10/14/10 Detox

Ok so when YOU hear that word what do you think of?


For me I always associated it with a drug addict going thru a very tough and agonizing fight with their drug or drink of choice. Well I am going through detox of another kind..Or is it? I mean what I struggle with is food...the love of it and the sweet temptation of it how can that possibly be a drug or addiction?
http://www.dictionary.com/ puts it this way ~
ad·dic·tion – noun

the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.

Well when you see it that way I could safely say them that my "drug" of choice is FOOD and I could get away with abusing it because
A) You NEED it to live
B) It is cheap and easy to access
C) Until recently society has turned a blind eye to the "abuse of" food

I started thinking weeks back that I may very nearly "Die" if I had to go thru this detox, however I knew that with my medical history.. I HAD to do it or I would very seriously die bcs of complications of being overweight or develop adult onset diabetes.....

So with a couple of weeks before the detox I started doing what any person addicted to a substance would do...
I began to pray then I began to SPLURGED everyday and ate everything i could...right up until MIDNIGHT the day before the detox was to start.

I went to McDonalds and ordered my favorite meal fish-filet with no tarter and fries with my DP. I even told the chic..."Listen this is the last great meal I am gonna have please make the fries fresh and get the order right" NO LIE she probably thought I was a prisoner having his last meal.

I sat there and enjoyed every evil bite.

With this detox we are to avoid any MEAT, processed foods, sugars, flour, bread, pasta, rices (except brown rice) adn dairy after teh first day, tomatoes and any citrus fruits & caffine for 10 days! Let me start by saying I started by HATING the thought of Brown rice...man i was wrong i bought a particular kind and will never try any other..I love it

Day 1 of Detox:

Began and I must say I was nervous and had butterflies in my stomach all morning. But it turned out to be ok except for the fact that the "Protein" Shake I had to drink was like ...well i will spare you the details let's just say it a drink of it went down and right back up....

I was able to have a little dairy that day and i had all of it I was able to and enjoyed it. Things I took for granted I was enjoying. Like 4 oz of my cottage cheese in a cup ...it was the best 4 oz of food I had ever had! I enjoyed it sooooo much more than I ever had in my life. The slice of cheese I had I cut it up into 10 little pieces and those were by far the best 10 lil pieces of heaven I have ever had! I had a great Lentil soup recipe that night...it was rich and full of flavor. Tae (our youngest) even like it. I DID have a headache in the evening, went ot bed early.

Day 2 of Detox:

Nervous bcs my dairy would now be gone and now I was in full out Vegetarian world and frankly that freaked me out. On this day my mom had to come and coach me in drinking this Protein shake. It was truly a pathetic sight. Here I am a grown woman of 3 and I was there in front of my mom pinching my nose breathing out and tryin to gulp down this junk and it was awful. I almost lost it but had to keep with it. 80z never seemed so overwhelming in all my life. Got thru it but with no grace!
Day of eating was good and I came across an awesome new dinner suggestion..Brwon rice, sautéed mixed veggies and salad YUMMMMM. I DID have a headache in the evening, went ot bed early.


Day 3 of Detox:

No worries no concerns....all is well. I have not taken the yunk drink since day 2 and probably wont. I am doing great and feel awesome. On this day i remember the joys of JUCING. I make me and the kids a homemade fruit juice full of any and every fruit adn veggie we want. When I drink this in the AM I can get through for a while on this. So this day i kept my self busy and productive. i did notice a hieghtened since of smell. for example my mom had given my son a small baggie of baked crackers and a small sandwhich...I could smell the cheese on the cracker, the colby jack on the sandwich even the MAYO on the bread. it was so intense (in a good way). I also on this day notice and intense sense of taste. Strawberries tasted juicer & sweeter. Grapes tasted fleshier and intense with sweetness. So needless to say that when it came time for me to have my salad with lettuce, almonds, sunflowerseeds, cucumber, red bell pepper, celery, carrots, avacado & celantro they was no need for dressign bcs those flovors were so intense it was devine!  No heachache that night.


Day 4 of Detox:

Well I feel so much less bloated, more focused, a sense of calmness and food wise i feel satisfied. now days 5,6, & 7 will be the hardest ones bcs on those days my brown rice and any beans are out so it is really only fruits and veggies so plesae pray for me!

So thanks for reading and i welcome any comments.

Mel