Day Two
You might be interested to know that my weight is way down today from yesterday. Of course, part of this is from water. However, there is a large part that’s gone from the fat reserves, which is exactly what I want.
Of course, there is not going to be a linear drop over the next week. Especially because only 3 days are as strict as yesterday, after that I ease back to my normal nutrition plan gradually.
Is there any point in doing detoxes? Some swear by them, some say it’s a load of c… well you know. I agree. With both, yes.
The point, is that you give your kidneys, liver, digestive tract, all a break from your regular fried, processed, cooked, additive-laden foods and give it a chance to catch up.
The cr… part is when you either go cold turkey and eat nothing, drinking just water and maybe ingesting some powder or other mixture meant to cleanse you (it works, your wallet is cleaned out).
This EODD way, is perfect. You eat a lot less for sure, some may feel a little hungry but it’s not necessary as long as you eat fruit and salads, there’s no one who tells you how many times a day to do so! The water is flavoured with pressed lemon, more vitamins! Yes you give your body a break, but you’re not entirely starving yourself either!
Proof? I trained with the weights yesterday, and again today. Heavier than I used last week, and one set more than last week, on each of the three supersets. Could I have done that if I were weakened from the detox? No. I would have felt sick, faint, and not managed to move the weights for the last reps or even sets.
I’ll give you the week’s total weight loss, as well as the amount that was pure fat, on Monday. In the mean time, I want you to know that this is the best cleanse/detox plan I’ve come across.
Jon Benson does this four times a year. Like he says, you give your house a good spring cleaning, summer cleaning, fall cleaning, Christmas celaning … but your body seems to be left out and have to fend for itself. I agree with him there, why do we take better care of the house then our own body?
A coat of fresh paint will repair any wear on the walls of a house. How do repaint the inside of your body? How do you repair yourself at all? Surgery? Pills?
Why not take charge of your body, your life, and make sure it doesn’t need the repairs at all!? And if you do have a body in need of repairs, well … do it. Get the excess weight off. Refuse junk food. Move.
Funny story today, well it was sad and disappointing, but I got a kick out of part of it. Someone came with a “welcome basket, since we’d recently moved in” yeah, like almost 6 months ago! Anyway, in with the papers of municipal info we’d already found ourselves before even moving, there were a few coupons for reductions (at places we don’t use so they went in the trash) and … get this: a bag of store cookies! It was a total pleasure to hand them back to the woman and say “you can keep those, we don’t eat that kind of stuff.” The look on her face was priceless, I have a feeling it was the first time she heard that one! I’m also equally convinced she’s eaten them herself already, but that’s just too bad for her body.
I do not want the trans fats and sugars from commercial cookies. I don’t even bake cookies because there is no need for them. I was looking through my great-grandmother’s traditional cook book the other day, making a list over the ingredients for the Christmas cookies … and once I’d totalled up all the sugar, butter and other things I’d need, I said no, I’m not making them. Even home made, I would not want to cram more sugar and fat into a week of Christmas than we eat in a whole year. Where’s the sense in that?
What? Christmas without cookies? Yup. I’ll put out nuts, dried fruits, fresh fruits, and that’s it. Sure we’ll have a desert Christmas Eve, but it’ll be one cake and shared with our guests, the rest frozen for treats once in a while over the next few months.
Honestly, think about it. How much better does it taste, when you have that one piece of cake, one cup serving of chocolate mousse, once a month rather than once a day? For starters, you eat more sowly because it’s been so long since the last time. And you appreciate it, because you don’t have it as often.
Anyway, that was the sermon for today 
Be good, live healthy, and I’ll update you on the detox.
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