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Jumpstart Clean Eating!

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Jumpstart Clean Eating!

Let’s kick off 2018 with 7 days of clean eating! For those of you have followed our blog for a while, you will know that for the past three years, I’ve gone through a 7 day “food detox”. Typically this is done in January to jumpstart a new year of healthy habits. Plus, I don’t know about you, but I’m about “sugared” out with all the holiday sweets floating around!

So what is a detox anyway? First, there are many many different ones out there. The one I’ve followed for the last three years uses real food… no juices or shakes. Basically, each day you are allowed to eat only a specific set of things that will be outlined below. The health benefits for doing this are to help your body flush out any toxins in your system, and personally I’ve found that especially after the holidays it will kick the sugar craving that I inevitably seem to get after this time of year! There’s a lot of critics out there, who say detoxes are a bunch of $##$... that the entire purpose of your liver is to flush out toxins so why do this. I can say first-hand, since I’ve done it for three years now, that I do feel better after seven days and it does get me focused on more clean eating choices. Plus, another bonus? You lose weight! (Year one I lost 12 pounds, year two was 7.2 pounds, and year three was 6 pounds). Even people who haven’t been able to follow the plan to the letter still came away with some bonuses.

Water is a big component of this too. Lots and lots of water. Technically water is the only thing you are supposed to drink, but I will be the first to admit that in the past I still had black coffee in the morning (so I didn’t kill anyone). However, in 2017 I managed to successfully (so far) kick the caffeine habit, so this will be the first time that I am going to attempt to adhere to the “water only” rule.

 

The first year I did the detox, I’ll be honest I did it for something to write about. And I did it alone. On year two, I extended the offer to staff at Belmont Health & Wealth for whoever would like to join in and one brave soul gave it a try, too. For the third year, I again extended it to Belmont staff and also any readers who would like to participate, and 4 of us set out to give it a try. This year, it is again to open to anyone who would like to give it a shot! Safety in numbers, right? (Or is it misery loves company….)

Shoot me an email at hsalsman@gobelmont.ca, follow our company page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GoBelmont/ and send me a message through there, or just participate quietly too! This year, for anyone who would like to sign up and give it a try, I will set up a private Facebook group for you to connect with, where we can chat back and forth and give each other some support in it! Below are the guidelines for the 7-day cleanse. Day One will be Friday, January 5th 2018. (Get your snacks in now!) Best of luck to anyone participating!

 

7 Day “New Year New You” Body Cleanse!

Day 1 Parameters: Fruit Day - Eat all the fruits you want, except bananas. The lowest calorie fruits are watermelon and cantaloupe, so if you eat mostly melons you will lose more weight.

Day 2 Parameters: Vegetable Day – Eat lots of vegetables – fresh, raw, or cooked. Stay away from starchy vegetables such as peas, corn and beans. SURPRISE! You also get a baked potato with butter today.

Day 3 Parameters:  Fruits and Veggies – Same as day one and day two, except no potato today

Day 4 Parameters:  Bananas and Yogurt – East as many as eight bananas, and 8 glasses of skim milk or Weight Watchers yogurt if you aren’t a milk drinker, since it’s basically artificially flavoured skim milk. Yes, bananas are high in calories and carbohydrates, but on this day your body will need the essential calcium and carbs and protein that will lessen your craving for sweets.

Day 5 Parameters:  Fowl and Tomatoes – Chicken, Turkey and 6 tomatoes throughout the day. Make sure you drink a glass of water for each tomato you eat to wash the uric acid out of your body.

Day 6 Parameters:  Fowl and Veggies – Don’t be shy, eat to your heart’s content filling up with Chicken, Turkey and Vegetables – no potatoes today!

Day 7 Parameters:  Miracle Soup! Miracle Soup Recipe: 2-3 Large Onions Chopped, 1 head of Cabbage chopped, 1 green pepper chopped, 5-6 celery stalks chopped, 2 large cans of diced tomatoes, and 2 packages of Lipton Beefy Onion Soup Mix.  Put the chopped vegetables in a pan and pour the tomatoes (that have been slightly blended in a blender) over top. Add 4-6 cups of water, enough to barely cover the vegetables. Cook for 10 minutes. Add the Beefy Onion Soup Mix and cook until all the vegetables are tender.

 

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