A Proper Cleanse
January 10, 2010
I started a cleanse about a week before New Year’s because I have been working to get over mono all of December. I was so tired of being sick that I just wanted to feel better. In my head I was fully committed to eating only non-processed foods and drinking extra water. The last couple weeks have not really happened that way however. I found myself craving junk at some points for no apparent reason.
But what I have noticed is that now that I am almost at the end of the cleanse I crave the healthy fruits and veggies. I’ve made some really great homemade meals over the last couple days and my diet is much closer to the perfect diet I had in my head when I started the cleanse. I really don’t know if cleansing does much for you or not. What I think it does is make you more aware of the things that you are putting into your body and the way you are treating yourself; that I think is the biggest benefit of a cleanse.
Women have this tendency to want to be “perfect” all the time. If we slip up and eat something “off” plan we mentally bash ourselves instead of looking at all the good. Who cares if you eat off plan sometimes. I think if you are cruising from 80% and up with healthy food you’ll be just fine. So cleanse away but make sure that with your cleanse you are also cleansing your thoughts.
Christina Helwig
