START Your Preparations:
1. SET YOUR GOALS for Your Detox
Set your vision of what you want to accomplish to create a wonderful detox experience.
2. Fast one day a week for one month before your detox.
- Pay attention to how you handle the one day fast.
- Eat well and correctly before the one day fast.
- Eat well and correctly after you break the fast.
- Drink lemon juice in water first thing in the morning.
- Drink herb tea before you go to bed.
- Drink plenty of water or herbal tea during the day.
3. PLAN:
Prepare both mentally and physically the week before you start your detox.
4. MENTAL Preparations:
You will have a great achievement when you complete your detox.
Observe your body – note changes during the one day ‘trial fasts’
If you are making major changes in eating habits – you may experience reactions physically, so if you prepare mentally and recognize your physical changes this will make it easier.
Keep a Journal – this makes it easier to track the changes you go through day to day. This daily reminder can help you with the very real challenge of staying on course with your detox.
5. PHYSICAL Preparations:
Foods:
- Get rid of all foods that will not be eaten during your detox – including snacks, all tempting foods
- Stop eating sugar, artificial sweeteners, processed foods and alcohol the week before the fast.
- Cut down, then stop all alcohol, coffee, black tea.
Caffeine withdrawal is a big problem during a detox. Quitting caffeine cold turkey can cause great discomfort. You might feel fatigue, be constipated and irritable. Prevent these problems by gradually reducing your intake of coffee, soda and black tea the week before the detox until you do not drink any caffeinated drinks.
Simplify food choices before your detox
- Limit the number of ingredients you use in a meal. Eg: 1 grain; 1 protein; 1 vegetable; 1 fruit.
- Limit the food you make for a meal. Eg: ½ cup cooked grain; 4 oz. Protein; 1 cup vegetables.
- Limit the amount you eat between meals. Eg: eat only 1 piece fruit between meals.
Sprouts:
Start growing these during the week before you start the detox.
Drink Plenty of Water
- Do not wait until you are thirsty to drink water.
- Drink a glass of water every hour you are awake.
- Drink a glass of water before every meal. This cleanses and ‘wakes up’ your digestive system and helps you feel full quickly.
Now you are ready to do a full detox.
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