The Decision to Cleanse and Renew

I decided to do the very much publicized "Master Cleanse" some time ago but my body and mind were not willing to commit. This was sometime in the winter when it was cold and dry and really the last thing my body needed was to be sucking down gallons of a lemonade-only diet! In the winter, our bodies crave warmth and comfort. We find it in soups and in rich, hearty meals with plenty of carbs. I remember many of my spa colleagues struggling to get down their cold leafy salads during this time. Now that spring is near, our bodies crave what's cool and refreshing but as I said in the previous post "Spring Forward into Your Healing", we must first clear the winter clutter.

As March rolled around this year I found myself feeling extra tired with muscle and joint pain along with having headaches. I felt like a walking bucket of toxins! And of course I was still struggling to lose that last ten pounds that sits right around my middle - all ten pounds of it - AArgh! I can't really blame that on the "baby" anymore because she's almost two years-old. My husband was also experiencing the same effects of too much rich and sugary foods of the past season - we knew things had to change.
We would start out with a detox cleanse. Years ago I was put on an ayurvedic detox program for three weeks to clear up my skin but my body had never looked so good! The detox diet consisted of fruits, veggies, tofu, rice and pasta (believe it or not!), beans, raw honey, vegan soups, yeast and wheat free waffles, vegan sausage, dried fruit. I COULD NOT have the following: NO bread, vinegar, yeast, animal anything (meat, fish, dairy, eggs, etc.) nuts, sugar, condiments, bananas, tomatoes in moderation. By week two all I wanted was chicken! I was in major withdrawal but I stuck to it and by the end of week three - 21 days - I was a brand new woman. Not only had my face cleared up but my body hadn't looked that good in years. My bowel movements had no smell and neither did my sweat, I had so much energy and did not need my usual 9-10 hours of sleep to feel well rested - 6-7 hours were great. Since then I've slipped back into bad eating habits but I know that there is a remedy in proper nutrition just waiting for me and all of us who seek it and I will return.

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