Week 2
The first week of my detoxification diet is
now behind me. To be honest, I haven’t really noticed any results of it so I
decide to check my weight and I am nicely surprised - I have lost 3kg!
Realizing it helps me carry on although I do feel a bit bored by having very
similar food every day. That is why in the second week I have a more liberal
approach to my detox.
I follow the directions regarding
breakfasts and having soups twice per day. But when I cook them I sometimes add
either organic vegetable stock cube or a bit of salt. And when I have my proteins
for dinner, I occasionally have it with salad rather than cooked vegetables. I
also every now and then swap fruit mousse for fresh fruit and have walnuts or
hazelnuts instead of almonds.
I carry on drinking lots of liquids but not
only green tea, I often choose herbal or fruit tea or even just water with
lemon juice. And if I cannot run and do endurance exercises every day, then at
least I go for 30-minute walks.
The good thing is that I don’t feel sleepy
in the afternoons any more though I cannot say I am full of energy as promised
in the article.
Conclusion:
Being on this detox diet for 2 weeks was
difficult at times. The biggest problem for me was that food in general didn’t
taste that great due to lack or only a tiny amount of added salt. Although the
taste of my meals suffered because of it, I am happy I did it as I know I had
to cut down on salt. I have read it takes only a few weeks for taste buds to
adjust so I hope the detox put me on a straight route to achieving my goal.
Another issue – having very similar meals.
In theory I could have different soups twice per day every day but in reality
to save time I made more of one type so it lasted me 2-3 days. If I was to be
on this detox again, I think I would still cook bigger portions but I would just
have one on a day and freeze the rest to have it at a later point.
Combining cooking for my family and myself
was something I also had to deal with as – however much I love cooking - I really didn’t want to spend whole days
making so many different dishes with different ingredients. I solved that
problem by cooking similar meals for all of us e.g. I would cook soup in two
different pots so I could add the forbidden ingredients to the one pot meant
for my family.
And what about the benefits? The main goal
of any detox is to eliminate toxins from one’s body. Honestly I have no idea
whether I have achieved it but I am sure that eating very healthy food for 2
weeks must have had positive impact on my body. And there are two benefits I
was able to notice: I lost in total 4.5kg and my cellulite is almost
invisible!
Would I follow this detox diet plan again?
Probably yes, but I am not sure if for the whole 2 weeks. I think one week of
this cleansing diet can be a great start to improving your lifestyle and eating
habits. Or it can be “a purgatory” after eating feasts when you want to get
back on the right track and possibly pretty safely lose some extra weight!
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