Woo Hoo! Happy New Year Everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season--and healthy! hehe The hardest time of year for anyone trying to stay healthy & or start/remain on any diet is behind us! Phew! So *clapping hands* YaY for us!
Throughout the holiday season I've managed to eat fairly well...due in part to my Dimps vs. Nasty Cold Virus...(incidentally, I thought I was winning that battle, but the past 4 days have K.O.ed me!) Today, I woke up and thought--ENOUGH! I will conquer this cold & be healthy at the same time! I KNOW I am full of toxins (obviously-I'm SICK!) so today & hopefully tomorrow (maybe longer) I'll be detoxing myself! (NOTHING Crazy btw...I'm not a whack job!)
Yeah, you read that right...DETOX! Sounds like a scary Hollywood word--but it's not that bad. I'm simply going to stick to a "Raw Food diet" for the wknd at least...raw fruit & veggies specifically. NOTHING ANIMAL and NOTHING PROCESSED! Which is fine with me...
Since my first pregnancy with Mini Dimps I've had a meat aversion...don't know why. I eat it still, but definitely in low quantities....sometimes just lookin' at meat makes me sick, and I guess when I have a cold etc my body really doesn't want protein...it craves veggies actually. Which normally, I HATE! I like the starchy veggies, you know corn and potatoes...and never,ever liked Carrots (raw or cooked) or the "greens" but I'll eat 'em...b/c I have to. More accurately I NEED to.
Along with a Multi-Vitamin (which I try to take daily, sometimes I forget)I also take GREENS+ Once in the morning and once at night--in a capsule form b/c I just can't gag down that green drink! And though I know it takes the body longer to process the capsule than it does anything in liquid form...I'm ok with that...at least I'm TAKING it! I will increase my consumption to adding another capsule at lunch as well...yummy!
This lil detox of mine also means no crappy,sugary drinks either! Pop (which takes me forever to drink anyway) is out--most fruit juices (other than a tsp. or so for flavour) is out too! (JUICE and fruit in general is FULL of sugar..so though one may think it's okay to eat 5 apples or drink 4 glasses of juice...you're consuming mass amounts of sugar -albeit "healthy" sugar, it's not helping you...) so Water it is. And probably one of the hardest for me to give up this wknd will be my one cup of tea with 2 tsp of sugar in the morning and another around supper time...that lil' boost of caffine/sugar will be missed. But I know it's for the greater good so it's ok! (right?!?!)
So what AM I going to eat/drink all day/night?! Basically anything those MEATaTarians won't! haha No starch! No Sugar! No caffeine! VERY drastic...VERY needed! I will have WATER; Juices (in moderation like I said) and any raw fruit/veggie I want. NOT a whole bunch either. Just a regular serving.
I've enjoyed a lovely hot drink (Brought the kettle to a boil and let it sit about 5 mins.) with 2tsp. each or so of cranberry juice & lemon juice (I LOVE both and it gives me that "tea" craving without resorting to putrid herbal teas...sorry, I strongly dislike them)
I'll log in later and report the progress...wish me luck! What have YOU been up to lately?!
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