Detox : Days 2 and 3

Day two was pretty similar to day one. I was off of work that day so I brought meals for the girls at the office. The cleanse started producing "results" this day, if you know what I mean.

Day three started out pretty rough. I did the salt flush, and then another an hour later. I met up with my Dad for breakfast at Panera, only to find out that they didn't have any oatmeal. So, I go over the menu a few times (I'm indecisive as it is) and I finally decide I'll just have a whole wheat bagel. I get back in line, put in my order, and the lady behind the counter says "we don't have bagels". For those of you who don't know what Panera is, well, they sell bagels. I sit back down and look over the menu again. Finally, I just decided on the "power breakfast" with whole wheat toast and an egg white. I order again. This time the lady says "we don't do egg whites..." Seriously? I gave up and ordered the toast with egg and cheese, yolk and all.

After breakfast, things were a little shaken up, and I was pretty sure I was going to throw in the towel, but thanks to my boyfriend and his encouragement, I stuck with it. Of course, I decided to give my skin a little detox attention and pamper myself with a clay facial mask and some of my Juicy Lime Coconut Body Polish in the bath for some extra pampering. I figure I deserve it.

Day four is proving to be an interesting one already, but I'll save that for the next entry.

Detox : Day 1

Day one of the "7 day health detox" is over. I've been drinking some pretty terrifically gross concoctions, but all in all, not too bad. The detox I've chosen incorporates a lot of food, actually. I figure it would be a great one to start with since it is my first. Now, a good friend of mine passed down the recipes before I moved from North Carolina. So, don't ask me where I got this one from... I have no idea. Maybe online, maybe from a book somewhere, it's a toss up. What I do know, is that I've been feeling very energized, and I haven't even had any coffee. Those of you who know me might suddenly gasp at the comment, but to be honest, I've barely noticed.

I've also convinced my coworkers to detox with me, because... well... misery loves company.

Upon rising, we were to drink a salt flush, which is just 1 teaspoon of epsom salts dissolved in a half cup of warm water. Sounds simple, like it might remind you of gargling with salt water. Well, it tastes nothing like that and is not very fun to actually swallow. I chugged it. An hour later, chugged another. Then we had to eat one cup of whole grain cereal. I chose a 7 grain hot cereal made by Bob's Red Mill. Mmm. One of my favorite foods from Bob. So good, and so good for you. I also have his cornbread mix, but that is another blog for another day.

That tasty dish was short lived since we had to follow it up with a citrus flush. This consisted of a half cup of olive oil - yes olive oil - a half cup of grapefruit juice and a half cup of lemon juice. Thank God for the juices. I "shook vigorously" and sipped. Any attempt at chugging made me gag. One of my co-workers loved it - she's an interesting soul.

Then, we had three more delicious meals. Well, we were supposed to have 4, but it didn't quite work out that way.

Around 12 noon we had a turkey salad with cantaloupe and around 3:00 pm we were supposed to have chicken pasta with broccoli. Now, this is where the timing went wrong. I was microwaving broccoli in the kitchen at our leasing office (where we work), not really thinking about the fact that broccoli can be very aromatic. Of course the Regional Manager decided to pay a visit. So basically, we ended up spending an hour trying to drench the place in air freshener while secretly scarfing down our meal. The place smelled like a "sewer" and we didn't finish until 4:30. For dinner, since I was still full and partially traumatized from the late lunch, I had a scrambled egg white and toast, and skipped the barley soup.