Detox Details: The Eating Plan

As I write this, I am wrapping up day three of the detox program. I have definitely went through some "withdrawal symptoms" already.  Yesterday, I endured a subtle headache and today it was muscle aches. I have never experienced (or at least none that I can recall) muscle aches to the extreme that I was feeling all day.  It was such an odd feeling.  Typically, I love the feeling of sore muscles from working out...but this...this was something entirely different.  It was very uncomfortable achy muscles from head to toe.  After complaining a ton - mostly inside my head, I finally took a couple ibuprofen (which I really try not to do) and took a little 20 minute nap.  I popped up out of bed and literally shouted, "I feel like me AGAIN!" - Within in minutes, I bundled up in my outdoor gear, went outside and owned my workout.  It's so great to feel GOOD!  It wasn't until just a bit ago that I realized that the muscle aches are a symptom of the detox.  While re-reading the materials, I discovered that it was a main symptom of withdrawal (in my case, caffeine)....Ah ha, this thing is working already I thought.

The overall program is broken down into three phases, and as you can guess I am in phase one Days 1 - 6.  Throughout these six days, I have been taking a dosage of a powered supplement as well as an encapsulated supplement.  The program also requires the elimination of the following:

Please note, most of these are already eliminated from my diet due to my clean eating lifestyle...

• Refined and added simple sugars - Refined sugars refer to anything with added sucrose, fructose, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, molasses, honey, maple syrup, or alcohol.  This includes beer, wine, and liquor. 
• Artificial colorings, flavorings, and sweeteners - This includes many packaged and processed foods.
• Caffeinated beverages - This includes caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, caffeinated soda pop, and caffeinated and decaffeinated black and green teas.  Herbal teas with no caffeine are acceptable and encouraged.
• Gluten-containing grains (wheat, rye, barley, spelt, karmut)  Only quinoa, oats, rice, millet, buckwheat, teff, and amaranth are acceptable grains to consume.
• Meat & seafood - Meat and seafood to eliminate are shellfish, beef, pork, cold cuts, frankfurters, sausage, etc.  Acceptable choices include: fish, chicken (organic), turkey, lamp, and wile game such as deer.
• Eggs and dairy products - This includes egg, milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, sour cream, butter, etc. 

So all in all it's not that I have to endure drastic eating changes, but the ones I did have to make feel "drastic" - such as elimination of my green tea, wheat, eggs, spelt, shellfish, and honey, red wine - just to name a few, ha! 

Keep it Clean & Enjoy the Ride,

Mrs. Skinny Fat

PS.  Tomorrow I am checking out a gym...ummm yeah - "I hate gyms" is the slogan I been wearing on my panties for years now. I'm just checking it out... keeping the options open!  Mr. has a membership there...so could be fun couple thing as the winter makes its way in!?!