Moving in some of the circles I do these days, I'm kind of surprised I have never done a detox before. I've never wanted to. Never had the urge to. I like my food and I like what I like...I know what works for me, after years of intolerances and discomfort and I have a routine. I like my morning coffee. My afternoon tea. Life is good. However, I've had a few minor health concerns this year and I've started to look at my diet a bit differently in recent months. Nothing radical, just a few cutbacks and changes to see what difference they make and for some reason the time feels right to detox. My body feels...ready...I won't delve any deeper than that right now.
So. I got the kit, I got the downloadable recipe book. All a little bit last minute and I find myself not quite as well prepared as I would have liked but I've made a start. This is day 1. By some amazing miracle I did not wake up "needing" coffee or even tea this morning, so that was really helpful. I expect that need to surface at some point soon though. I attempted an oatmeal recipe from the book and I really tried to like it...I really did...I persisted with about a quarter of the serving but had to give up and do it again, my way. That was still a bit bland for my liking but it was edible so Yay...Success! Lunch on Mondays needs to be very early or light as I teach at 2pm, so today rather than a healthy portion of scrambled eggs and ezekiel toast I settled for a solitary boiled egg. I returned from class rather peckish though and all I could find to snack on (from the allowed list) was almonds. Truth be told, I have never liked almonds. However, it is amazing what one will do for hunger and I sense a need to develop a deep love of almonds and quick, as on this particular detox I can eat unlimited amounts of them.
Since mid afternoon I've been feeling a bit "odd". My body aches, especially my neck. I don't know if this is detox-related or not - it seems a bit soon, but I guess the herbs I am taking as part of this could be kicking in by now...
It felt like dinner time would never arrive. I was looking forward to it...nothing nasty about this meal. It turns out for some meals at least, I get to eat the sort of thing I love to eat, just minus the condiments and sauces. A nice piece of salmon, spinach and butternut squash. I piled my plate as high as is reasonable and savoured every bite. For a while I forgot about my aches and pains.
Now, at just 9pm I feel my bed is calling. I appear to be resisting though. It seems too early. I think I must go though....hopefully I will feel better in the morning. I'm hoping this is detox-related and nothing else...no flu bugs thank you!
And so to bed.
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