My Husband’s Four Week Detox (Perhaps Yours too?) – Part 1

The first seven days

It has been an incredibly busy end to the year. Mark is usually a healthy creature because I am his lifestyle coordinator. However, travelling constantly and often apart lately, healthy eating has definitely not been on my husband’s priority list.

With a busy year ahead, and with the knowledge that how we steward our bodies is fundamental to our physical, spiritual and emotional health, I am eager for him to get back on track! Especially because I am home for the next 8 weeks straight. So I have made a plan for the first seven days of the next week.

I have published it in case any of my tribe want to jump on board!

Lets go into the new year revamped and healthy. We will start ours on the 1st December. I have included some individual things that my husband loves. Like chicken on Monday and cheese on Saturday. For the most part it is plant based, but not religiously. Give it a go. You may be pleasantly surprised. My husband happens to be easy. He is a creature of habit so eating the same thing for breakfast and lunch actually is comforting for him.

Here is the general plan

Breakfast.
Porridge and blueberries and banana (Mark loves blue berries) with almond milk. Or Whole Toast/ English muffin and avocado. We love nutritional yeast on top of that. Delicious.
Lunch
Either Salad rolls or wraps (whole meal preferred) with plenty of hummus. The key to this for us is hot sauce. We load it up with avocado, hummus, spinach leaves, whole beetroot, tomato, purple onion and anything else at hand. You can’t go wrong. Alternatively, there is left overs. Tuesday is a cheat lunch as Mark usually has work meetings. Also Saturday is a cheese day as Mark is obsessed with buffalo mozzarella cheese. It has to be fresh from the deli. So I have a mission to try and find him some from a deli every Saturday as it is his favourite.
Dinner
We love lentils. They are so quick and easy and nutritious. You can whip it up in 15 minutes flat. So to take the stress out of cooking I do this every other night. It is nutritious and served with whole bread, it makes for a seriously easy meal. Thank goodness Mark likes it so much he actually occasionally drools into the bowl when he is eating it (not even joking).The other nights I try to be creative. We love vegetarian curries and cauliflower rice. Once a week I make chicken. Why? Cause that is Marks favourite thing to eat. Monday is his day off so every Monday I plan to make it Chicken night. This week is simple roasted chicken with Thyme, olive oil and garlic. Simple is best. Of course Mark will drown his in hot sauce either way so I don’t need to flavour it much.
Treats
After dinner treats. I love to snack. However Mark isn’t really a snacker. So I haven’t put any snacks in. He does love a sweet treat after dinner, so a bit of dark chocolate or some fruit will be fine. No need to be too extreme. For those of you who love to snack, fruit, little protein bars, or a little tin of tuna. Even carrots and hummus is perfectly fine and delicious.

Exercise

I usually work out on my own in the morning. This is my time to hear God and dream and be by myself. In the afternoons Mark and I try to go for walks to connect about three days a week. So for exercise I am going to teach Mark to run. We will do 3-4 km, 3 times this week. The key for this is to take it slow. If you go crazy with a new routine, you can never stick to it. It has to be maintainable and enjoyable.

If you are joining us I will leave you with some links to my favourite recipes until I have mine up and ready. Also you can see our week meal plan below!

Lentils
Roast Chicken
Cauliflower Pad Thai (I add bean sprouts and omit the peanuts)
Vegetable Curry (I use light coconut milk instead of cream. The jack fruit can be from any Indian/ Asian Grocer).

Meal	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Breakfast	Porridge soy milk and blueberries and banana	Porridge soy milk and fruit	Avocado and wholemeal toast	Porridge soy milk and blueberries and banana	Avocado and wholemeal toast	Porridge and soy milk and blueberries	Avocado or nut spread on toast
Lunch	Wholemeal wraps and salad with low fat (homemade Hummus) and hot sauce	Wholemeal buns Mushroom Avocado Hot sauce (two)	Left overs or Day to eat out Choose Naked Burrito (no wrap) Or Subway on wholemeal bread choose chicken or tuna	Wholemeal wraps or roll Salads Avocado and hummus	Left over vegetable curry and rice	Left over lentils Rolls	Fresh bread Fresh Cheese and avocado Cherry tomatoes
Dinner	Church night Lentils and toast Fresh bread and butter	Roasted chicken. Asparagus and Broccolini with olive oil and balsamic glaze	Lentils and steamed greens Wholemeal toast or pita bread	Vegetarian curry Brown rice	Lentils and steamed greens Whole meal toast if needed	Church night Early toast avocado and eggs Late night snack sirena tuna	Cauliflower pad thai rice Bean sprouts Steamed greens
Snacks/ After dinner	Dark chocolate 2 pieces	nectarine Dark Chocolate	Dark Chocolate	Mango and coconut yoghurt	Fruit	Frozen grapes	Chocolate
Exercise	Walk with wife if possible	Run 3km OR walk with Wife	Rest or small walk	Wake at 5am go for 3km run	Rest or walk with wife	Huge walk before church	Small run 3.5km or walk