Detox - Day Three

Breakfast - if only it wasn't 2 degrees
outside when I ate this!

Well, I made it the three days of my detox, as planned. I still feel fine - not hungry, tired, grumpy or like I'm 'detoxing' at all... Was it all a waste of time? I'm not actually sure... Maybe as I don't eat a lot of sugar, drink much coffee or alcohol or eat hardly any processed food, I don't really have much in my to detox? Oh well, I've done it now, and so now I know what it is like and can make an educated choice of whether or not to do it again!

Day Three's Eats:
9am: warm water with lemon.
10.30am: fresh pineapple, mango and banana with chia and flaxseed sprinkled on top and a fresh kale, apple, pineapple and mango juice.
12noon: a big green salad with savoy cabbage, cavolo nero, spinach, sorrel, basil, carrot and daikon radish with an olive oil, apple cider vinegar and mustard dressing and a small portion of wholemeal homemade pasta with tomato sauce.
3pm: a fresh kale, apple, ginger juice.
8pm: (late, because I went to an early play) a delicious Burmese meal of many different dishes. Probably not the best way to end a detox, but I wasn't going to miss this - I have been waiting for a reservation at this restaurant for weeks!

What did I learn:

• I don't like having to control my food, even if it is me in control. I never normally think twice about what I eat, and I didn't enjoy having to decline myself something I felt like because it wasn't part of my detox plan.

• I freaking love food. Well, I already knew this, but I have confirmed it for good now.

• It is not that hard to eat fruit and salad and juice for a few days, and it would probably be quite a good thing to do, say, one day a month, to give the ol' digestive system a rest.

• Winter is not a good time to do a detox - the seasonal veges are not that exciting to repeat for three days and the fruit is almost non-existent (hence the very-unlike-me tropical fruit binge). I think if I was going to do a multi-day detox again, I would do it in the Summer, when produce was more plentiful and it wasn't freezing!

• It really helps to read books about health and nutrition when you are trying something like this - it really helped to keep my mind on the end goal to be surrounding myself with inspirational books, TV etc. This probably applies to most things, I imagine.

• Massages are lovely; I should get them more often.

Detox - Day Two

Day two of my three day detox is almost over. I have had another relaxing day, including a gorgeous massage, choosing costumes for Paddy's students for their upcoming play and a bit of house cleaning (this may not be relaxing to everyone but I am kinda weird!). How am I feeling? Still pretty good, I'm not tired or hungry and I slept well last night. I am getting a bit sick of juice, but I know it is not forever, so I can handle it. I haven't really been hungry at all today, and looking at what I've eaten/drunk today, it's actually not that much. I probably need to take care tomorrow to have a bit more or I will waste away! I'm sort of waiting for the 'detoxing' to begin - the headaches, skin breakout, achy muscle etc that people write about. Maybe it won't happen at all? I'm mildly apprehensive...

Day Two's Eats:
9am: warm water with lemon
10am: fresh apple, ginger, mint and silverbeet juice
12.30pm: cup of red miso soup with wakame
2pm: handful of raw almonds and fresh apple, ginger and kale juice
4.30pm: fresh pineapple and mint juice
Dinner: I have prepared another big salad of savoy cabbage, cavolo nero, spinach, sorrel, basil, carrot and daikon radish with an olive oil, apple cider vinegar and mustard dressing and a dollop of mashed avocado on top. Followed by a cup of fennel tea before bed. Then another early night for me!

Tomorrow I am planning on having chopped pineapple, mango and banana for breakfast, a big salad for lunch, vege juice throughout the day and a light, vegetarian dinner to top the detox off.

Detox - Day One

Tonight's dinner - yum!

As I mentioned in this post last week, I decided I wanted to do a detox of sorts during my week of holiday. It's not that I live a particularly toxic life or anything, but my hair isn't as great as it could be, my skin is breaking out in a hormone frenzy and I am feeling a bit bleh. I thought this would be a good way to give my system a clean out, and start with a clean slate. Originally I was planning on including hot yoga classes along with the detox, but I have decided it might be a bit too much for my body to handle, so I will start those once my detox has finished.

There are about a million different types of detoxes around - I did some reading and designed one to suit me. I would recommend checking with your doctor before doing anything like this. I mentioned my plan to mine last time I saw her and she was happy with it.

So what's my plan? Well, it's mainly focused around fresh vege juice, raw veges, nuts and seeds, herbal teas with some warm food added in towards the end. I have chosen all organic veges, fruit and teas. I also plan on taking it pretty easy, using this time to read, walk my puppy and generally relax. Early nights are a must too!

Day One's Eats
9am: lemon juice in 1.5 cups of warm water
10am: 2 cups of green juice with apple, ginger and silverbeet
1pm: 2 cups of green juice with apple, ginger and silverbeet
3pm: 2 cups of green juice with apple, ginger and silverbeet
6pm: big green salad with (all raw) cavolo nero, spinach, savoy cabbage, pumpkin seeds  and sesame seeds with an apple cider vinegar, olive oil and manuka honey dressing topped with a dollop of avocado mashed with lime juice and chilli. 1 cup green juice with apple, ginger and cavolo nero.

It's almost 7pm now and I feel pretty good! Not hungry or tired, just good. I plan on having a cup of nettle tea before bed and a nice early night! Tomorrow will be similar, but with the addition of fruit during the day and miso soup with my salad for dinner. I have also booked a massage, which will be divine, but also help this little detox along.