Yesterday, we blended up some more of the oat groats, this time with more water and with banana, cinnamon, nutmeg and mace. I topped mine with blueberries and raw agave nectar (which comes from cactus, I think). Much tastier, but I think we shouldn't have eaten groats that had been sitting in the fridge for two more days. All three of us felt rather bloated the rest of the day, and later we agreed that was the only explanation we could think of.

Lunch was "taco salad" (without my three favorite ingredients: burger crumbles, chips and shredded cheeze) of lettuce, corn, avocado and sprouted beans, topped with a homemade salsa of tomato, cilantro, lime juice, green onions, jalapeno and chipotle seasoning. Very tasty, but I can't wait to have the real thing again!

For dinner we had tofu and salmon in a pineapple/ginger/garlic sauce, wasabi mashed potatoes, and szechuan green beans. We also had a grape/blueberry/strawberry juice. Very great, but unfortunately our bloaty feeling from earlier didn't get any better. I don't blame this recipe though, and would have it again.

That night we went to our friends' house, and they'd just gotten a juicer so they were trying out different juices. I had a pure strawberry juice and a strawberry-apple. I liked the second one better because the strawberry on its own wasn't very sweet.

For momcents and CountingPennies and anyone else interested, I'll start posting recipes on a separate page. Let me know if there are any you're especially interested in; otherwise I'll probably just start at the beginning of the cleanse. I'll just post food recipes, because I think the drink recipes are self-explanatory. But let me know if they're not.

This morning I'd dropped half a pound, NT had lost another two and AS was holding steady. So I've lost 3.5 and they've each lost 6. I'm OK with that, but I'd love to drop below 140 by the end!

I think we're feeling a bit of fatigue from the diet, because of the concentration and willpower and planning it takes. We talked about quitting a week early this morning, but we agreed to soldier on (though AS said she'd need to have a bit of cheese on her fajitas tonight to give her some relief!)