I don’t know how I feel about St. Patrick’s Day. I think I’m part Irish, but I don’t really know. So I don’t really feel like I have the right to celebrate that day. It’s one of those holidays that seems to just give us another reason to drink without feeling guilty about it. Welp, I don’t really feel bad about drinking in the first place, so I don’t need a holiday to do so. BUT I wasn’t in the mood to drink this weekend after my little run in with gluten a week back. It seems as though my stomach has FINALLY healed itself after a full week of awful stomach aches and nervous feelings while doing box jumps during 13.2. Knowwhatimsayinknowwhatimsayin?! If you don’t, shame. But after staying in on Friday and having dinner with my parents on Saturday to deny the temptation of alcohol, I gave in.
I celebrated my stomach feeling better with a bloody mary on Sunday. That’s my favorite day of the week. Mostly because everyone is so fond of bloody marys that day. So I’m not the weird one who wants one. Like I have been when I’ve ordered a bloody on a Friday night. Which tasted like ketchup. I learned my lesson.
So guess what today brings? A new 21 Day Sugar Detox. It’s time to cut out the sugar, clean out the body, and see if I can shrink my bum just a little. Dominican Republic trip is coming up reaaaaal quick and that means bikinis. And bums out all over the place. And mine is really all over the place. So I’m doing my happy version of CrossFit, running, doing my abs, and cutting out the sugar. I totally feel like I’m in my senior year of college again, right before I went to Cancun. Except I’m way less tan at this point in my life. Tanning beds and I had a close relationship back then. I know, I know. I don’t need the lecture.
Anywho, I’m pumped to do this little sugar detox again. I absolutely loved it the first time. Well, after I got over the fourth day of getting dizzy and almost blacking out while working out. And coaching. And doing the dishes. And sitting on the toilet. That’s always a blast. Turns out, when you’re not eating fruit, you need to pack on the carbs in the amount of a crap ton of veggies. Learned that the hard way….
Who wants to join me in the 21 Day Sugar Detox?? Well, you totally should. I say that for selfish reasons. I need a support system. I already have Laura and my friend Kam doing it. But I need more. I ALWAYS NEED MORE.
PS- sorry these muffins aren’t sugar detox approved. I’ll work on that asap. Obviously.
There’s a new New Girl this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m officially happy.
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Yield: 9 1x
Ingredients
- 2 bananas
- 2 eggs
- 3 dried dates, pitted
- 2 tablespoons sunflower seed butter (or other nut butter)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup strawberries, diced
- 1/4 cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips (or dark chocolate chips)
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a food processor, puree bananas, eggs, dates, sunflower seed butter, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Then add flaxseed meal, coconut flour, baking soda and powder, and salt and puree once more.
- Add mixture to a mixing bowl then fold in the strawberries and chocolate chips.
- Line muffin tin with paper or silicone liners, plop mixture in the muffin liners, and bake for 25-30 minutes until cooked through. I know, long time. But that’s how it must be.
- Makes 8-9 muffins.
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Yesterday was my 21st day of the sugar detox, I lost 9.7 lbs, feeling good.
I do not believe your comments about needing to trim down for your vacation. Therefore you get NO sympathy from me. Sorry. The meatless quiche is AMAZING and I had the tex-mex hash for breakfast. Also delish.
lol no sympathy needed!
Juli,, are you starting today?
yep, started on monday
Hi Juli – I’ve been following your blog for the past couple of months as I have gone Paleo at the beginning of the year. Thank you for the stories and the recipes – keep it up. Question for you and others though, I’d say I am Paleo 80% of the time and have never done any detox. Is there a benefit to doing a 21 day detox, if you are going to go back afterward? Wouldn’t it make more sense to just get back on track eating Paleo in general? Just curious and trying to navigate the waters here. Thank you!
the first time i did the detox, it was awesome because it broke my addiction to sugar AND it helped me figure out that i am very sensitive to sugar and broke out because of it. So i began to eat more vegetables and didn’t crave chocolate or fruit like i did before. After the 21 days, i didn’t eat sugar for another 2 weeks or so because i didn’t crave any. Now i rarely crave chocolate, even though I still eat it on occasion. In conclusion, the detox helped me stick to paleo more than i had before.
i’m not sure what a sugar detox would be good for. we need carbs to survive. fiber, mainly insoluble fiber, is not good for us and since i’d probably have to eat a lot of fiber to feel full on the detox, i’d be so miserable.
you’re just not eating fruit. vegetables are just fine on the sugar detox
Ok great! I’m starting today because I had some wine last night lol. This is my first time so I’ll see how it goes.
I’ll do the sugar detox with you! God knows my ass needs a litle shrinking too lol:)
Uhh… 21 days Sugar Detox would sure do me good, so… count me in. Love to hear how you handle it this time.
Hugs,
– frk. sveske, Denmark
Ive eaten paleo for about 3.5 months now and its been so good for my body. It also made me discover how extremely gluten intolerant I am. But I still love my fruit, occasional dark chocolate, and honey. So today was day one of my very first 21 day sugar detox. I went on here about 5 minutes ago and got that sorta creepy feeling when I saw you’re starting another round. I’m pretty excited. Going to Japan in 40 days so this will hopefully help me get that last leg of my slim down.
Samantha did you purchase the book she posted here? I am thinking of trying this, just looking to hear some advice and or personal experiences. Thanks!
I’ve followed your blog for a long time and made tons of your recipes, but I don’t think I’ve ever commented before.
Anyways, these are amazing! I had to make them as soon as I saw them. Love that they don’t use gobs of nut flours and that they’ve got the flax in there for the good omega3’s.
I did add 1/2 cup choc chips instead of a 1/4 just for extra delishisness (clearly I’m not on the sugar detox)! 🙂
I’ve already devoured 1 straight from the oven and I’m trying to keep myself from eating a second. We’ll see how long I can hold out!
Juli, these muffins are really great! I used the enjoy life dark chocolate chunks and even though I attempted to chop them, they were still a bit too sweet and overpowered the muffins. Next time I’ll make these without the chocolate (I know, blasphemy!) and add more fruit.