This is how I Detox

Last week was a seedy one for me - way too much food, alcohol too frequently and a serious lack of exercise. By Saturday I was feeling really slow and, after having friends over for a 3 course meal Saturday night, I felt properly sick on Sunday.

We all have these weeks/months/seasons, so I want to share with you how I eat to eradicate this feeling. I'm not big on the word 'detox', I just find that, today, it's the one most people will understand when I am trying to describe what I'm doing (stopping putting crap in my body, basically). I'm usually a healthy eater anyway, but the difference between me 'detoxing' and my normal eating habits is a big cut back on sugar, salt, packaged foods and an increase in exercise. I also put more work into my food so it doesn't need rubbish to flavour it up.

A week eating like this usually gets my body back to happy, but I prefer a few weeks, (which isn't scheduled, I just usually feel like a nice glass of wine by then!), as after a few weeks my body starts to feel more energised, lighter and happier. I think it's really important not to try and schedule your eating or force yourself to be healthier, eating shouldn't be a chore on any level and your body will tell you when it needs a change (ever felt like 'just a salad' for dinner in Summer? Yeah, like that).

I'm breaking down this post into 2 or 3 parts, as large bodies of diary-like text make blogs boring.

Here's Day 1 & 2:

Sunday

(lazy day at home)

(45 minute slow walk)

Breakfast

Glass of water with a big squeeze of lemon

1 piece Rye toast with honey & tahini

Mug of green tea

Lunch

1 mashed sweet potato with Greek yogurt, flaked almonds and pepitas

1 fresh fig

Afternoon Snack

1 piece Rye Mountain Bread with hommus

Dinner

Minestrone soup with beans & wholemeal pasta

Monday

(exhausted and no interest in going to work)

(did 45 minutes of cardio & 15 minutes of free weights)

Breakfast

Bircher muesli made with milk, stewed apples (no added anything), Greek yogurt, sultanas and Cinnamon all warmed up.

Morning Snack

6 pretzels (offered by a colleague) and a cup of coffee (decaf, no sugar, low fat milk)

Lunch

Big bowl of vegetable minestrone with wholemeal penne

1 plum

Afternoon Snack

10 plain Sakata rice crackers with 2 tablespoons hommus

Dinner

Home made vegie burger with sauteed vegetables & 1 piece Rye Mountain Bread

Fruit Salad of fresh pineapple & strawberries with a sprinkle of coconut

(I need sweet after dinner, always).

What do you do after way too much seediness?

Stay well,
Nat x