#6. Spend lots of time with your girlfriends, & go dancing on a regular basis.

This one’s a keeper. Delicious, easy to make, light on the wallet. Warm grapes are really really good!

Healthy & Delicious: Broccoli Rabe, Turkey Sausage, and Grapes | Serious Eats : Recipes.

I’ve really been into dance music lately. If I had to say what my favorite music is, I’d say old school rap and new good rap and Pitbull (is he a genre? I feel like he is), but lately I just haven’t been feeling it. This song is playing a lot a the studio — hope we’re not all too sick of it yet. This man at the office cracks me up — reminds me of when I had an office job.

Is it evil that I am posting this for some of you who are mid-cleanse? Indeed. But, I had to share because this recipe is to die. Take your favorite treat from childhood, yes, the rice krispy treat, and make it more sophisticated with brown butter and sea salt.  Seriously I’ve died and gone to heaven. I’ll let you know when I make it and you can share in my experience mentally so as not to f*ck up your cleanse.

Salted Brown Butter Crispy Treats from Smitten Kitchen

Keeping flat chested girls like me inspired . . .

As a matter of fact, check out the whole Pirelli tire photo shoot. I was happy to see lots of girls with tiny boobs (not that the big ones aren’t great too

I’m dying over these pants. They’re from H&M . . . seriously. And, my new year’s resolution is exactly not what I’m about to do tomorrow — go and find those f’ing pants!Awesomeness.

Check out this great salad from Bon Appetit. I’m making this tomorrow night! And, it’s perfect for you cleansers out there

Blood Orange, Beet, and Fennel Salad: Recipe : bonappetit.com.

The biggest mistake you can make at the end of a cleanse is to go back to your old ways. Hopefully one of the things you have a achieved during a cleanse is a new sense of how you should be eating and inspired to adopt these habits for good. I am the first person to tell you that I will always be drinking wine and coffee — but it’s the other stuff: cheese, bread, sugar, diet sodas . . . .  that you should slowly try to wean out of your life.

So, adding food back into your diet: Go slowly! Don’t let your first meal back as a civilian be meats and grains and wine with dessert. Pick one thing. And only one thing. My choice is wine. Wine and a salad. Doesn’t that sound heavenly? And then maybe the next day, add legumes to that salad (w/ the wine). And the following day, it’s protein in your smoothie (probably doesn’t go with wine). And the next day, add a very light protein like fish (something that’s easier to digest). And so on . . .

Eat SLOWLY — chew everything well. And watch the volume. Otherwise you will have a massive stomach ache.

Whatever you do, make sure you are still getting great fiber or all of the sudden, you will be super constipated. And then after you’ve had that wonderful flat tummy feeling from the cleanse, you’ll feel bloated and gross. I always add flax see oil to apple juice every morning — keeps things nice and smooth if you know what I mean.

Today is my 9th day . . . it feels basically the same as the others except I added protein to my smoothie. And, tonight will be vegetarian. No wine just yet. ;(

If you are currently on the cleanse, try to enjoy the empty feeling in your tummy. The feeling of lightness, being ready to move, and not feeling full and sluggish.

Tips to get you through your cleanse:

• Peppermint tea and lemon. Every time I get a craving, I make some tea. Works for me.
• Bubbly water with lemon/lime. The bubbles help when you feel like you need something more than plain water.
• Avocado with lime and salt, eaten right out of the skin — greatest snack ever.
• Roasted brussels sprouts, tossed in 2 T of olive oil, S&P. Delicious and filling. I roast mine until crisp.
• Pop-corn. Yes, I said it. Well, it’s probably cheating a little. But, it’s corn. Just don’t go crazy. It’s a snack, not a meal.
• Stay busy. Clean things out, reorganize. I get more done during cleanses, than any other time.
• Exercise, steam, sauna. Make yourself feel good — you won’t want to cheat after you’ve taken such good care of yourself.
• Sleep. Let the cleanse do its’ work. Rest is key.
• Remember that it’s temporary. And, that it’s only food.