Time for a detox!

I hate these detox diets where you can’t eat certain things- or anything for that matter.  Detox programmes are simply another fad diet that will make you miserable and feel deprived.  You will drop weight quickly but pile it all back on again as rapidly as you lost it.  For me, I’d fall at the first hurdle of a detox programme because I wouldn’t be allowed my morning coffee- that really would be game over already and make me feel miserable and like I'm being denied something.  However, after seeing the photo below on Facebook, it got me thinking about an extremely easy detox where you basically cut out the crap for a week.

I do eat well but do have the odd drink and bits of sugar too, so I think going on a week long detox using the picture above for inspiration would be a winner. You can still eat, enjoy cups of tea or coffee, you are just basically ridding your body of the crap it really doesn't need.  Throw in some water, green tea and no alcohol, and you will be on a detox diet without realising it or depriving yourself!  

My detox will be from Monday to Friday (there is NO WAY I’m denying myself  a glass of wine over the weekend).

My Detox Rules:

I will be eating what I normally eat on a day to day basis (I put a picture on Twitter and Facebook each day, so follow me on Twitter @YearFood).  For my detox though, I'll also be sticking to the rules below.

• No biscuits or cakes, I'm even cutting out my refined sugar free healthy versions.
• No sweets, pastries or chocolate, fast food or ice cream (easy enough as I would only have these for a treat anyway)
• No white bread, pasta or rice (again, an easy one as I don't touch the white crap.  Replace your white foods with brown bread, rye bread, brown rice and whole wheat pasta) 
• No mid-week alcohol (I sometimes have a small wine on a Tuesday night).
• No fizzy drinks- though I have diet coke or slimline tonic, I think I'll stay off these for the week.
• Religiously drink 2 litres of water a day- which I usually do but can be a bit lapse with this one.
• Continue to drink my regular tea/ coffee/ decaff, but also have a green tea with jasmine each day after lunch. Again, I'm pretty good at downing my daily green tea but do forget.  I like the Twinings green tea with Jasmine though Asda's own version is good too.  Green tea is really good for helping with weight loss as it basically cleanses your insides!

Achievable?  I think so-just because the main benefit is YOU CAN EAT and are just cutting out what your body doesn't need.  I'll let you know in my next post how it goes.