More about that detox diet I mentioned earlier.
I've been feeling a little sluggish lately. Not to mention heavy. I know that I need to really pay more attention to my diet and start preparing healthier meals. Plus I can't have M eating crap out of a box all the time. So I purchased the "21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha's Vineyard Diet Detox" package in order to flush the sugar, processed foods, and other garbage out and to give my system a jump start. My sister-in-law, Pat, was kind enough to accept delivery in NYC for me and then ship the package to Canada. (Note: Pat just moved to Barbados - how cool is that? When can I afford another trip...?)
The diet package comes with fruit and vegetable drink mixes, supplements, and a protein mix for transitioning off the diet. Can I just say how absolutely VILE the drink mix is? My gag reflexes were kicking in big time. So, because I have about as much willpower as a crack addict, and because I want to succeed at this, I have 'modified' the plan a bit.
I've switched to store-bought 100% juice mixes, and when I stop being bone idle I will prepare my own juices at home in the juicer I brought a few years ago and used for about 3 months. I'm also 'eating' my home-made veg soup. You're actually not supposed to chew anything on this plan but my one attempt at pureed soup was DIS-GUSTING. (See picture for evidence. It tasted as bad as it looked. I can't wait until I can make a nice pureed pumpkin soup with some cream in it- yum).
These changes alone should be enough to help me flush my system and drop a few pounds. And I hopefully won't turn into a raving bitch in the meantime. I'm on Day 10 today and it's actually not bad (although I daydream about having a toasted Subway BLT - ALL THE TIME). I've lost about 10 lbs (of water, I guess) and I haven't had any real physical symptoms from the detoxing other than a couple of extra pimples.
Looking forward to eating bread again, I did finally make some freezer jam from my BC fruit, I froze some peach slices in syrup, and of course, you already saw the plum puree.
(I erroneously labelled my apricot jam as nectarine jam - duh!) I don't eat bread that often so I'll probably be giving a couple of jars away at Christmas time (after I test it myself).
I was in at Community Natural Foods the other day and spoke to a very friendly employee who recommended a good digestive enzyme for me (as part of the detox diet), some wild yam cream, and Bromelain. Has anyone out there tried this stuff? Or has anyone else tried a detox and seen good results?
