48 Hr Detox

This past weekend I completed my 1st detox cleanse. I needed something to rebut my metabolism and I figure a cleanse might help. I didn't want to do a 7 day cleanse so I found a weekend cleanse by Dr. Oz. It seemed pretty simple and it wasn't all liquid so I liked that.

Here's the cleanse breakdown:
Breakfast- A bowl or quinoa with prunes, rice milk,ginger,nutmeg
Lunch - A blueberry almond milk smoothie
Dinner- A vegetable soup
Snack - A Kale, Ginger, Cucumber Juice

Being that it was my first cleanse I expected numerous trips to the loo and stomach uncomfortableness. I also wasn't putting my great exceptions on the meals. Breakfast was bland (couldn't add salt : ( . ) Lunch was yummy but serving was too small. Dinner was tasty but I was yearning for some nice crusty bread. The snack tastes exactly how it sounds. I know that  everything I was eating was healthy and working together to help cleanse me of toxins but I was so HUNGRY! The snack juice could be drank all day long, which I did along with many glasses of water, yet my stomach grumbled. I realized on the first day that it was a good thing this detox is only 48 hrs.

It doesn't help that all the magazines I have are food related. Nothing is worse than looking at delicious food and not being able to have it. I tortured myself by watching the Food Network. That was day one. Day 2 went a little better but not by much. I had to keep telling myself only a few hours more. I went to bed early both nights so I didn't have to think about food. I didn't realize I would feel like that.  

Waking up this morning with the cleanse now behind me, I don't really feel any different. I was expecting rejuvenation and energy. I do feel lighter (not so bloated) and I did lose a couple of pounds so I think it did its business. I'm glad I did it and didn't give into temptation. When I started it was just to try to cleanse myself but what I learned was that it wasn't just about cleansing my body but about how serious I was about changing my lifestyle. I could have easily bailed and satisfied myself on a piece of bread but that would only last for a moment, followed by long terms of guilt, disappointment and frustration. Once again proving to myself that when it comes to health and food I'm always a loser. But not today! I kept with it and finished!

"Discipline is remembering what you want. " -David Campbell (founder Saks Fifth Avenue)