If you have been detoxing all week, congratulations! You are well on your way to an amazing transformation this month. For those of you still thinking about starting this process, tomorrow would be great time to start!! Remember that it’s not where or when we start a journey. It’s how we finish.

Daily To Do List: Week One

  1. Start by drinking a liter of water with ½ tsp of Pink Salt when you awake first thing in the morning.
  2. Drink 4 liters of water daily
  3.  Get plenty of sleep (minimum of 5 continuous hours)
  4. 20-30 minutes of aerobic exercise
  5. Breathe in some fresh air
  6. Chart your progress
    • Weight yourself upon arising and at bedtime
    • If you have HBP, take your BP daily around the same time
    • Exercise and duration
    • Sleep: you should be getting 5 hours of continuous sleep without interruption.

 

A sample of today’s of meals:

Breakfast – meal replacement shake-mix in a small blender

▪     1/4 cup of nutrition powder (available from Fitness Arts)

▪     1tsp EFA Oil (available from Fitness Arts)

▪     1 tsp Flax Oil (available from Fitness Arts)

▪     3 drops D3 (available from Fitness Arts)

▪     1 TBS Aloe Arboressence or Raw Honey (available from Fitness Arts)

▪     1 cup almond milk or coconut water

▪     1/2 banana or ½ cup of berries

▪     Ice cubes

Lunch – green salad with avocado, grated raw/aged cheddar, vinaigrette

Snack (mid-afternoon) – meal replacement shake or fruit

Dinner – 2-3 cups of veggies-raw or steamed

An hour or so after dinner:

  • Herbal tea with a bit of raw honey to stave off sugar cravings

 

Remember:

  • Eating lightly is important for a strong detox. How lightly you eat depends on what sort of activities you need to do while you’re detoxing. If you’ll be doing a normal work and lifestyle schedule, you’ll want to eat more than if you are able to take it easier for a bit.
  • Many of the foods we eat these days are processed, and therefore are difficult for the body to break down for use.
  • They also often don’t contain adequate nutrition, which adds to the toxicity load when the body’s systems don’t have the building blocks and fuel they need to function optimally.
  • While doing a detox, it’s best to cut out all processed foods (anything in a bag, box or can is out), which means that simpler foods, prepared simply, become the basis of your diet.
  • The most important foods to avoid are sugar, flour products/baked goods, and anything processed/packaged (i.e. anything you don’t cook yourself – unless it’s a super high quality restaurant that you know has super clean food).
  • It is not recommended to eat any meat, poultry, and dairy.
  • If you can’t cut out caffeine, cut the amount down as much as possible, and quit soda altogether. If you drink coffee, switch to tea.

Foods to avoid while detoxing:

  • Salt
  • Alcohol
  • Tea/Coffee
  • Soft drinks
  • Baked goods (anything with flour: cookies, cake, crackers, bread, etc.)
  • Sugar (all sweets, i.e. HFCS, maltose, sucrose, fructose, maltodextrin, etc.)
  • Artificial sweeteners
  • Chocolate
  • Chips (or any such snack food)
  • Dairy: Milk, cream, processed cheeses, butter/margarine
  • Meats
  • Any foods made with processed/heated oils

 

If you would like a program designed specifically for you, please contact us at Fitness Arts by calling 847-397-2787, or email info@fitnessarts.org.