Cleanse

So in a very round-a-bout way I stumbled upon this Quantum Wellness 21 day cleanse . . .and after a lot of contemplating it I decided to go for it. It is a cleanse that is meant to give your body a break and to help bring yourself to greater wellness. Well, I'm mostly doing it because I am an sugar-a-holic and I needed some way to get myself off my drug. Again I won't bore you with the whole thought process but what I want to get out of this at the end of the 21 days is less of a dependence on sugar, a broader palette of food to choose from, and if I could lose some weight through the whole deal than great!

If you can believe it Erich is doing it with me . . . now I haven't told you what the diet consists of yet . . .no gluten, no sugar, no animal products, no alcohol, and no caffeine . . .yeah, yikes! That is like our whole diet!!! Luckily we live in a town that is so Vegan, Gluten-free friendly that it has been pretty easy to find substitutions for a lot of our beloved foods that we are giving up. Although it's not quite the same it will get us by for 3 weeks right?

So this is the end of day 8 and we're getting into the second week. I'm not gonna lie, it has been really challenging for me! I've spent 10X longer at the grocery store than normal and 5X longer in the kitchen preparing meals. It is not easy when I'm starving and I can't reach for my convenience foods. I have been surprised at how I haven't really craved sweet stuff, it's mostly habit that I think about it. I do miss gluten though and cheese and meat!!! Watching the kids eat their hot dogs yesterday was torture! It's such a psychological challenge and not so much a physical one. I didn't have any withdrawal and to tell you the truth, I don't PHYSICALLY feel much different, but MENTALLY I do.

Erich and I have also been a tad more grumpy than normal but at times I also feel sharper, more productive and just good about doing something healthy. I do daydream about the end of the 21 days and what I will indulge in, pizza and margaritas . . . .but hopefully I will be healthier and eat healthier for good.