~just to recap, my husband mike & i went on a detox diet to rid our bodies of unhealthy junk & use this experience as a springboard to eating more healthily.
the diet consisted of cutting out wheat, caffeine, alcohol, sugar, dairy & meat.
mike lost a total of 14lbs!! we don't have any accurate scales at home so i have no idea how much i lost but my stretchy sweat pants aren't skin tight anymore!! YES!! ...i hear america signing with relief too!!
we both feel SO much more healthy!! i can sleep all night! all night... i haven't been able to do that since i can remember & unless you have trouble sleeping you won't understand how wonderful that is!! my anxiety has disappeared!!
mike feels he can concentrate much better & is more focused.
we both found week one hard. for me it was lack of energy. for mike it was the feeling hungry & really missing coffee toast & meat.
by week two though i didn't really crave anything anymore.
what shocked us most was the amount of rubbish that is put into everything that can possibly be added to! i thought i was being healthy eating dried apricots but until i went on this diet i had never checked the ingredients ~ dried apricots, sulfur dioxide & potassium sorbate!! lovely!!
i found some organic ones in 'whole foods' that are just apricots ~ so now i understand that the other ingredients are to keep their color, but they are just as tasty in a fruitcake kind of way!
what surprised us the most was all the alternatives that are out there! it's like we've discovered a secret club or something! you can eat really tasty healthy food! & because it's more expensive you keep the portions under control more. it's made us open our eyes to what we are allowing into our bodies.
the first night after the diet we had organic chicken & it tasted sooooooo good!!
mike lost a total of 14lbs!! we don't have any accurate scales at home so i have no idea how much i lost but my stretchy sweat pants aren't skin tight anymore!! YES!! ...i hear america signing with relief too!!
we both feel SO much more healthy!! i can sleep all night! all night... i haven't been able to do that since i can remember & unless you have trouble sleeping you won't understand how wonderful that is!! my anxiety has disappeared!!
mike feels he can concentrate much better & is more focused.
we both found week one hard. for me it was lack of energy. for mike it was the feeling hungry & really missing coffee toast & meat.
by week two though i didn't really crave anything anymore.
what shocked us most was the amount of rubbish that is put into everything that can possibly be added to! i thought i was being healthy eating dried apricots but until i went on this diet i had never checked the ingredients ~ dried apricots, sulfur dioxide & potassium sorbate!! lovely!!
i found some organic ones in 'whole foods' that are just apricots ~ so now i understand that the other ingredients are to keep their color, but they are just as tasty in a fruitcake kind of way!
what surprised us the most was all the alternatives that are out there! it's like we've discovered a secret club or something! you can eat really tasty healthy food! & because it's more expensive you keep the portions under control more. it's made us open our eyes to what we are allowing into our bodies.
tonight we had grass fed organic steak & i don't think i'm saying this because we haven't eaten beef in ages... but it was the best piece of steak i can ever remember eating ever!!
i can thoroughly recommend doing this diet, don't forget the supplements from 'whole foods' for a full body cleanse.
http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/dietarytherapy/a/Detox_Diet_Plan.htm
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