Well, day 2 didn’t start swimmingly because obviously having not had coffee yesterday I really, REALLY wanted coffee today. But, my friend Doosie got my out of the house and away from temptation (though then back into temptation later on) to meet as she was leaving the city. So, I had a big smoothie, again, quite a dull one as I had no fruit other than bananas, so my smoothie was another spinach, banana, coconut oil and water smoothie. Very dense and quite difficult to drink. Ooh, before the smoothie, I did some oil-pulling with sunflower oil (the kind you cook with) and afterwards I had a spoon of bentonite clay with water and flax seeds (is supposed to clear toxins out of the body).
I was to meet her at 3 but she was late! Oh my! It’s highly forgivable as I am currently senza mobile phone so she couldn’t contact me. Anyhoo, we went for a wee walk to a bar where she had a ‘clara’ (a mix of beer and seven up that’s very popular here in Barcelona) and I had nothing but the usage of the bar’s bathrooms because I had…things to do there. I had such a sore tummy! Could be all the raw food yesterday or it could have been the bentonite I had when I woke up. Dunno, but I was definitely in pain. After my bathroom visit the pain more or less went away.
Didn’t feel great today, really still quite spacey (my fuzzy head is one of the reasons I am trying the raw food diet…check out the ‘About Me’ page) which I guess is something that won’t go away so quickly. I did feel slightly fresher in the head today, less cobwebs, or so I think, I may be imagining it. Anyway, REALLY wanted coffee still at this stage.
Then, Doosie and I walked to the train station (I had a banana along the way which was really tasty) which is about a 30 min walk and bought her ticket to Nice. Then we went to a cafe where she FORCED me to have a cortado (an espresso with a shot of milk). I couldn’t be rude, so I drank it. Oh my, I really wanted it, I can’t lie, it was GOOOD.
Then walked back to the town centre and parted ways until we meet next in either Australia or London, or elsewhere, who knows? (Hi Doos!) Saw a funny sign on the walk from the train station; it was a big sign on a building, i.e. the building’s name, which was ‘Mutal Cyclops’…what can that even MEAN???
When I got home I had some freshly squeezed orange juice and this meal:
Buckwheat and Tomato Sauce
* Leaves of iceberg lettuce
* Rocket leaves (ruccola)
* Buckwheat sprouts
* Tomato sauce made of one tomato, 1/5 red pepper, walnuts, olive oil, salt, cayenne pepper and basil
* More olive oil drizzled on top.
It was tasty but I couldn’t finish it.
I then had another small amount of coffee with soya milk and a small piece of white chocolate.
Later on, I made another green smoothie which I just couldn’t finish. I made it cos I wanted something but really had nothing else to eat. Tomorrow I will buy more fruit and avocados, etc…
So, day 2 is more or less over. I’m not too happy that I had coffee but nor do I feel down on myself. I did well today and I really do believe that the coffee will fall away by itself. I may try to drink black tea every day, instead of quitting caffeine cold turkey. We shall see.
