Suero Viv Cleanse - take 2

So my husband was so impressed with my results after my cleanse in January he decided he wanted to try it as well.  I told him I would do it with him for moral support - because I know it's hard enough without people eating around you.  So here we go....Day 1.

It wasn't my original intention to do a cleanse again so soon.  However, I had been slipping in my habits, a few pounds had crept back on and I noticed I was starting to feel more lethargic.  So I figure now is as good a time as any to nip those bad habits before I completely slip back into them forever.  I'm hoping this cleanse will be a little easier for me than the first one.

We spent the last two days at Walt Disney World and really didn't take a lot of care about what we ate. I did notice, however, that sweets are far more sweeter than they used to be.  Before my first cleanse, I could have eaten a chocolate covered rice krispie treat and not thought twice about it.  This time, I could only eat a couple of bites and it was SO sweet!  I hadn't let myself get back to eating sweets and I have still been free of soda since my first cleanse so obviously my body is not craving the sugar like it used to.  A very good thing.  That alone should make this cleanse easier!

So, here's to three days of nothing but Suero Viv beverages and water.  Seems a bit like deja vu....

Heading toward the left

I read an interesting article yesterday about how to cut processed foods from our diets.  The first tip discussed how quitting cold turkey may not be the easiest for everyone.  That's me for sure.  I've done well heading in that direction but processed foods still make it into my diet.  For example, I have not yet been able to give up my Bailey's coffee creamer.  I just LOVE it!  But, I did purchase a bottle of the Coffeemate Natural vanilla.  So once I open it we'll see if I find it to be just as good.  The list of ingredients is definitely shorter!

But I digress.  Back to the article.  One thing it said for helping to move in the direction of cutting processed foods is to look at your foods and decide which ones are "real", "almost real", "barely real" and "not real".  More specifically, they used orange juice as an example:  freshly squeezed being "real", juice not made from concentrate "almost real", juice made from concentrate as "barely real" and orange flavored drinks and sodas as "not real".   Then, when you are shopping, try taking one step to the "left" in your decisions to head toward better foods and away from processed foods.

So I'm going to start using that tip in my menu planning and shopping.  Maybe I can find myself heading to the left and improving my diet even more!

There were 4 tips in the article, but I really liked this first one.  If you'd like to read the entire article, here is the link: http://www.naturalnews.com/039249_processed_foods_diet_tips.html