Long time no blog..
My poor husband. Sets me up with a beautiful blog, and I haven't been using it. Life has a way of getting in the way, so here I go again.
For the past few years I have been reading a lot about cleansing. I am quite leery of anything that denies me food, coffee and wine, and truly believe that if you eat well, you really don't need too many vitamins or need to cleanse. Not that I have any education in this field, it's just that I was raised by a practical woman who was a bacteriologist. I always thought that your body has organs to cleanse out the toxins, so if you eat pretty well, why deprive yourself and be hungry and cranky.
But, being a person that loves Mondays, New Years Day and even trash day, I was intrigued by the idea of cleansing. I have heard about all different kinds, and most of them sounded too expensive, too unhealthy or too depriving. I had read about the Blue Print Cleanse, and then saw the book at a friend's house, and there were a few things I instantly liked. 1. You could order the juices (about $80.00 a day delivered), or make them yourself (bingo!). 2. The calorie intake is about 1100/day, which is not far from what I eat when I am "being good" and 3. there was a paragraph in the book that made sense to me. It said back in the day when you (well not you, but your great grandparents) knew where all your food came from, when the earth, air and water wasn't filled with pollutants, when food didn't have dyes and scary ingredients, then your body could certainly cleanse itself. But now, it needs help. Is it true? I don't know, but I bought it. Plus I need to lose a few pounds, and start eating better, so I thought this sounded like a good way to start.
Lucky for me, my husband wanted to do it too, so last night we went to Costco and Whole Foods and bought up a storm. Technically, everything should be organic, but take a look at the picture. If I bought all that at Whole Foods, I'd need a second mortgage on my house.
Wish us luck! I'll let you know how it goes, and blog about it along the way.
