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Hi everybody,

I've been reading this website for over a year before joining. I've been a vegan for over a year as well but recently fell off the wagon for whatever reason. So, I've decided to go Superheroe to reep the benefits even harder once again.

I've been going strong with brown rice and greens daily as well as Miso soup. I've been drinking the weight loss tea for 7 days. My question is that I'm wondering how long it takes to detox or even other stories of people starting the Superheroe. When I went vegan, the detox was short and sweet even though I was previously a hard core meat eater and drinking 2 pots of coffee a day. When I went vegan overnight and quit coffee I was feeling better than I've ever felt after about 8 days. I would wake before my alarm to exercise and had energy all day to prep for meals, cleaning and taking care of my one year old while also working full time. Now that I've been superheroe for two weeks, I still feel lethargic, moody, mentally foggy and I can't get out of bed after 9 hours sleep. I feel like I'm hungover or even maybe a little buzzed????

Other peoples experiences will help keep me motivated so please share your thoughts. I'm trying to hang in there!!

ThanK You

Jennifer

Hey Jennifer,

First off, good job at keeping it up! Going superhero is great but can be very time consuming and tiring because of prep. Like tali, I am mostly superhero 5 days out of the week. Remember that macrobiotics has to do with the seasons too, so now that we're in summer mode what we eat has to be adjusted to the climate, so lighter grains and more cooling veggies and increase fruit intake. Save the brown rice for dinner and for lunch eat some grain, bean, and veggie salads....perhaps with some fruit and fresh herbs like parsely or mint in there to help cool down the body. Hopefully this will help you get out of that down that you are feeling.

Wow, all the way in Canada! I'm all the way on the small island of Guam :) You can start off with some cracked bulghur wheat tabouli, quinoa, and couscous salads. I also read in the Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics that it's great for summer time. Here are some of the recipes that I found/made for light grain salads. I like to mix and match them with sides of steamed veggies (steaming veggies may help for you because it's suppose to lighter your head) and a veggie salad (try sauteing red cabbage with julienned carrots, and brown rice vinegar. Then add in some lemon juice and raisins). Also try Alicia's Red Raddish Tabbouleh from her book.

Tabouleh Salad: bulgur wheat, garbanzo beans, red cabbage, carrots, lemon juice, olive oil, currants, parsley, celery, pine nuts, scallions.

Quinoa with Basil and Pine Nuts: quinoa, pine nuts, olive oil, basil leaves.

Moroccan Couscous with saffron: squash, onions, carrot, zucchini, olive oil, pepper couscous, scallions.

Fruit & nut couscous: couscous, cranberries/raisins, olive oil, ume vinegar, pepper, lemon juice, almonds, parsley.

Mediterranean Barley Salad: lemon juice, dijon, ume vinegar, olive oil, shallots, pine nuts, parsley.

I have more recipes if you like. Just send me a message through my profile and I'll help you out ;)

Awsome, thak you! I'll give a whirl and if I get bored with the recipes I'll give you a shout for more ideas.

Do you have a drink or two while socializing and if so what do you drink? I've seen on here somebody mentioned an Organic Wine and I can't think of the name of it?