Detox--Day Seventeen

Breakfast
9:15 Shake

Lunch
12:40 Shake
Spinach salad with avocado, mushroom, turkey, and cashews

Dinner 5:30
Shake
Turkey

Water: 1234567+
Activity: None

Detox--Day Sixteen

Breakfast
8:30 Shake

Lunch
12:30 Shake
2 Mangoes
Accidentally ate a small piece of Almond Roca candy (minus the chocolate) I was making... . --Butter and sugar. :-{

Dinner
5:00 Shake
Turkey

Water: 1234567+
Activity: Mini trampoline

Detox--Day Fifteen

Breakfast
8:30 Shake

Lunch
1:00 Shake
Lamb, garlic, rosemary
Apple Crisp

Dinner
5:00 Shake
Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy

Water: 123456+
Activity: Black Friday. Shopped 'til we dropped, then shopped some more. :-P

Detox--Day fourteen

Breakfast
10:30 Shake

Lunch
12:10 Shake
Naked Blue Machine Juice Smoothie--Blueberries, blackberries, apples, and banana

Dinner
4:30 Shake
Turkey, garlic, bay leaves, marjoram, parsley
Rice stuffing, modified--white rice, onions, celery, side pork, turkey drippings
Home made cranberry sauce with honey
Mashed potatoes, turkey drippings
Apple Crisp

Water: 1234+ Too busy to really count--and probably drink--today... . :-P
Activity: None

Detox--Day Thirteen

Breakfast

10:30 Shake

Pomegranate seeds This is not listed as an approved item to eat on this particular detox.., but it's only available to eat this time of year. This is the second time this fall we've had them. They are sooooo good!

Lunch

1:30 Shake

Dinner
5:30 Shake

Chicken Soup--Chicken/cornish hen, mushrooms, garlic, marjoram, parsley

Water: 12345+

Activity: Walked about 75 minutes under a not-a-cloud-in-the-sky day!

Detox--Day Twelve

Breakfast

8:10 Shake

Snack

11:50 Naked Blue Machine Juice Smoothie--Blueberries, blackberries, apples, and banana

I was parched, having run around taking pictures for the elementary school's yearbook for 2 1/2 hours. There were are few things I needed from Sam's Club, and this item was suddenly placed at the top of the list! I didn't have much, but this drink hit the spot! :-) I love the Mango one, too, but it has too much orange juice in it. For this detox, I'm supposed to stay away from citrus stuff. Unfortunately, some of the Naked juices contain wheat/gluten, so read labels carefully if you're celiac or gluten intolerant.

Lunch

1:00 Shake

Cornish hen

Naked Blue Machine Juice Smoothie

Dinner

5:00 Shake

Chicken Soup--Chicken/cornish hen, mushrooms, garlic, marjoram, parsley

Snack

Cashews

Water: 12345+

Activity: None

Detox--Day Eleven

Breakfast

8:15 Shake

Apple Crisp (little bit of "crumbs" that were left)--Apples, sesame oil, cinnamon, rice flour, maple syrup

Lunch

12:50

Salmon, sesame oil

Dinner
5:00 Shake
Lamb, garlic, rosemary
Metazyme

Water: 123456+

Activity: Walked 35 minutes with my neighbor under cloudy and darkening clouds. Snow flurries toward the end of our walk. Two deer and a long line of turkeys crossed the road in front of us! :-)

Detox--Day Ten

It was a very busy day, today. Before rushing out of the house to go to church, I had to make sure the huge pan of lasagna I made last night (for the twenty two people coming over for a reunion for friends from out of state!) was in the oven to warm up before we arrived back home.

Breakfast

8:35 Shake

Lunch

1:15 Shake

Spinach salad with cornish hen, mushrooms, avocado, cashews, and sunflower seeds

Apple Crisp--Apples, sesame oil, rice flour, cinnamon, and maple syrup

Dinner

5:00 Shake

Spinach salad with cornish hen, mushrooms, avocado, cashews, sunflower seeds, and a couple craisins (unfortunately, sugar is added to these) and a few pieces of carrot

Snack

Raw Cashews

Water: 123456ish --Too much responsibility and running around to get 8+ glasses in, today :-P

Activity: Bounced around on the mini trampoline for about 5 minutes--better than nothing!

Detox--Day Nine

Breakfast

9:30 Shake

Chicken broth, marjoram, garlic

Pieces of apples, here and there

Lunch
1:15 Shake

Dinner

5:30 Shake

Cornish hen, garlic, marjoram, bay leaf

Apple crisp--look below for ingredients

Sadly, we don't have any apple trees like we did in Illinois. The ones we planted here 4 years ago (and replaced a year later only to die on us, again :-() died because we have extremely sandy soil that needed more than just good compost and sphagnum moss; it needs clay, too. Happily, a friend from church gave us a large bagful of apples she was trying to find a home for. :-)

I've had to modify my mom's recipe for Apple Crisp to use gluten free flours (like almond or rice) as well as use a substitute for sugar (like honey or maple syrup) since I'm also intolerant to that.

This is a very tasty treat, but try not to overindulge as it is rather sweet and should be limited during a detox:

Recipe:

Modified Apple Crisp

Grease a 10x6x2" baking dish with sesame, apricot, or safflower oil. Place 4 cups of sliced apples in a 10x6x2" baking dish. Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/4 cup of water.

In a bowl, combine 3/4 cup of rice flour with 1/3 cup of same oils as above. Blend with a spoon 'til crumbly. Slowly add about 1 cup of either honey or maple syrup and continue to mix with spoon.

Drop mixture on top of apples, and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

The nice thing about this dessert is you don't have to be exact about any of the ingredients. You could add more apples, or use less; make more of the crumbled topping, or less; add more cinnamon or sweetener, or less of either of them.

If you try this recipe, I hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do!

Water: 1234567+

Activity: none

Detox--Day Eight

Yeay! Today I can eat more choices of foods! This detox is going really well, and I'm feeling good, especially my stomach! :-) (Chronic brain fog and chronic pain in my neck does not go away with this, but overall achiness from Fibromyalgia does lessen.)

Breakfast

9:30 Shake

11:00 Salmon, olive oil Probably should have had my shake at this hour, but didn't.

Snack

11:40 Raw cashews

Lunch

1:05 Shake

Dinner

5:00 Shake

Chicken, garlic, marjoram

Snack

9:00 Raw cashews

Water: 123456+

Activity: Walked about 35 minutes with my companions under sunny, blue skies.

Detox--Day Seven

I've been up and about since 7am, but have been distracted with looking things up on the internet, chatting with friends on Facebook, and reffereeing the 16 yr old and 6 mos old purrballs.  Am I hungry? Yea... but stuff is happening, and I don't want to miss out!  :-P

Breakfast

9:30am  Shake

11:00am  2 Kiwi

I'm excited about eating something other than fruit and veggies, tomorrow.  A cornish hen is thawing in the fridge, and I plan on fixing that early tomorrow morning.  Nummy!!!

Lunch

2:10  Shake

Dinner

5:30  Shake

Spaghetti squash, rice, olive oil

Snack

9:30  Rice, olive oil

Water:  12345+

Activity:  Walked with my wonderful neighbor in the snow flurries and bone-chilling wind for about 35 minutes.  Thank goodness for faithful friends and flannel jeans!!!

Detox--Day Six

Breakfast

Ugh. I actually fell back to sleep after my youngest cherub left for school..., and woke up when my oldest called me from school around 10:30!!! I'm totally whipped. Took my first shake at 11:20!!!

Lunch

2:20 Shake

I still feel like a slug. Must be the weather/barometric pressure. :-P

Dinner

5:10 Shake

Cauliflower, rice, olive oil

Water: 1234567+

Activity: None

Detox--Day Five

Breakfast
I was up late, last night and was zapped, this morning, so I didn't have my shake 'til 9:30am. Our six month old kitten has been trying to play with my oldest daughter's betta fish which is in an uncovered 10 gallon aquarium in her room. The night before (also a late night), his back legs and tail had fallen into the betta's abode.  Thankfully, it only has about 6" of water in it! The fuzzball has been sleeping in our room the past two nights. Last night, he slept on our bed, and I kept checking on him 'cuz I was afraid he was going to get squashed by my hubby who moves around a lot at night!  :-P  I shouldn't worry--he was born on an alpaca farm and thus used to larger animals, and is also very careful to stay away from a prancing pooch!

Lunch
1:00 Shake
Watermelon

Dinner

5:30ish  Shake

Cauliflower, rice, and olive oil

Water: 12345678+
Activity:  I bounced around on my mini trampoline... .  --At least I was moving!  :-)

Detox--Day Four

Breakfast

8:00am Shake

10:30am watermelon

Stomach feels really good, today!

Lunch

12:10 Shake

Dinner

5:30 Shake

Green beans, spaghetti squash, olive oil

Water: 123456+

Activity: Does dragging, lifting, and carrying large, heavy pumpkins around count? :-P Okay, this is legit--walked 1 1/2 hours as it was snowing with my neighbor Pat and her dog. :-)

Had an adjustment, today. Also took Inflaguard because my lower back, and of course my neck which is a given, were not very happy. Dr. Dan has told me to try not to use this while on the detox. Vitamins and enzymes are good, though. Dr. K had me on several enzymes and also vitamins when I started my first detox six years ago. Once I was tested, it showed that Metazyme was the best choice for me, so I still take this. TymeZyme, I was told, was the second choice, and would be a first choice for anyone who is seeking a really good enzyme. You can get it here, too.

Detox--Day Two

A much better day, today!

Breakfast

10:00 Shake

Lunch

1:30 Shake

Snack

Ate a pear around 3pm

Dinner

Shake at 5:50 with Probioplex--yeay, it's in!!!

Acorn squash, green beans (more raw than cooked) and olive oil

Water: 1234567

Activity: Stretching on my exercise ball, but I know that doesn't really count.

Detox--Day One

I'm feeling really miserable physically for the second time this week. It mainly has to do with storm fronts/barometric pressure that have figuratively been pummeling our area, or more accurately, me! My doc reminded me on Wednesday that low pressure systems are going to make anyone with Fibromyalgia feel really lousy. Pain levels up, increased cognitive difficulties, face feeling like it's going to explode, headache, and body-wide achiness. Draggy, lethargic, debilitated. It drives me nuts because there's so much I need to do, yet I can't do it. A long, hot, steamy shower would help, but it takes a lot of effort to even do that, and then I'm left exhausted.

Breakfast

Crawling out of bed at 10am, I had my first breakfast shake at 11am. I can't eat when I first get up in the mornings, even if I've been awake and am just vegetating. I hate feeling like a slug, and always feel guilty when I don't "rise above" the "blah" and lethargy and act like a normal person would. But this unfortunately is normal for me, especially this time of the year. While it may be a "bad" day for me physically, it's one that I still can--and do--rejoice in the Lord.

Lunch

I took my second shake at 1:15 even though I wasn't hungry, then took a nice long shower. My stomach now feels happy, relaxed, and calm. It gets that way when I've eaten totally gluten -free meals, especially at our friend Olive's home, and also at her daughter's gluten-free, allergy-free reception and dinner which was catered by her friend, Sueson Vess.

Snack

Even though I wasn't hungry, I had three kiwi around 3:30.

Dinner

Took third shake at 5:00, and had acorn squash with olive oil. My kids aren't big fans of squash, so this is a treat for me! (Actually, don't tell them I snuck it into their stew tonight, okay?)

Glasses of water: 4

Activity: None

My First Detox

Almost seven years ago, I started my first detox with Metagenics products and a super chiropractor/nutritionist doc. I was very, very, very ill, and my traditional medical docs didn't know what to do for me. My fingertips were a dusky brownish color, not healthy pink. I could not walk halfway out into our backyard without my legs getting heavy and cramping, and being short of breath. Eating was exhausting and a real chore--I had to force myself to eat, but all that effort literally went in one end and out the other due to mal absorption. I lost weight, and I was thin to begin with.

Also, every month when I started ovulating, I got sick, and then sicker with each new month. My friend, Dr. Devin Starlanyl, told me it wasn't coincidental, that there must be a hormonal issue. It was a very frightening time in my life. When my three very young children needed me the most, I was barely even there for them. I was dying and I was only 39 years old!

My doc put me on several enzymes to help aid digestion, which was clearly a problem. The liquid detox was much easier to take, and since it's very easily absorbed nutritional food, my body was getting what it needed even if that was the only thing I could "eat". The tiring part for me was actually making the detox shake. But it was worth it!

After being on this for only about two weeks, I was feeling stronger, more alert, and my fingertips were losing that dirty, tinged look and were turning pink! Within a month, I was allowed to start exercising by taking walks. Two months after starting the detox, we went to Matthiessen State Park, got lost on one of the trails, and ended up walking for three hours!!! (I think I was the only one happy about that!) The thrilling thing is I could have kept going!!!

It was nearly two years later when I finally finished the detox. It was an extremely long time, but it was very necessary for me. Was it expensive? Yes. Was it worth it? Very much so. My hubby still tells me that was the healthiest he's ever seen me in the 17 years we've been married.

This will be my third detox using Metagenics products. It literally saved my life.

It's been almost two years since I last did a detox, and it's long overdue. My stomach's been whining and complaining to me for months, and the constant discomfort and feeling really blah has convinced my hubby to say, "It's time."

I've also been more than a little lethargic; the other day I finally dragged myself out of bed at 11:30am!!! It could very well have been the storm front that was creeping upon us, the colder weather that's settling in, the chronic anemia, adrenal fatigue, chronic fatigue, or fibromyalgia that plague me. Another unwelcome constant companion is chronic pain due to chronic myofascial pain. I'm honestly not complaining. I've accepted these life-long, er, "companions" and have learned to look beyond them. And, besides, these kind of things build character! :-)

Seven years ago, when I was 39 years old, I was a wreck, physically. My doc in Chicago validated my lethargy when an Energy Level Panel test, done through Great Smokies Diagnostic Labs, (now known as Genova Diagnostics), verifying that my mitochondria was not being fed. Other tests revealed that I had high levels of Uranium, Lead, Aluminum, Tin, and Strontium. Food allergy testing showed that 77 out of 88 foods I was tested for I was either intolerant or allergic to! And anything I put into my mouth made my stomach turn, even water!!! At that time, this doc told me he couldn't help when it came to nutritional support. I was extremely thankful for what he was able to help me with, as well as the informative tests he ran. My traditional docs had already given up on me, saying they had no idea what to do to help. Fortunately, my friend, Dr. Devin Starlanyl did, and gave me the name of two docs in my area she highly recommended.

Processed foods, junk foods, and getting gluten contamination are some reasons my liver has been working overtime, and it's ready for a well-deserved break!