Not really, I’m all done, but who doesn't love that earworm!
So – I survived! And
honestly … I feel amazing.
Results:
- * More energy
- * Brighter skin and eyes
- * 9lbs down
- * More focused and calm
- * Resting better
- * Cleansed palette – food tastes better
- * Weirder dreams!!
Coming off the juice but retaining a couple days officially
in the cleanse really was a brilliant way of easing back into “regular” life.
Having to still keep track has helped me manage what I’m eating on the other
side of allowing my body to reset itself. I feel empowered to eat more
consciously.
For me, I am planning to maintain a largely vegan and gluten
free diet, however, I will not be 100% on either. I think it’s important to
find what realistically works for each and every one of us, and I’m sorry but
there’s nothing better to me than a pepperoni pizza and beer night!!
Having
said that, I have noticed that my days go smoother and I feel no bloatedness or
sluggishness in the afternoons when I stick to the basic cleanse rules (i.e
vegan, gluten free, no sugar, no caffeine, no alcohol and spacing food with at
least 3 hrs between each snack or meal).
I've noticed my yoga asana practice has strengthened. I've
taken a vigorous class every day and I’m finding not only additional strength
in the postures, but also a greater awareness of myself, my breath and my body in
each posture. Moving into postures I've taken hundreds of times before, I've
found a new extension, depth or alignment, it has been rather profound. That is
reason enough for me to keep working hard and being even more mindful of my body
and health. It’s eye-opening, as someone who takes relatively good care of
herself, how much else can be done to ensure a full and energized life.
Would I recommend the cleanse? Absolutely! It’s damn hard
work but it’s really worth it, and 8 days later it seems like the blink of an
eye. I’m actually keen to do another at the turn of summer into autumn.
The hardest part for me was the self-reflection. Taking the
honest look at myself to see where my habits are, why they are there and where I tend to just be a little
lazy with my own health.
If you’re willing to take a real look at what drives your
habits, and to completely wipe the slate clean you have an amazing opportunity
to lose weight, feel better, figure out your allergies (cleansing the system
gives you a unique opportunity to slowly reintroduce food groups to see what
impacts you) and, for nothing more, the great sense of accomplishment you get
from saying “I did it”, “I have taken back control of my health”.
I'm tired of hearing about the next craze in dieting, the next pill that "... could be the magic ingredient that lets you lose weight without diet and exercise" (thank Dr Oz for that one). You know yourself better than anyone else - you don't need to be told what to do. What works for one doesn't work for all. Take responsibility for what you want out of life.
My golden rule is : If you're unhappy you have 2 choices - you can either make a change, or you can choose to be happy as you are. For as hard and as scary as change can seem, it is much more difficult to be happy when you're inherently not. Everything changes - take control of the change and steer it in the direction you want it to go.
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