On Sunday morning I woke up and didn't feel one bit hungry, even though I had gone over 12 hours without eating which I though was strange.
For breakfast I had some lovely leeks topped off with some lovely leek broth (oh you can feel the love)
For lunch I had the same.
Now for dinner you are meant to have a low calorie low carb dinner such as chicken with veg. As someone who was looking forward to this meal since yesterday and scoured the Internet looking for low carb chicken dishes. You can imagine how excited I was about that. Alas when we got to the supermarket we realised that if we bought all the ingredients that we needed we wouldn't have any money for petrol so we thought a takeaway pizza would be the better option. Oddly enough I was only able to eat two slices before I got full.
Now for the BIG question would I do it again? I would. but only for one day. I talked to someone who did it before and they told I could have built up a lot of toxins and need to get rid of more.
I feel that I am looking at food in a different light.
What Have I changed? I changed what I eat, instead of teas and coffees I am going to opt for herbal tea. A low fat smoothie in the morning with some protein powder instead of cereal. smaller portions in general. Most importantly sharing sweet things.
When I started this detox my sweet tooth was out of control. I still have a bit of a sweet tooth and I would like it gone so another detox is in order but not too soon.
Did you do any changes after you're detox? Would you do this detox?
I would like to say a VERY VERY BIG THANK YOU to all who supported me during this detox, I couldn't have done it with out you!
Before I start I need to say this: Don't have any plans and have a duvet weekend for this!
This morning when I woke up, I didn't make a bee line to fridge like I though I would. I some how managed to get though my usual morning routine before feeling hungry. Major plus I though.
For Breakfast I had a bowl of leek juice spiced up with some pepper and salt and lemon and a handful of leek segments. For lunch I combined the bowl of leek juice with leeks segments. For dinner well I didn't have dinner.
First of all I felt I was surrounded by food and just going to the food store was surprisingly hard. As the day progressed I really started to feel the toll of this detox. All I wanted to do was crawl into bed and read a book till I had to go out again. My hope in this detox dwindled. I didn't have dinner because I didn't want to sit their trying to force myself to eat it.
I don't have that detox feeling I was expecting, or is their even a detox feeling. I was expecting to feel lighter I am a bit disappointed with that, in saying that I don't know if I am meant to feel lighter. I also don't feel blotted surprisingly
Dose the detox feeling even exist? Did you feel that feeling?
- 1KG of leeks - Olive oil - Salt & Pepper - Lemon
You first need to wash and cut you leeks into 2cm segments. Boil for 20 minutes, strain water into a container.
You are going to have 3 meals, for you main meal you are going to have a bowl of the water you strained into a container. For snacks you are going to have leeks.
Very exciting huh?
You can spice up you're snacks by adding some salt & pepper/ lemon and olive oil. All optional of course.
All served up
Its Friday night and I just finished my first leek dinner. I added some lemon, salt and pepper just to spice it up at bit. My first thought 'god I'm starving'. In all fairness this is to be expected, the last time I ate was 5 hours ago. It been an hour since I ate and it is far from filling, I regret having plans this weekend. You really need to plan a stay in bed weekend.
Because I will be consuming very little calories, I am bound to lose a few pounds. I am almost 100% positive that I will put those pounds back on or more. I think I'm going to have to keep telling myself that any weight loss is a side effect of the detox and not to be disappointed when I gain it back.
One thing that worries me slightly, it that I will be tempted to drink a lot more water. At this exact moment I am really thirsty but I know I am hydrated.
