Wise words Aunty...
When you discover the philosophy of detoxing, the temptation is to jump in with both feet...I'm a real culprit for this. I discovered this same thing myself recently...it's as if my body said, "Hey, slow down bubba...the time's gonna pass anyway".
I suppose that because we live in a culture of instant gratification that we're always in a hurry and often think that more is better.
It's good to remember these things.
Another aspect is also that it can be DE-motivating to our general regimes if we don't get our perceived results sooner.
Just remember the way things used to be...if we stop and truly evaluate our efforts, oft times we make a lot more progress than we realise because it's gradual. A little every day and all that.
Here endeth the sermon!!!