One Week Later

It's been a good week.  I've lost about another 2 pounds which is exciting.  It means that even though I have started adding foods back into my diet, my body is still able to detox.  I didn't want to end the detox just because the 28 days were over, or just because I ran out of Arbonne products.

I'm still drinking my shakes in the morning and tea twice a day.  This week I have added in corn, high glycemic fruit and pork.  I did have a few bits of pasta, cheese, pie and alcohol.  I have had no reactions, and am still losing weight.  I am just so thrilled.  I am feeling really confident about my ability to sustain this long term.

I am also in the process of changing some of my family's habits.  Steve was inspired to add more protein to his breakfast because he was so hungry by 10am.  Now the kids are eating some in the morning too.

I've also renewed my efforts to cut back the sugar in the kids food.  I don't mind if they have the occasional piece of candy, but they don't need sugar in their bread, crackers, yogurt, and jelly.  I've limited how much sugar they add to their oatmeal in the morning and started buying the fruit snacks that have fruit and fruit juice as the first ingredients.  It's more expensive, and we are going to have to look at budget, but I'm sick of letting low prices lure me into feeding my kids junk.  I decide what is healthy for them, not some huge corporation out to make money off of my family.

Day 29-- Weight update

Lost another 2 pounds this week.  I'm interested to see what happens as I start adding foods back in.

Tonight I'm adding pork in.  Over the next couple days I'll be adding in high glycemic fruits.  I hope to add in corn by the end of this week.

The program advises that each new food be added in one at a time and that we give it a couple days, watching for change in weight, and overall feelings.  They recommend starting with peanuts, but I don't really eat peanuts.  I might pick up some all natural, sugar free peanut butter next week when I run out of almond butter.  

Dairy, and gluten of course come last because any reaction to them would mask a reaction to other less irritating foods.  Hopefully I'll be able to add them in about 2 weeks.

I'm going to keep avoiding sugar and alcohol at least until Thanksgiving.  Technically, we are discouraged from adding them in at all since they are nothing but poison to our bodies, but I hope to be able to have a little something at Thanksgiving or maybe Christmas.

Day 28-- The Beginning in the End

So I did it.  I made it 28 days without eating sugar, gluten, corn, soy , peanuts, dairy, potato, high glycemic fruits, and any number of processed ingredients.  I love a challenge.  I love proving that I can do something that appears hard.  It feeds my desire to be in control, and feeling so in control of my food intake relieved a lot of stress this last month.  I really enjoyed the process.

I want to take moment to recognize all the friends and relatives who inspired me to take this journey.  I have watched so many totally overhaul their diets and their family's diets with no outside program.  So many of you had no choice, for the sake of your health and the health of your family, but to dive headfirst into the unknown.  I admire your bravery, and sheer strength of will.  You showed me that it could be done and was worth doing, and that "diet" meant so much more than calories.

I have also learned that there is no one size fits all approach.  Each person's body has different needs and sensitivities, and what is feasible for one family isn't for another.  I am so blessed to have found a program that was what I needed at this moment, but I didn't publish this blog to convince anyone to follow in my footsteps.  I hope that this blog encourages you to pursue what you are feeling you need to for your own health, and that some of the information I shared added to your data bank.

P.S. I will be posting a over the next month or so to provide a more long term look.  I love a good "Where are they now?" episode.