Here I am- looking at the last few days of my 30 day detox. I feel better/healthier than I have in my entire life! My headaches (that have been forever present since I was a child) are G.O.N.E. The last one I had was mild and on Day 3 of my detox. Body aches/pains - other than the muscle or something that I pulled in my back at the gym - GONE. (Oh and ladies, I had my first symptom-free menstrual cycle! Seriously, no cramping, no back pain, no bloating, no migraine headache, no nausea. I had no forewarning of the onset other than I knew it was coming soon from looking at my calendar!!) I have people commenting that my skin looks great - "Are you wearing make-up?" (No) and my hair looks shinier/healthier/growing faster. My face looks thinner, I'm fitting into clothes I haven't worn in FOUR years. I have lost 16 pounds!!
Bob and I personally can't believe how incredible CLEAN food tastes! I made our first "dessert" that we've had since going on this detox and it was fat/sugar free - (recipe coming soon) and we couldn't eat much of it because it was "too sweet". Yes, those dates are reeaally sweet when you haven't had sugar in almost 4 weeks!!
I started this detox because I was having some health concerns and my doctors (I had been to several, and each more than once) couldn't figure out what this pain was that I had in my lower abdomen. After many visits and examinations, x-rays, ultrasounds etc, my general practitioner told me to go see a Gastroenterologist for a (colonoscopy!) YIKES!! I'm going on 32....I couldn't believe I would need this at my age!! So, three days later - yep - you got it- I decided to rid my body of all this STUFF to see just what would happen if I put CLEAN food into it.
The result?
NO MORE PAIN IN MY LOWER ABDOMEN!
After all these amazing results that I have experienced in such a short period of time, what's the logical thing to do next? Do I: a) congratulate myself for a job well done this past month and reward myself by going back to my former way of eating/living or b) celebrate my accomplishments and reward myself by continuing to eat clean so I can continue to feel this amazing???
I choose B.
How can I not? It's just not worth it. The slice of bread or whole wheat pasta, the sugary snacks, the crackers and cheese. I wasn't a poor eater prior to going on this detox. Not by the standard anyway, but I have learned SO MUCH in the past month and I know now how much the food I thought was good for me was doing more harm than good.
So what's my next goal? I have 2 days left of my 30 day detox and am extending it to the end of May. At that point, I am considering testing myself to see which foods will give me a reaction so I know which foods to permanently remove from my diet. Then, after I have carefully done this I may occasionally allow myself to have things like sugar or caffeine (I love black teas!) and limit myself to a "cheat day" to pick one of these items to have. I am saying this to all of my readers because it gives me the motivation to follow through. And maybe, it will inspire someone else out there to do the same.
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