I need to Detox the OS way - HELP!

brokenwings

i do a health kick rather than label it a detox or diet and i set myself a few rules rather than getting alll complicated and sticking to any fixed diet or progarmme

i cannot afford to cook different meals for me than the others i cook for so i try and adapt what is in the oven instead


my rules are:

hot water and lemon every morning but no more than that as the lemon acid isnt good for teeth

no tea or coffee

NO fizzy drinks even low cal or decaf

at least 2 litres NON sparkling water daily ( hot or cold )

NO potatoes. red meat, refined foods, sweets, crisps, chips, chocolate, alcohol, dairy products

basically i live on stir fries with loads of veg/olive oil
salads with prawns/avocado/olive oilve dressing ( add paprika and garlic)
fish, chicken
porrige made with oats and water most mornings

excersize : brisk 30 min walk/swim OR aerobics video AT LEAST three times weekly
( have dog will walk )
stretching or yoga / pilates 4 times weekly ( i find the old jane fonda workouts on old tapes include stretching and aerobics so do these as often as i can )

this works for me - have tried weight watchers, slimmers world, cv, you are what you eat, slim fast etc etc but to no avail -

good luck to everyone.


oh and ps
ditch the scales
it needs to be about how you feel rather than what you weigh imho

Sarahsaver

I don't think bread is a problem, more what you have with it - loads of butter, marg, chocolate spread, cheese...

thriftlady_2

Dobie,that's really good advice about changing habits one at a time,I'm sure that is what will work for me,thanks for that inspiration.

Everyone seems to have a real downer on bread,odd considering how many breadmakers seem to be out there :rolleyes:
I know wheat intolerence can be serious,and I have plenty of experience with food allergies,but I can't get my head round the idea that 'the staff of life' is bad for us.It is such a wholesome,basic food stuff,especially when wholemeal and hm just don't eat loads

brokenwings

i dont think it ( bread) is actually bad for you thriftlady
and it depends on why you feel inclined to detox i suppose

the ONLY good bread really is whole GRAIN not juist whole wheat

but even that can bloat you

we are all different but i know that two days after stopping ALL bread i suddenly lose my belly!


btw where inw orcester are you? i am bevere/claines!

Dobie

Brokenwings is right about the scales - no one can tell that you've lost a couple of pounds but it makes you feel GREAT! Gaining a couple of pounds makes you feel like a whale but nobody else can tell. So many things affect your weight - how much water you've had, whether you've been to the loo, time of the month etc. etc.
Jumping on the scales every morning is the fastest way to feeling depressed that I know! How you feel about yourself is all that matters in the end. We're programmed to compare ourselves to skinny models and actors that have any imperfections airbrushed out & have all the time & money in the world to make themselves look good.
Sorry to go on but it's a bit of a hobby horse of mine. If we all just ate healthily, got active, enjoyed ourselves & stopped feeling so guilty we'd be a lot better off.

halloweenqueen_2

I usually find drinking the 8 glasses of water a day really helps, after a couple of days of everything getting flushed out of the system (like a colonic irrigation from inside without the tube I guess!) i noticed I wasn't as hungry (sometimes you can feel hungry but you may in fact be dehydrated) and my skin glowed!
I left a two litre bottle out all the time with a glass next to it and drank one around every hour.

Ticklemouse

This is my main problem - I keep forgetting to drink enough water. If you're thirsty - you're already dehydrated.

Off to finish my glass of water before i go to bed.:) However, I've been a good girl and I've already prepared lots of fruit salad (big chunks so you feel like you're eating something) and put it in smaller lidded tubs so that when I go out (tomorrow I'm going to my mum's) I can just grab a tub and take it with me. Saves getting somewhere and finding I've nothing I can or want to eat..

moneysavingplumber

I'm not a big fan of anything drastic or any kind of dietary regime that has a label, whether it be detox, Atkins or F-plan. These things seem to be an Anglo/American obsession, I'm not sure if these diets are even heard of in food loving countries like Italy/Spain/France but I'd be guessing you'd be getting some puzzled looks in most of the non-cosmopolitan areas of those countries if you asked about detox diets.

Unfortunately it's too easy for me to be glib about food, because I was brought up with good food and have been an athlete since my teens. Having said that, I still eat my fair share of crap and drink too much red wine.

I personally quite like Gillian Mckeiths' approach on 'You are What You Eat' because ultimately she lays out a table of 'good' food and says,

'eat as much of this as you want.'

Ok she might put a ban on booze, for a while, and any kind of junk food and fizzy drinks, but ultimately if you find yourself feeling hungry, you are free to go and eat some fresh and natural goodies. It's also a gradual plan, weight comes down steadily over time.

Having said all that, my weight in the last year has fluctuated between 73 and 83 kilograms, I'm about 76 (I hope, I'll check later!) at the moment which is my average weight when fit, but the 83 was after my honeymoon so that can't be held against me!

Personally I don't think there's any such thing as bad food, just bad eating habits. I eat Mcdonalds, occasionally. I drink strong Italian coffee, occasionally. I also drink green tea, fruit juice, eat fresh veg, salad and fruit, don't eat ready meals or use stir-in sauces (not even occasionally, yuk!). I only ever eat when I'm actually genuinely hungry, and even then I often don't get time when I'm busy during the daytime. Working for myself there aren't vending machines throwing crisps and chocolate bars at me, and I can't be bothered to stop at a shop just for horrible crisps and chocolate.

I agree with the earlier posts that said that lifestyle change should be gradual, don't try to do too much too soon or you will set yourself up for a fall. Change one thing at a time, perhaps the most damaging thing first, then when you succeed it will give you confidence and an incentive to do the next.

Give up the drink, the cigarettes, the red meat, the refined foods, the late nights, the coffee and tea, and you may not live to be 100 years old, but it will certainly feel like it!

Good luck.

roswell

Cranberry Juice and lots of water :-)

roswell

Oh and theres also the backwards diet :-),

Eat your evening meal in the morning lunch at lunch and cereal for dinner.