12 Day Detox- Day 4

The healing crisis has hit today. Mary Jane warned me. You only give your body the good stuff and the bad stuff starts cuttin loose! About 4 p.m. today, I felt like I had been hit in the head with a skillet... or hit by a truck. I suddenly became weak and could feel my heart beating in every part of my body. I went a lied down on the couch and my toes, legs, arms, HEAD, and ears were bumpin to my heart beat. In that moment, everything in me was crying out for a piece of bread, chips, coffee, something bad! BUT I did not give in!!

So I am going to bed early tonight and HOPEFULLY will catch up on some much needed sleep. I plan on going to bed at 9 p.m. so if you hear a big scream around midnight... say a prayer for me!

Today's menu was great again. I need to note that I "planned" on having some turkey slices today BUT had some left over grilled chicken breast in the fridge and decided to use it and share it with my man... who was home half the day. You don't have to eat chicken every day... this salad just rocks!

Breakfast: dairy, wheat and gluten free blueberry waffle with half an orange. Water with lime.

Lunch: shredded Chinese cabbage with shredded chicken, carrots, red onion,

cucumber, cilantro, garlic, crushed almonds, salt, pepper, lime and olive oil!

MARVELOUS!!!!! (My man had seconds.)

Water with lime. I also planned on us having

black eyed peas with scallions but ruined them on the stove.

Oh well... can't do everything well now can we?

Snack: none again today. Actually I ate a celery stalk with peanut butter

while I made lunch and so that could count.

Dinner: herb encrusted baked salmon with garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice, (mmmmmmm)

served with sour kraut stuffed tomatoes, (pow... yummy like madness),

with very berry flax seed muffins and pear slices. Abby chowed again!

I've got two more glasses of water to go and I am off to bed. See ya tomorrow!

12 Day Detox- Day 2

I weighed in today... will not share those results... and measured my waist, thighs and hips... no wonder I don't ever do that such of thing! Anyway, although I won't share my numbers, I will share how much they change after ten more days!

I had insomnia AGAIN last night for the third time in about 5 nights and so I finally got up at midnight and spent an hour in God's word, journaling, and praying. The clock said 1 a.m. on the nose when I went to bed the second time and I am sure I lied there at least another half hour before drifting off. Abby awoke me a bit after 6:30 a.m. and so needless to say, I am exhausted today.

BUT, I managed to do the diet easily today and have more energy than I would have thought. Plus I made these yummy berry flax seed muffins for dessert tonight (and future breakfasts).

I am already getting emails about the detox. Just get the book (mentioned in previous post) and you will be very informed and probably SOLD on detoxing your body as well!

Today's menu was easy and yummy.

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with portebella mushrooms and onions,

topped with cilantro with half an orange. Cranberry raspberry juice.

Lunch: 2 celery stalks with peanut butter, carrot stick, almonds, and half an orange.

* I opted for such a light lunch after breakfast was 10 times

bigger than what I usually eat... I was fuller than a

tick after vacation at a kennel!

Dinner: Grilled chicken breast with sea salt, cracked pepper, cilantro (I LOVE cilantro), fresh garlic and olive oil... served with steamed brussels sprouts in orange zest, cinnamon, ginger, ground cloves and olive oil... and fresh mango.

** This dinner was CRAZY good. The cilantro and sea salt on the chicken

popped off the orange zest and ginger on the brussels sprouts and the mango

was the quiet smooth finale to the mouth fiesta!

Snack: too full... didn't have one

Dessert: Very Berry Flax Seed Muffins with blueberries, raspberries,

& blackberries... topped with crushed almonds!

12 Day Detox- Day 1

I am very excited to be starting my New Year off with a full body detox! I have just been blown away from what I have learned about the amount of toxins we take into our bodies from our food (through the lining in cans, plastic bottles, pesticides, hormones, fertilizers, preservatives), makeup (yep... I am now using Almay's natural line and Bert's Bees lip gloss), cleaning products (Clorox has launched a wonderful natural cleaning products line), DRINKING WATER, artificial sweeteners and other such JUNK!

So my very precious and wonderful friend, Mary Jane, has introduced me to a detox she does on a regular basis and I am SOLD! She gave me the book for Christmas, The Fast Track Detox Diet, and I have spent a week preparing myself and my menus.

Today's Menu turned out to be delicious and I am looking forward to tomorrow.

Breakfast: Hard boiled egg, wheat and gluten free blueberry waffle (sans the syrup) and fresh strawberries, blueberries and mango sprinkled with flax seed. Cranberry raspberry juice.

Lunch: Grilled Laura's Lean sirloin steak with fresh cracked pepper and sea salt on a bed of Chinese cabbage with scallions, cucumber, red onion, lime juice, apple cider vinegar, sea salt, cracked pepper and olive oil! We had almonds and apple on the side. Mouth erupting it was and Abby inhaled it and had seconds!

Snack: Celery sticks with peanut butter

Dinner: Baked grouper topped with garlic sauteed shrimp with a side of fresh greens salad with pear, cucumber, and crushed almonds. Fabulous!!!!

There are several rules. No Caffeine. I had to give up coffee last week. One of the major preps for me. I did sneak two cups of decaf but am without it fully this next two weeks. No Sugar. Done... hard, but done. No gluten. Since I am already a label reader for Abby and up to par on the badness of gluten... done. No alcohol. Done. No milk and cheese. Oh... will badly miss the cheese! I sprinkle fresh parmesan on everything. But ok... done (for now). No artificial sweeteners. These are VERY VERY bad... already off them... no chlorine for me and my family! (sucralose is a chlorinated sugar derivative... they used to "think" it passed through the body without being absorbed but guess what... ooops, they were wrong! Mercy... stay away from splenda). And drink half of your body weight in ounces of water per day! (for me that is 8 glasses and I did just finish my 7th!)

There is also a food list you have to choose so many things from a day. It's full of wonderful whole and natural foods and is very easy to make a menu from. There are specific foods for colon cleansing and liver healing and eaten in the right balance or combination, your body starts to heal itself (after it goes though a healing crisis). Day 8 will be a day of fasting... very exciting! ha... you actually get to drink this wonderful cranberry juice concoction all day so it can't be that bad!

So we're off and I am super excited about shedding toxins (along with a few pounds) and hoping for a lifestyle change in the way we eat. We already eat pretty well but I want better! See you tomorrow.

** I love this blue glass bottle! We started recycling last year and I was actually about to place this in the recycle bin when I thought it would make a beautiful bud vase in my kitchen! It's a Q-10 vitamin bottle of Abby's!