For me the last six months have been extremely stressful. I developed a lot of bad eating habits and lost a lot of routine in my life. Lately I have noticed my skin is breaking out, my hair is unhealthy, I don't exercise, I eat out all the time...all of this made me feel like I was not in "good space" as my friend Kristen would say. Identifying the areas of my life which could be improved on in combination with what I know about healthy living I came up with a detox tailored to my life and goals.
The First 10 Days
Here are my rules and objectives:
- No extra sugar
- i.e. ice cream, Halloween candy
- No coffee
- I consume more coffee than I do h2o
- No alcohol
- Again between that and coffee I do believe that is 99.9% of my daily fluid intake
- No restaurant food
- Save some money ladies, even the salads are not that healthy
- No junk food
- Rule: If you have second thoughts about feeding it to your young toddler don't feed it to yourself. This includes Tyson chicken nuggets, Ellios pizza, and Doritos
- Increase non-processed food
- Increase h2o intake
- Rule: For everything I eat I have two glasses of water before and after
- GT Kombucha Tea every other day
- This will need it's own post because I LIVE for this tea
- Yogi Detox Tea twice a day
- This is an amazing tea! (I love it almost as much as the GT Kombucha)
- Yoga 3-5x a week
- Me and Jillian Michaels used to be best friends ;)
- Journal before bed
- The purpose of this is to do some self-reflection and venting
The Second 10 Days
- Limited alcohol
- Hallelujah! But no sugary drinks, no heavy beers. I predict vodka water with lemon will be on the menu
- Limit the teas
- GT Kombucha can be had every 5 days and the detox every other day
- Limit the h2o
- The first 10 days had a lot of water, continue the upkeep but it doesn't need to be as much
- Everything else stays the same
This detox is not set in stone. It probably shouldn't really be called a detox, but I feel that this is my 150% attempt to get ME re-balanced so I can be a better mother, daughter, friend, co-worker, etc. I'll keep you posted as I venture on the next 20 days!
