This is the best time of year for me to do a detox on my body. It allows me to let go of all the little goodies of the holiday season that I consumed happily and joyfully.
I also know that all this wonderful inner work and self discovery that I have been doing on my journey can be let go mentally and spiritually and sometimes held onto physically.
There is nothing more important than your health and tuning into your body and listening to what it will tell you. Your body is the most important vehicle you will ever own and travel in.
Mine was telling me that my body was holding on to some old memories that were no longer serving me. I could see it in my body shape. It was not me.
I am not a believer of dieting, ever. Diets do not work. The first three letters of diet say it all. Your body thinks you are dying and finds many ways to store fat to protect you from dying by starving yourself to death.
I see detoxifying as a great way to love yourself by letting go of toxins we cannot help but take on in this harsh environment that we all live in.
The average person holds onto 25 pounds of toxic waste material in their bodies. Yikes! This does not sound attractive.
I thought that because when I had my babies and became more sensitive to becoming hypoglycemic, that I could never fast or detoxify. Well I was wrong thankfully about this.
Thankfully because what I find during the detoxifying process is that right away I feel extremely healthy and re-energized. It's like a way to reboot myself and have cravings for healthy food that is real.
I consider myself a healthy conscious eater and have been since the age of 14 years. Even so detoxifying helps me feel at my best. It helps me tune in to what my body truly desires.
I have done the detox where you drink a lot of distilled water along side with a concentrated lemon water (distilled) with real maple syrup mixed in about 1/4 -1/3 cp per gallon of water. I drink this combo for 3-5 days. As I get hungry I drink the maple syrup mixture, which tastes good and I am never left hungry.
Real maple syrup is used because it does not spike your blood sugar. This is very important. The ideal is to never spike your blood sugar which when kept on an even keel allows the fat to fall off of you and you become the size you were always meant to become. Spiking your blood sugar causes you to crash, as well as your vessels spasm for hours after a meal which in turn causes hardening of the arteries and the start of many of the degenerative diseases that take the lives of so many North Americans.
Also I take herbal detox pills that help scrub the bowel as never before. This is important to know because 99.9% of all diseases start in the bowel. It is important to rest your bowel, which will never happen unless you intentionally rest it because eating is something we all do often and never allow it to completely take a break and really clean it out.
Many think you sit on the throne the whole time and won't even go near the idea of detoxing because this is what they believe it to be. It is not like this at all. In the medical community they say having a BM every three days is normal. In the alternative naturalpathic community they say a BM after every meal is normal. You decide for you. It depends on your diet.
I worked as a RN at a spa one year and was the head of the detox department there.
Last year was the first time I ate while detoxing. I love eating, so I prefer this way over the other. I took the herbal detox pills you can buy at the health food store for 14 days. I made sure I had cut up vegetables and fruits for easy access throughout my day. I drank water with real lemons diffused in the water often.
It is like a reset button for the new year.I want to exercise regularly and choose healthier foods all day long. I detox a couple times a year and some experts recommend 4 times a year, with the change of the seasons. I recommend you tune in to your own body and do what is best for you.
I saw a difference in my body shape and the way I felt in two days. I feel terrific and love how I look. My body and all of my cells hear everything I tell it. What are you saying about your body? It reacts perfectly to what you tell it.
Make this the year for really getting to know your body with gentle, loving self care, fitness and beauty, perhaps?
I just learned a really cool secret that I read about and want to share with you now. The University of Ohio did a study on Safflower oil. Just by a person taking 2 tsp of Safflower oil a day( which is tasteless) lost noticable pounds of belly fat without dietary changes or extra exercise. With a healthy diet choice and a healthy amount of exercise increased made even more of a difference with a decrease of their belly fat.
Safflower oil not only decreased belly fat but helped protect from heart attacks, strokes and decreased cholesterol considerably. It metabolizes the fat in a way that keeps it from becoming stored belly fat. It targets the belly for some reason.
When you start back on your balanced renewed diet it is important to drink a lot of water, get enough fiber in your diet, omega three oils for your heart, acidophilus for your gut and bacterial enzymes for proper digestion. Supplements are very important to get the essential dietary needs each day. Protein is important for muscle a bone growth. Fruits and vegetables. Stay away from nonfoods that are highly processed and when you can, organically grown is the best.
Please research what detox method is best for you and if you need to, tell your doctor so they can monitor you closely. For some people food is an addiction and fills an instant need, that in the long run does not serve you in a healthy way. It is ok to reach out for help.
Listen to your body closely and give it what it wants, has blessedly always worked for me. It can work for you too with practice. Be mindful of what you it in the moment is best. You are what you eat in many ways that effect us, in body, mind, and spirit.
I have a great process that has helped many people devise a plan for a healthy fit life that was uniquely best for them and allowed for a gradual lifestyle change that they have continued to stick with for years and feel great about themselves.
Loving yourself shows and is most attractive in the most authentic way which is more of who you really are.
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Namaste,
Love Katherine
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