Milt – Who Never Met A Vegetable He Liked
Detox #3 complete and I feel great!
As you know prior to participating in your first group Detox I found almost half of my nutritional value from vending machine products and the other half from fast food restaurants. I was almost 300 pounds and had recently been diagnosed with type II diabetes. I was in trouble!
That first Detox was not easy for me. I had to get off caffeine, I hated the way the Detox shakes tasted and the Detox shakes made the greens taste good! And I had to learn how to cook! For me this was just short of spending a month in Hell!
However, as they say no pain, no gain and the pain was worth it!
The Detox is really a very interesting process. At first you hate it and dread every shake and supplement. Then as the week goes by it gets even worse! By the end of the second week it just becomes an undesirable habit and you just keep on pushing through. By the last week you begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel and the process has becomes less painful.
The first Detox forced me to cut out virtually everything I was eating on a daily basis and switch to a dairy free, vegetable and protein based diet. As the Detox did its thing and began ridding my body of the built up toxins my taste for food changed and my hatred for vegetables decreased. Now I don’t just sit down and have a big bag of steamed brussel sprouts as a snack, but I will have a tray of carrots, peppers and celery with some kind of dip instead of a box of assorted donuts as I had done previously. I had lost 18 pounds during this Detox and felt better.
My Second Detox was much easier than the first as I knew what to expect and had mentally prepared for it. I still did not care for the shakes and the Greens and I are not friends yet but it all came together.
After the first Detox I had switched to caffeine free soda and decaffeinated coffee so it was much easier for me to give up caffeine the second round. I remained snacking of veggies for about half the year and then “bad” food items slowly crept back in. For the most part I have improved my eating habits and pay much more attention to what ingredients are in the food that I eat.
This most recent Detox, my third was drastically different from the others. The shakes actually tasted good, I could not believe it! The change in the taste of the shakes allowed me drink every one that I was scheduled to have as part of the Detox and not skip a few as I had done in the past. This made the Detox so much easier. I had a basic list of items from the past two Detox’s that I could cook and enjoy so I was never hungry. The third Detox was without a doubt my best.
Today I weigh 225 pounds and feel so much better that I did even before the third Detox started a couple of months ago. Compared to how I felt three years ago before ever Detoxing, there is no comparison.
Sign me up now for Detox #4.