Hubby and I completed two rounds of a 30-day detox and I dropped 42lbs like a sack of hot potatoes. 42! I thought it’d be fun to share the top 5 things I learned.
Real talk.
It completely changed our lives. We share more about that in episode 1 of our Wellness Journey vlog. My personal 5 lessons are here:
1.First of all, I can live without cheese . . . even if I don’t want to. OMG. I love(d) cheese. It is the ONE thing I claimed I’d never give up. Keep the steak. I’ll take my aged sharp cheddar, please! After 60 days of shifting my diet (and my thinking) I no longer crave it and I enjoy all types of dishes without it. I know I’ll have a slice from time to time, but it doesn’t rule my life anymore.
2. I do like vegetables. My husband teases me and claims I don’t eat vegetables, I play with them. Well, he was right. I even wrote an entire blog post about it. Now, I’ve come to love many of them (even brussel sprouts!). It may sound silly to you, but now I treat my veggies like a piece of meat. Seasoned well and prepared with love. If you season your chicken why wouldn’t you season your veggies, right?
3. Meat doesn’t dominate my plate, or me. HUGE! Since I had an issue with vegetables I masked the flavor by piling my plate with animal protein, rice or potatoes. These meals really weighed me down. While detoxing I couldn’t rely on meat and I learned to make vegetables the star of the dish.
4. I’m a pretty great cook. I’ve got skills, ya’ll. Like, make my own vegetable stock and homemade almond milk kind of skills. My pre-detox diet limited my food choices. Although I was free to eat anything I only ate a few things—fast and fattening or healthy and basic. While on the program my creativity unleashed because I refused to eat the same boring health foods for 30 days. [Should I do a post about my favorite recipes? I became obsessed with recipes from this e-Cookbook.
5. I don’t have to hide anymore. By the end of the program I felt such peace and a weight lifted off me (and not just the 40+lbs I shed). I realized that I hid behind my weight. Meaning, it covered up the real work that I needed to do on myself. It dominated my prayers, fueled fears and threatened my destiny. God couldn’t care less about the pounds. He was much more concerned about my character. I plan to talk more about this in an upcoming video so be sure to subscribe to the list so you know when I publish it.
I hope you found these interesting and helpful. Have you completed a detox before? If so, what did you learn?
This is great! Did you eat any meat at all like fish?? I’m trying to do better. I gave up sweets in January. It’s hard but I will only eat something that I know is really good and worth the splurge.
Hey, DeVaughan! Thanks, I ate fish moderately for a few weeks. But primarily all plant-based diet. Actually, I didn’t crave meat necessarily. Surprisingly, I craved more sides like French fries, cheese (on anything), ice cream. These subsided after awhile too and I searched for alternatives. For instance, instead of ice cream I froze slices of bananas topped with peanut butter … hit the spot! Instead of fries I baked homemade sweet potato fries once or twice.