Body Detoxification

I will be starting a 10 day detox program through New England Naturopathic Health tomorrow. The first two days will be tough as I am only allowed protein / fiber drinks. After those, I will be allowed to add non-grain foods into my diet. This will be the part that is most challenging for me, as I love, no - LOVE - pasta, bread, and anything that I won't be able to eat for 10 days. However, with all the "substitute" options out there I think I will probably find things that I love just as much instead. 

I'll be tracking my journey for you all over the next week of this program. I'm excited actually. I'm hoping it will 1) help me lose weight, 2) help me understand my body and the toxins in it, and 3) introduce me to new ways of eating and cooking healthier overall. 

If people have recipes and substitute foods that will help me along the way, I am very open to hear them! Right now, I'm thinking lots of chicken, fish, and salads. They will be providing me with a meal menu to guide through the process, however, we can eat what we would like as long as it is within the guidelines. Since I'm an outside the box kind of person, I started looking to see what foods I would be able to eat while I was doing this that would replace my grains - chickpeas, quinoa, almond, soy, tapioca. Ok, these are things I can deal with. This shouldn't be too bad. I even found some recipes I am kind of excited to try. Being that this is a blog, and blogging is about "share worthy content" -- here are a few that caught my eye: 

• Grain Free Pasta 
• Grain Free Pancakes
• Ready...here is my favorite Maple-Candied Bacon - HA! Mother load...bacon is grain free!

Needless to say there are 1000's of recipes that I have started looking through and I think I'm going to be ok with this all. Even if I only lose 5lbs over the 10 days through this detox, I'll be happy, because in the end it's about understanding and introducing healthier living all together, which will have a better long term effect. 

After my detox meeting, I will be going to the gym for the last time this week until Tuesday (as I cannot workout during the 2 day cleanse), then plan on enjoying a night of dancing with some friends before I start my detox. I hope everyone has a great weekend! 

Oh and almost forgot to share, I jogged the other day (bigger accomplishment for some than others). Remember how I said "Fluffy Girls Should NOT Run" -- I take that back. I had a friend say that she started jogging by going through one full song, then two songs, etc. So I tried that and it worked! I managed to jog for a solid 10 minutes just by telling myself one more song each time. So in 40 minutes I jogged a total of 20 (10 minutes each time). I was pretty proud of myself. Yep, even patted myself on the back. 

~Melissa
Current: 187lbs
Goal: 150-155lbs