It’s amazing what can happen in a week, even though it flies by like it’s nobody’s business! Just a week ago, I was telling you that I’d be starting a new protocol to regain my health, and now a whole seven days went by! Yes, I am here to report how the process is going and I hope this information helps you in some kind of way in your own journey.
Well, it’s going… (insert smiley with sweat drop on forehead right here). I want to break it down so I can be more accurate about my reporting the experience. Let me walk you through a normal morning in my life before I started the cleanse: wake up, go to kitchen to warm up some non-dairy milk for baby, go to baby’s room for a few minutes, come back to kitchen to start the breakfast, lay out the three different menus, set water for coffee and tea, start setting the table, toddler drags me to room, back to kitchen, then change dirty diaper, back to kitchen to get started on smoothie, toddler pulls mama to the living room, back to kitchen, go change a second dirty diaper, go finish the smoothie, run after the toddler… I think you get the point! No matter how structured I am or how well I prepare the night before, it takes me forever to get some simple things together because my kid is usually bouncing off the wall, and I choose to let him be (trust me, I’ve tried many approaches here). Back to a regular morning now. Add a 16oz glass of lemon water on an empty stomach, followed by a 16oz glass of freshly juiced celery 15 to 30 minutes later, followed by a smoothie also 15-30 minutes later, every morning. It has been challenging to say the least; however, I’m not letting that stop me. No matter whether I prep the night before or not, it still takes me forever to get to breakfast, so I keep trying different things to at least have the toddler fed while I go through the new ritual, so far, no luck. The rest of the day goes pretty similar in terms of cooking and schedules, only thing is dinner taking a little longer, as I am cooking a meal for myself and a different one for the rest of the family. One thing I am loving though, is that my toddler is having more fruit than before, as he always drinks from my juices and smoothies after he helps make them and ends up asking for his own glass in many cases… Mom win! I have now been eating raw fruit and veggies for seven days. No sugar, no processed foods, no breads, no alcohol (which I didn’t drink before anyway), no caffeine… however, I have cheated a little bit on the olive oil and salt, sometimes it gets a little hard to eat salads without dressing or always a sweet dressing. I am also adding the avocado 2-3 times this pass week. I found it made it easier on my body. A lot of the juices and shakes I am loving, but being very careful as some of the combinations are still upsetting my stomach, especially stuff with raw garlic, ginger and lemon, but just like in the salads, I am finding new ways to redo the recipes given, or change the dressing, or replace the fruit for one my body is craving, which is encouraged to do anyway. One thing though: I am sugared out! Oh-my-God, so much sugar! In fruit of course, but tons of sugar. Honestly, I’ve had to do lemon instead on orange juice sometimes, and I have been craving a lot of salty foods this first week. Speaking of cravings, I am craving protein a lot, and also processed foods like there’s no tomorrow. Have you ever been on a cleanse while your husband eats the sandwiches, pasta, pizza, ice cream, and all the stuff you love right there with you while you are craving all that stuff? Yeah, it sucks right? Try cooking it for him on top of that… it double sucks! But tell you what, if nothing else, I am proving myself that I have the willpower of a superhero, hands down! Lol. At least some of the snacks are very yummy, and baby is sharing those sometimes too, although it does get challenging when we have to be out and about in the middle of the day, but I’ve been just grabbing fruit and stepping out and it works. I think that pretty much sums up the food portion. As far as the symptoms go, I am still waking up every morning like a train hit me hard. I have been sleeping terrible since my baby has been having some kind of sleep regression and he keeps waking up in the middle of the night and taking a bit to go back to sleep. So, every morning I feel like I could use another three or four or ten hours of sleep, and everything hurts like I ran a marathon the night before. The body pain improves slightly as the day progresses either because of adrenaline or joins and muscles warming up, but I notice it less during the day. I have been feeling like it is a bit better, like maybe 10% better. I’ve had bursts of energy a few times in the afternoon and it feels like a glimpse of hope. The headaches are there, very low grade headaches that won’t go away and I don’t want to take any medication to compromise the cleanse or upset my liver more than it should be… oh yeah and the brain fog has been very bad this week, like pretty horrible. I feel like the skin rashes are better though. Exercise is next… so who needs to exercise when you have a hyper motor toddler? Exactly my thoughts! Either way, we have been doing some yard work now that it’s nice outside, and I was even able to do yoga twice this week! I had a little monkey hanging off my neck in child’s pose and downward dog, but it was fun for both of us and we made it work into the playtime. I have been taking it easy in terms of stronger activities, since I am still so exhausted, and it is after all the first week. I hope to pick up the pace as my body feels better in the coming weeks. Alright, so I believe that wraps up the first week. It has been challenging, especially with the morning prep, but I do see a slight improvement in the energy levels and the pain and inflammation. I will continue to report as I try to find better ways to make the new lifestyle changes work well with my family schedule and routines. I will also make an effort to sleep more and exercise a little more, always being mindful of life’s requirements and my health limitations. I hope this was useful for you! Please keep coming back and keeping me company on my journey back to regain my health. I will be sharing some recipes and day to day stuff on my IG channel, as well as my YouTube, so feel free to follow there. Have a wonderful week and stay tuned for more reports! Love, light, and music. Yeshiva Lex~
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