Back to cleansing (and blogging apparently), only this time I’ve not been sold some expensive powder mix. I am working from a book, “The Elimination Diet” by Alissa Segersten and Tom Malterre (Grand Central Life & Style, March 2015). I love this book for a number of reasons:
- It’s easy to read
- It makes sense to me
- It’s focus is on health and feeling well and not on losing weight (though I am)
- It provides recipes for all stages of the diet
- There is liberal use of ginger, garlic and fresh herbs (a plus for those of us who hate vegetables from the brassica family)
- There are no calorie counts provided
- The plan is laid out for you, which makes it super easy to follow.
I am on day 5 of the plan. This is the detox phase where the number of ingredients is very small (certain veg, fruits, chia seeds, garlic, ginger and fresh herbs) and everything is either blended or juiced. The book is written for a 2 day detox, but this can be extended up to 7. I had plumped for 4 days given how long I’ve felt ill and have extended this to 5 since I can smell success on the horizon!
So how do I feel? Well, tired and I’ve been having headaches, but overall I beginning to feel better. My energy has improved, my body doesn’t seem to hurt as much and the grumpy cat is actually quite happy! I am very surprised at the happy part given how miserable this made me last time, but what is even more surprising is I’m not hungry all the time. I actually have hope that this will help improve my life.
The Grumpy Cat... 
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