- Ugh.
Not the way I want to start my day.
I didn't finish my lunch.
I'm getting kind of fed up with like screwing up,
I just wanna be good.
Oh my god, that's actually really good.
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So currently my diet looks a little confusing.
I went on like a health kick a couple months ago,
and I was eating really like low carbs,
lots of fruit and veg.
Like super healthy.
And then I kinda started falling off of that.
So I'm not a big fan of breakfast.
I'll just sort of have a coffee.
And then for lunch, usually a salad or a sandwich.
And then for dinner,
usually something low carb.
I've been wanting to get back into being more healthy again.
And I haven't got a lot of will power right now,
so I think Gwyneth can help me.
So Gwyneth Paltrow is just like an interesting human being.
I mean she's been around forever.
She's been famous forever.
She has like this Goop thing that's been going on forever.
I feel like she's just sort of known as someone who's very
healthy and eats very unprocessed foods.
That's kind of what I wanna try out.
I think it's gonna be really hard,
'cause I feel like she's like crazy healthy.
I am very ready to see Gwyneth's meal plan.
Bring it on.
All right so what she eats in a day,
she'll have a smoothie for breakfast.
A lunch consisting of protein and salad.
And whatever she wants for dinner,
which I imagine won't be what I want for dinner.
She usually avoids high fructose corn syrup
and highly-processed foods.
She doesn't mention how often she snacks,
but Goop has four recipes
for her favorite snack foods.
Chicken salad, beauty seed bars,
spicy cilantro lemonade.
How is a drink a snack?
This is why I thought it's gonna be for me to do this
than not do this, but I'm going to be annoyed while I do it
for some of it.
So I'm gonna try and find and use as many Gwyneth approved
meals that I can.
But if there aren't enough to go around for a week,
then I will use Goop.com recipes
since she is the owner of it.
So one of the things I think is gonna be tough,
is the fact that Gwyneth Paltrow is very rich.
And that means she can buy and also probably get the help
to make incredibly fancy but healthy meals
whereas I'm one human that lives in a studio apartment
with barely any kitchen.
So I'm a little bit nervous about
how I'm gonna pull this off.
So, I start the challenge tomorrow.
But, tonight, I have to go shopping
and get all my groceries for like half the week.
The one thing I do already have ingredients for
is the morning smoothie.
And oh my god.
Look at these ingredients.
This is just a bunch of stuff I've never heard of.
Like astragalus.
Tocos.
Adaptogenic protein.
Cordyceps, whatever that is.
What does it all do?
Spirit dust.
I'm gonna make a corn and avocado
bowl for lunch tomorrow.
Th only thing is, I couldn't find any corn.
So it's just gonna be an avocado bowl.
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I'm also gonna make the lemonade right now,
which is a snack for her.
I do not think that lemonade is a snack.
So this is spicy cilantro lemonade,
and I love all those ingredients.
It sounds like a great cocktail.
Unfortunately there's no alcohol in it, damn.
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My lemonade and my lunch for tomorrow are done.
Nighty night.
Good morning, it is the start of the challenge!
Ooh!
I am awake and tired
and about to make this smoothie.
This has got to be the most expensive smoothie
that has ever been made.
It could either go really, really, really good.
Or really, really, really bad.
I don't think there's any in between.
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Well this just exploded everywhere,
and it was $60 for this, so.
Really about five dollars has gone everywhere.
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Okay it smells so weird.
Okay, before I go to work,
let's do a little taste test.
Oh my god, ugh.
I'm gonna be honest, this is not pleasant.
It's so bitter.
How does she drink this?
Ugh.
This is not the way I want to start my day.
What do you think of my food?
- It looks very healthy and like nutritious, however,
I hate onions, I hate cilantro.
It doesn't look appetizing to me personally,
but like, this is, I don't know,
it looks like a good lunch for somebody who likes
those things.
- [Chloe] And then this is the lemonade.
- This is all you drink?
- [Chole] Yeah, that's with water as well.
- It's like so sour.
- I haven't tried it yet. - You haven't tried it?
Oh, you should try it. - No.
Oh, that's very tart, but it's good!
It's supposed to have the same amount water as it does lemon
and that to me sounds like a lot of lemon.
All right so I'm trying my lunch.
Hmm.
It's actually not that onion-y.
It's not got the most flavor, honestly,
I would probably put more lime
and maybe some spice in it.
It's healthy, it's nice.
It's fine.
So it's about five p.m. and I actually went home
from work early with a migraine.
I didn't drink my smoothie.
And I didn't finish my lunch.
This is it till dinner.
It's time for dinner with my boyfriend.
I'm really nervous about this
because he's a really good cook,
and I'm scared I'm gonna mess this up.
So we're making Za'atar Chicken Bowl.
The chicken is looking great.
Jesse had a great idea of putting it on
the grill outside instead of the oven
because it's gonna taste so much better.
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It looks pretty damn good. - Looks really good.
- [Chloe] Oh my god, mm.
I really, really like this.
Thumbs up Gwynie.
So now that I've eaten that delicious dinner,
I have to cook some more.
And now it's time for these beauty bar things.
They're basically like a healthy granola bar.
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Well we tried cutting it and it's all breaking apart.
Oh my god it's a mess.
It tastes exactly like granola, it's fine.
I really wanted some yummy little bars
to take around with me
and now I just have to like carry a plastic bag of bits.
It is the start of day two.
I didn't do a new lunch.
I just couldn't face doing three different things.
I'm just doing the same lunch again
'cause I had two portions.
I have to do that smoothie right now.
And we'll see if it can be drinkable today.
Here's today's brown mixture.
And I'm gonna add some stevia.
I've put more almond milk in there
and I've put less of everything else basically.
I'm so nervous, I don't wanna drink this.
It's just really, eck.
I think the sweetener helped.
It's literally 10 times better than yesterday,
but it was so bad yesterday that even today is not great.
So it's lunch time and I'm eating at my desk.
But I haven't put it in the fridge today
and it tastes a lot better when it's not freezing cold.
And I also have less onions than yesterday,
'cause there were way too many.
I'm liking it a little more now.
Oh and I had a little bit of a beauty bar earlier.
I'm cooking for my friend tonight.
I'm gonna cook her
like an alternative to falafel.
So so far we have a pot boiling.
And we're making a millet falafel
and tomato relish dish.
Gwyneth suggested cherry tomatoes cut in half.
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We kind of messed up.
They look really bad.
Trying to take the oil out of it a little bit.
And then making it into a shape.
They look so much better.
Still a little messy, but so much better.
- Mm. - Mhm.
- That is good.
- On a scale of one to ten, how much of a success was that?
- Maybe like a six and a half.
- [Amber] Taste wise, I would say eight.
- Actually, yeah, the taste is really good.
- Yeah. - Thumbs up.
It's the start of day three.
I have to be at work soon
and I haven't made lunch for today yet, crap!
I'm not gonna have a smoothie this morning.
I woke up with like crazy indigestion.
I'm gonna make a vegan cesar salad that she suggests.
Except that I didn't realize she wants me
to make croutons from scratch
and I haven't got time for that.
I might add tomatoes because otherwise this salad
is literally just gonna be leafs.
So I've sort of started it.
Here is a bowl of leafs.
So I have to pan-fry these,
and then put everything in a blender,
and make dressing.
I'm so tired, and I haven't even done the dishes
from yesterday yet.
I've never made my own dressing before.
So this is kind of existing.
I don't think I have enough liquid in here
because it's just flying up the sides
and then like not blending.
I'm getting kind of fed up with like screwing up,
I just wanna be good.
This is just lumpy and thin.
And smells awful.
- It smells good. - Oh really?
- Yeah. - Okay.
- It's a little like plain.
It's like a very basic after thought side salad.
- [Chloe] It's very watery, you can see that,
it's just like a pool.
I mean its edible.
It's probably my own fault.
I'm sure I did something wrong.
I'm just disappointed because I'm hungry.
It is around dinner time.
Honestly, that tiny, stupid salad didn't fill me up.
Why would it?
So, I'll be honest, I had a little packet of chips.
I feel guilty, but moving on.
Still allowing myself the treat.
Which is pancakes for dinner.
This actually doesn't seem like a particularly
like health conscious recipe.
But she does say she has whatever she wants for dinner,
so I guess this is it.
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But the interesting about this recipe,
is it has yogurt in it.
Let's see how it tastes, it might be good.
That is really nice batter, I will say.
Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh.
I prefer thinner pancakes.
But that's 'cause I'm from Britain
and we have like crepe-y pancakes,
rather than thick ones.
I still like it, it's really fluffy.
A bit weird for dinner, but,
kind of felt like it.
It is the morning of day four
and I just read a chicken salad recipe of hers
that went for a snack.
And I totally (bleep) up.
You were supposed to roast the chicken
and then like shred it,
and you can't shred the kind of chicken breast I bought.
You also need a food processor to make this chicken salad
and I don't own one.
So I'm just gonna have to do my own take
on this chicken salad.
And on top of that, I haven't had breakfast this morning
because I wasn't hungry.
And I also need to do this recipe which is a
warming morning latte.
Which includes no caffeine by the way.
I'm gonna try that
because it's supposed to detoxify your body.
And my sink is full of dishes from the pancakes yesterday.
I cannot cook three times a day.
It's just not me.
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Ooh.
It definitely looks frothy, which is nice.
Oh my god, that's actually really good.
So it tastes really creamy and frothy
and like a little spicy, but not like too much.
It's actually a good thing that it hasn't got caffeine
because I've been trying to cut down on caffeine honestly
and not have so much coffee.
This actually could be a good alternative.
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So I have to leave for a hair appointment
in like 10 minutes,
and I don't have time to bake the rest of the chicken.
So I'm pan frying it in chunks.
It's a pretty simple recipe, it's just
celery and vegenaise.
It's still edible for sure.
Here's a cracker.
Mm, mhm.
It's so good.
Gwyneth has this as a snack.
If you ate double the portion, it's just a meal.
Snack lunch.
It's Saturday night and what am I doing?
Cooking.
That is so not me.
I don't think I've ever cooked on a Saturday night.
And I'm alone, which is sad.
I'm gonna cook Moroccan turkey meatballs.
I'm excited that I'm gonna have a delicious meal
at the end of this.
But I do wish I could just relax tonight.
I only usually like cooking with other people
because I feel like that makes it more fun, but,
it's actually quite nice to have some me time honestly.
Cheers.
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It's not the most appetizing looking dish.
And she did say to put cauliflower rice with it
but I don't have any left.
It's good,
I definitely put too much cumin in it.
I've never made meatballs before
and I'm very impressed with myself
and I didn't screw it up.
I'm like really expanding my cooking knowledge with this.
It is the last day and I am so pleased it's the last day.
I have so much respect for anyone that cooks all their meals
all day, every day.
I'm at my friend's place.
I'm trying to fit my socializing in with my cooking
at this point, because otherwise I can't do anything
with my life.
I just offered to cook pancakes for my friend.
It was just the easiest thing, it's Sunday,
it's brunch time.
Have I ever cooked for you before?
- I think once upon a time,
but I don't really remember what it was.
- Let's get cooking! - Yay!
- [Chloe] Okay, here are all of my ingredients,
including the extras that I'm not supposed to have.
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I'm so excited, they actually look good.
- [Katie] They actually really look
delicious. - Yeah.
I know I added extra things
and that wasn't how Gwyneth would do it.
It's Sunday, it's cheat day.
- Mm, Chloe's an excellent chef.
- These are so much better
than when I did them the other day.
They're good, oh my god.
Look at me, little chef woman.
It's nearly time for my last meal of this challenge.
I'm just gonna eat my leftover meatballs.
I have all of this.
It's kind of wasteful if I don't eat it.
I think I'm just gonna add some pasta and make this a meal.
I'm glad that I got to cook more
and to feel more comfortable cooking.
I was actually surprised by how tasty
most of her meals were.
I mean I didn't love the lunches.
But the dinners were all really good.
I'm never gonna (bleep) touch that smoothie again,
that is disgusting.
I'm glad I didn't feel like, ugh,
about having to eat healthy, this is a chore kind of thing.
I was kind of doing it while still enjoying it.
Goop's recipes are actually like pretty simple to follow
and I liked using them, I like their format.
So I'm probably going to use that again.
Although I'm not going to 100% change my lifestyle
after this, I'm definitely going to consider it more.
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