[ detox diet...! part 1 ]

sooooooo... i don't sleep well & the last week my tummy has been hurting...

me being me (rarely do things by halves)  i decide to go on a detox diet to eliminate all the bad stuff from my body! & hopefully start some new good habits...woo hoo!

i mention this to my husband mike & i'm shocked at his enthusiasm to join me... i read aloud all the stuff we'll be unable to eat & he's fine with it!! okey dokey then!

i purchase a box each of 'complete body cleanse' from whole foods & away we go.

basically FOR TWO WEEKS ~ I REPEAT TWO WEEKS!! we are not allowed any additives, dairy, meat, wheat, alcohol, sugar, caffeine

we ARE allowed as much fresh/frozen fruit & vegetables as we want. olive oil, vinegar, salt, spices, rice, beans (ok i know that's a vegetable!!) & have to drink lots of water

mike announces that not only will he be on this diet with me... he is also going to give up smoking... i'm thinking ~ oh lord! hope our marriage is strong enough!!!

day 1:
9 am ~ so far so good.
11am ~ ring mike, he's starving ~ so am i!!!
noon ~ mike has caved on the smoking front... (thank goodness! for sake of all humanity! that & the diet is too much for anyone to handle!!)

day 2:
mike & i were watching tv & the adverts for these enormous bacon cheeseburgers dripping in delicious fat are killing us!!

i'm starting to worry that i'll start imagining mike as a steak, (like the lion in madagascar)

i'm AMAZED at the additives & sugar that put in almost EVERYTHING!! i'm having trouble finding things without stuff in. must have spent an hour in wegmans reading labels!!

day 3:
not feeling very energetic at all & have a minging headache all day.
poo is getting a lot softer!
love bananas!


day 4:
tummy gurgling a bit, have gone for very loose poos several times & am too scared to fart!!

thank god for whole foods!! (we're going to be bankrupt though!!!) why have i not paid that much attention to this store before. probably because it's so expensive, or i wasn't so desperate to be able to find foods that aren't pumped with junk.

day 5:
back at whole foods...

even the boys love the pizza there!

got to say found some 'fettucini' that's made of brown rice & it's delicious!!! even though most common objects are looking yummy at the moment.

day 6:
mike asked if the food looks the same going out as it did going in can he consider himself detoxed?

made a really yummy bolognese with quorn... as a meat eater you would be hard pushed to tell that that wasn't meat. looked up what quorn is & it is very good for you... only a few people may get an allergic reaction, which comes out sort of like food poisoning... gulp!!

20 minutes later so far so good though

day 7: HALFWAY!!
ate tofu for the first time!! (& probably last) ~  no i should be more open minded about it & give it another go!

mike has lost 6lbs!!! YEAH!!!

7 more days to go!

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