1 week post cleanse - victories and ... 
roooth
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Slowly but surely I seem to be getting better at dealing with my diet/food issues. Here's a summary of my post cleanse week:
I've always done an accelerated break so this week I did a break properly for 3 1/2 days before adding anything in. I did very well for that although I should've gone longer then 3 1/2 days I think since my cleanse was 14 days, not 10. Still, it's progres..
One challenge and mess-up was Saturday, the first day I went back to some bad food habits and there seemed to be opportunities for cookies all day. I had cookies several times! I broke last Monday. But, up to Friday night, was feeling in control. Sunday I ate healthy but did overeat with healthy food Sunday night. I was also very upset. Eating doesn't seem to sooth me but since I was stressed, I was feeling a little apathetic and reckless about my habits. At least it wasn't junk food.
The biggest victory is that I'm getting more in a habit of stopping when I want to eat and noticing whether my body wants it or not...and sometimes saying no to the idea of eating if my body doesn't actually want it. I need to make this into a HABIT but I've done it most of the time since my cleanse. This morning I'm too full. The habitual part of me wants to go snack but I want to wait until I'm hungry. I find myself wishing I was hungry more often or quicker so I can eat. Funny, huh? But it's good that I'm becoming more aware of these things as I try to continue doing what I did on the cleanse and the break which is to wait until I'm hungry then eat.
For some people it's good to plan out healthy food so they don't eat junk but if I plan having some food that I like I find myself waiting to eat it. So this is something that I'm trying to work into a habit and I think I'm making progress. We'll see how thing work out - the next few weeks are vital but so far it seems each cleanse helps me get one step closer to good eating habits.
- Re: 1 week post cleanse - victories ... detour
17 y
1,157
This is a reply to # 828,964Those #$%^&# cookies!!! :P I hope they were really good ones!
One of the reasons I drag my breaks out, for the full 1/2 life of my mc,is so
I still say no,whether I like it or not...
It is so tough once your jaw gets flappin',huh?
No worries, your body will process toxins /junk food better now...
keep drinking lemon and cayenne...
and of course waddah,as you know...
If you are in need of a 'fix', here's what I do...
If I am craving ,say- a cookie, I google or look in a cook book at recipes , then after that ,if I still want it, I make it myself.
replace white flour w/whole wheat pastry flour, eggs w/baking powder/tapioca starch, milk w/soy milk, Sugar w/maple(less milk then),choc chips ,I use fresh Hawaiian cocoa or natural dairy free chips...,etc....
it is sooooooo easy to eat well...and sometimes trial and error make the best scones!
9 times out of ten , you blow it off after researching and / or just visualizing the motions...killing the 3 minutes of craving by putting your mind somewhere else.
I try to put my mind to where I would be after I 'didn't' eat the cookie.
Then my other take is that if you are really craving something,then maybe your body is actually trying to tell you it needs something ... in that case revert to plan A and make it yourself.
Though sometimes we just want to chew...so grab a carrot while you look at recipes.
I stay away from buying any thing packaged like cookies that come in pound bags or the like, for they would have the same disclaimer as Lay's potato chips...
"BET YOU CAN'T EAT JUST ONE!!!" Yet there is nothing wrong with treating yourself!
You know what's good for you...sometimes no treat=treating yourself right.
A couple of tricks that work for me to remind me of the control I had while on the mc and 'to hold that thought' is to start my day with a quart of water, drink lemonade(usually without maple to keep the ph in check:
http://www.energiseforlife.com/wordpress/1002/lemon-water-alkalising-superstar
Keeping up with part of the ritual really helps me to stay in line. Also ensures
that I start my day with a good chunk of my daily h2o requirements while warding off hunger...Stanley says no breakfast...I agree w/him.
As for the cayenne and lemon...I am a firm advocate of cayenne to keep the colon clean and other groovy things and the lemon gives me my 'C' for the day...alkalize!
My cleanse this time has proven no major klingons this time, and I attribute part of that to the aforementiond.
Like Scotty said..." I need more power" or is it "power mower"...hmmm that reminds
me , I gotta work with the land today....
Way to go on your 2 weeker...nothing done that needs fixin' that cant be fixed
Check in so we can live vicariously through your cookies!
I'm on day 5 and yes they sound good! White chocolate Macadamia, just a tad of
cocoanut, a glass of cold soymilk...hell ,chocolate soy milk, a bowl of popcorn,
som....
nahhhh...just a vision of a nice beach,gentle waves of blue azure tapping the fluffy white sand on my feet, half naked wahines, a whale breaching on the horizon, the salt air blowing on my face and the sun warming my skin....that's good enough for me!
Screw the yard work...I'm off...
sea ya!!
aloha..d
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Re: 1 week post cleanse - victories ... Zoebess
17 y
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MoreThis is a reply to # 828,964That is so true. I had not thought of it that
way, but I am also a *waiter* or *rewarder*.
I earn treats somehow in my mind and so my
challenges are also the emotional connect :)
You are doing great too~! Awareness is the
biggest gift because it goes across the board
and helps us understand ourselves better and
that helps make better choices. I try to focus
on being my own best friend and to give myself
pep talks. I do not tend to beat myself up but
I do have serious talks with myself about the
repercussions of my decisions.
Keep up the great job and hang in there. It is
also nice to hear about the "aftermath" since
that can be the hardest part of the cleanse~~
coming off and maintaining the goals you started
out with.
Thanks for sharing~~
be happy, be well,
Zoe
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