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detox: update.

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So it’s about time that I update you on my lack of progress on my detox.

What happened? Life happened. Try and detox your first week on a new job, while spending your  mornings in interviews and dealing with all of the other curve balls life decides to throw at you.

It’s not that I didn’t kick some butt, because I certainly did. I was going to yoga very regularly and eating only fruits and veggies.

Try finding just fruits and veggies at a funeral you drove to right after work without stopping at home and then not getting back home until 10:30PM. Yeah, it doesn’t make for a pretty detox situation.

It also turns out that you shouldn’t try an only fruit & veggie detox while you’re job hunting. Because fruits and veggies only leads to baaaaad belly aches. Bad belly aches that hit you like a ton of bricks mid-interview. Not cool.

Not to worry. When things get more “normal” around here, I’ll give this a shot again. In the meantime I’m going to continue eating healthy without depriving my body of some yummy things along the way!

That time that I was all “I’m gonna detox!” and then I ate a cookie.

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Yesterday I was starved! I’m not blaming this on the detox. I’m blaming it on the fact that I had a peach, went to yoga at 9:15, and then, rather unexpectadly, I didn’t end up back home until 4:00PM. To be clear, a peach is not even enough to get me through my entire vinyasa practice, let alone a whole day. True story.


So then I ate pretty much an entire bag of baby carrots. Not enough. True story.


And then a fruit and ice smoothie. Still not enough. True story.


So then I gave in and had a glass of red wine and a lovely rugelach cookie. True story.


Did I fail? I like to think not. This detox isn’t about depriving myself of things, but just taking it easy on my mind and body while working through everything with a daily yoga practice.


Hope y’all are not too disappointed in me. But no worries as I am up already for my 7:30am yoga practice!


Namaste!

time to detox.

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I’ve decided that I need to a complete detox. Like, physical, mental, emotional, all of it. Detoxed.

It just so happens that some fellow yogis were recently discussing doing a “cleanse” as a group.

We are all taking different variations and none of us are following a program, per se.

For me, it’s important that I figure out what foods my body can and cannot handle. So I am eating strictly fruits and vegetables this week. No caffeine, no meat, no dairy, no processed foods, no breads.

BF & I went to the local organic store, Kriegers, last night so that I could stock up on fresh fruits and veggies. I’m pretty sure I’m going to be eating non-stop and go through the fruits and veggies like woah. Also? Just water. {Yikes! Especially since Ginger Ale is a staple for me, considering how sick I get pretty much everytime I eat — OK, not JUST water. Also some Yogi Detox Tea and maybe a glass of wine if I need it}.

Also I will be doing yoga at least once a day during the week. On the weekends I haven’t decided if I will. You never know what we will be up to on the weekends, so oh well.

Things that I am nervous about:

– $5 Movie Mondays { = going to the movies & being surrounded by the smell of popcorn; granted, we never get that popcorn, but I’m imagining it will be torture}.
– BF cooking dinner for himself {he’s an awesome cook and I’m hoping he doesn’t torture me TOO much with foods I can’t eat}.
– No Starbucks {obviously going to be a struggle, but a great way to save some moolah!}.

Oh, and one really random picture from Memorial Day weekend of me & BF: