It's been one week

What a day! So much information. Stanzi came over today and unveiled her program for me. It starts with a 10 day detox menu containing some things that I've not had this past week at all. Like almond butter. All raw foods. She informed me that by giving up EVERYTHING at once it sent my body into extreme shock. That 's why the vomiting, vertigo, diarrhea and fatigue hit me so quickly.

It's shocking how fast the body goes into action isn't it? It almost seems "too good to be true" and you know what they say about that. But this seems different for some reason. Hippocrates said "If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health." I think by wiping my slate clean I can finally see what is right for me in the "real world". I know I'm on somewhat of a high right now because I'm completing my first week. It's new, fresh, the beginning.

Since I'll only be doing be my blood tests every month I'm excited to see results on the scale. I haven't weighed myself since last week. I am not doing this to lose weight exclusively but INclusively. Inclusive of working on my psychological issues with food like why do I become furious that my husband (men) can eat more servings than me? It seems an injustice. Yet another thing women have to deal with versus men. Not that food issues are sexist mind you, not at all, there are plenty of pot bellies on men! But those we know are worshipped. Santa, Buddha and let's not forget Homer Simpson. You get the point. I've always been mad that they have a resident fat guy on SNL every season but they've never had a fat woman. EVER.

Stanzi came and went through the kitchen pointing out good choices and not so good choices of "food" we currently had in the cupboards. El husbando isn't following this program with me so we kept everything and most of the stuff was high in sodium but pretty good otherwise. I can't believe I haven't had salt in a week! Or sugar. Or flour. Or Dairy. Or meat. Just fresh fruits and vegetables and mostly juicing.

The next 10 days will be to adjust the alkaline in my body (thus the PH strips Stanzi asked me about) and I'll be doing a 70/30 raw food/juicing. Stanzi informed me that this is important to get the body in balance. High acids make it harder for the body to process things and it causes the organs to store bad cells etc... The juicing and raw foods provide the micro nutrients for speedy healing. Having more fiber by eating more of the raw foods will help flush out my colon (see ya later polyps!) and make the juicing after the 10 Day program easier on my body.

Tomorrow will mark the second week of my journey and I've a lot planned. I will be doing a daily 2 minute video about my experience as a thank you for Stanzi's help and as a testimonial of the 10 day program. I'll make choices for the next step when we get closer.

I have another show tonight and it's a late one. I've been sleeping 8-10 hrs a day. Not drinking coffee removes that quick pick me up before a late night. So does not doing lines of cocaine but one clearly seems a bit more drastic doesn't it.