hound. Buy a bunch of different nuts and chop them up. Sprinkle in oatmeals, salads, yogurts (watch the sugars, stick to Lite&Fit or LoCarb) – I even put it in my plain icecream.
I’m not eating any sugar at the moment during the 30 day detox (except natural fruit sugars). I love nuts and seeds so use them a lot (funny how tastes change – I loathed nuts when I was younger).
I don’t really like soy products and have read the research on them being bad for you. Unfortunately, for every piece of research that says soy is bad, there is a piece that says it is good.