Week 1 Shopping list

As I decided to do it all and follow the diet as well - at least in the beginning, and I need to organise myself, here is my shopping list for week 1. It does take some time to arrange this all (the list on Tracy's community web-site helps, I just need to adjust it a little to me and the measuring system I am used to) but it is better than spend 3 hours in the supermarket trying to figure out how much of this and that you need - and actually NOT to forget anything.

I will try to update these every week - that is if I will stay with the diet. Will also keep you posted on how is the diet. So far, it seems quite a lot of food, so I have the hope that it is manageable. But seriously, in my calculations it makes almost 5 apples a day!!! That's freaking a lot of apples!

See the list below....

So, week 1 is the Nutrient Boost week - supposed to be nutrient dense diet, good for cleansing, and you can't eat anything else. I also read that if the calories are not enough, you should try to make slightly bigger portions, rather than eating something else, and particularly - God forbid - sweets and bread. This week we have to eat every day each of these:

1. Power Juice
2. Blueberry Applesauce
3. Sweet Potato Corn Pudding
4. Carrot Parsnip Puree
5. Gazpacho
6. Veggie Protein Soup
7. Chocolate Pudding

So, all together it is 7 small meals a day... This doesn't seem so bad. One problem though: most of the foods are practically liquids... or purees... So, it is definitely not going to be easy. I remember when I had my wisdom teeth taken out, it was quite bad and I had to eat purreed food for about 5 days. And to be honest, all I wanted was some crunchy carrots and celery - so in the end for me it was not so much about the unhealthy food, but about "crunchiness" and the consistency of the food that scares me... Anyway...

This is a shopping list for week 1 

I have adapted it to European (basically metric) measuring system. Some of the things you just have to get more - i.e. spices and vinegar, I also included salt in the list (as this is the full list of ALL necessary groceries for week 1) - but of course I already have it so "check" :) I am also going to buy some herb teas which I love and a bottle of (red dry - supposed to be the best) wine. Tracy recommends not to add any additional seasonings, oils, salt, etc. to her recipes. I will see how that will work for me, may be a little fresh - like garlic would not be so bad to add. Generally though I love fresh food, so hope it will be OK.

NB! I will update it after the shopping - to make sure the amounts are correct - and with a budget - a bit later.

Groceries - Tracy	Groceries - Germany	Substitute	How much you need for a week
Kale	Grünkohl		1 pack
Spinach	Gemüsespinat		1 pack
Beet	Rübe	Some other leaves	1 pack
Apples	Apfel		32 apples =~5kg(!!!)
Blueberry	Blaubeere		4 cups=800 g (0.8 kg)
Sweet potato	Süßkartoffel		4 potatoes
Fresh white corn	Weiß Maiz		4 cobs
Carrot	Karotte		8-10 carrots
Parsnip	Pastinake		4 parsnips
Roasted tomatoes		Fresh tomatoes or a mix of fresh and sun-dried	5.25 cups = 1 kg
Parsley	Petersilie		2 Bunches
Chive	Schittlauch		1 pack
Cilantro	Koriander		Bunch
Lemon	Zitrone		2 lemons
Red onion	Rote Zwiebel		1 onion
Bell peppers - mixed	Paprika gemischt		1 kg
English cucumber	Englische Gurke	Normal cucumber	1 cucumber
Celery stalk	Sellerie		400 g
Chicken breast	Hühnerbrust	Tofu	250 g
Chicken broth (low-sodium)	Hühnerbrühe	Vegetable broth	1 l
Broccoli	Brokkoli		500 g / one big broccoli
Chocolate chips (semi-sweet)			2 cups=400 g
Chestnuts	Kastanie	Strawberries or blueberries	7 tbsp = 100 g
Cacao powder (unsweetened)	Kakao		1 pack
Date	Dattel финик		1 pack of at least 14
Coconut flakes (unsweetened)	Kokos Flocke		1 pack
Cinnamon (powder)
Rice vinegar
Paprika
Cayenne pepper
Black pepper
Salt

Here you can see the full file in pdf.