Life | Detox Diary Day Ten

On Day Ten I hit a wall....metaphorically speaking of course.

I didn't sleep well the night before......something to do with getting woken up by a drunk boy at 4 am (ahem Daniel). And then I woke up to a massive list of things to do and just basically wanted to cry....but I didn't. DB (that's Drunken Boy not Dear Boyfriend nor Dan Bernard) made me a Berry Shake and then we headed off to Sainsbury's to get supplies. I should have taken a picture of the trolley, you've never seen so much green stuff!

09.00 am - Hot Water and Lemon

10.00 am -  Berry Smoothie

12.30 pm - Almond Bounce Ball

14.30 pm - Berry Smoothie

17.30 pm - Teapigs Chai Tea with a splash of Almond Milk. This is my favourite Detox Treat, it tastes really spicy, and is so warming and comforting.

18.00 pm - I took myself off for a little Epsom Salt Bath Exorcism, I was feeling so tired and grumpy by this point.

19.00 pm - We had Thai Green Curry (detox recipe) just like Day One, except for this time we had it with Steamed Kale and Pak Choi instead of Brown Rice.

The thing I have struggled most with in Week Two is hunger, and hungry Ali is not a happy Ali. I've made this Super Mood Kale Salad (Detox Recipe) to have ready as a snack. It's so yummy, it definitely helped to put a smile back on my face.

20.00 pm - We watched the last ever episode of Breaking Bad...sob! I can't decide whether I like the ending or not. Either way it was a great show. Now we need a new one to get into....any suggestions? What's good?

22.00 pm -  Bed.

Life | Detox Diary Day Nine

Oh sweet, sweet Saturday, how I love you. And this one was no exception, a beautiful sunny day in Bristol, a hair appointment and shopping after.....aaaand squeezing in a little detox in-between it all!

08.30 am - Hot Water with Lemon. I actually woke up at around 5am with a headache but had a glass of water and managed to get back to sleep for a couple of hours.

09.00 am - Apple Smoothie. I tried this one with water instead of Almond Milk....big no, no! Almond Milk all the way when it comes to these Smoothies.

12.00 pm - At Maximum FX getting my mane sorted, I snacked on an Almond Bounce Ball and some Green Tea.

14.30 pm - Dan made me my lunchtime Berry Smoothie. He's found a really good way to make it taste less grainy for me. He adds the powder to a shaker with some warm water, gives it a vigorous shake and then adds it to the rest of the Smoothie Ingredients and then blends. It's sooo much better! Just a little note on this....I'm really weird about "food texture" for example I love the taste of pears but hate the texture, so others might not have a problem with the powder!

18.00 pm - When I got back from shopping I was ravenous! I had 2 tablespoons of natural yogurt with half a chopped apple and some pistachio's.

21.30 pm - We went out to dinner at Al Bacio in the evening. It was crazy busy in there and it took quite a while for our food to arrive.

I managed to resist all the anti-pasti, garlic bread, calamari, pizza.... I say this lightly on reflection but I literally nearly cried when they bought out pizza....my favourite food on the planet.

To distract me from a table full of people eating delicious food I took some pictures of them.....

.....And then my dinner arrived, a Whole Grilled Seabass with a Side Salad. As pretty as this little fella was I asked the guys at Al Bacio to fillet it for me, I love fish but this seemed like way too much work when I was so hungry!

Mmmmm, fries (in the background)....I didn't have any, sob!

It was absolutely delicious and there was so much of it I couldn't actually finish it. I can't wait to go back and try some more of the menu, everyone's food looked so good.

12.00 am - I had stuck on water all night so whilst the others went out to party, I went home to bed! I definitely feel more tired this week than last week.