Detox took me down.

 

If you have spoken with me in the last few days or have checked out my Instagram, then you probably saw that I have started a cleanse/detox. Currently, Newbie and I have a bet to see who can lose 10 pounds first. Whoever does wins $20. I know what you're probably thinking: "Oh, so you're doing this for him? You need to do this for yourself, Jess." Believe me, I am. But when Newbie challenges me, I never turn it down. This time, however, I am determined to win me $20 and lose 10 pounds in the midst of it before bikini season. I told him I didn't want to be at the beach and he say, "Babe. You need to cover up."

So, what has been my plan of attack?

Of course, Pinterest came to rescue. After searching through some detox/cleanse plans, I found one that would be fairly easy to follow.



Seems simple right? Nothing too crazy or that involves some nasty, random juicing and tons of protein shakes. On top of this cleanse, I decided to cut out all coffee and alcohol. I thought the alcohol would be hard. Wrong- and let me tell you why.

I was all excited about Day 1, which was on Saturday. I got up early and went to bootcamp at The Mill. Of course, I almost threw up three times. I was reminded of how bad my endurance has gotten. However, it was so nice to see people who have been doing this boot camp for two months sweating and dying as much as I was that morning. On the way home, I treated myself to a strawberry banana smoothie. I know- I wasn't supposed to have bananas today but I couldn't help myself at Bella. I then went to the grocery store and stocked up on some apples, Cuties, watermelon, cantaloupe, etc. I thought, I can do this! Who doesn't love fruit?

Candice invited me to ride with her and Hallie to Greenville. On my way to her house, I started to get a major headache. I took some Tylenol as soon as I got to her house. Candice had me fix some strawberries and blueberries for the road because I was getting hungry again. As I sat in the back, I just started to feel--gross. Almost weak and just really craving something to eat with substance. I sucked on my water and berries. As we were walking downtown, Candice convinced me to get a salad to munch on. We stopped at Luna Rosa and ordered a spinach salad with grilled shrimp. It was so flippin' good. I felt a little bit better but then soon my headache returned times four. We ran to a few other stores and I just began to feel worse and worse. We went through Total Wine to pick out wine to enjoy after our 2 week healthy eating/cleanse (Candice is doing something similar) and I didn't even enjoy that. I was just like, "Grab that...yeah that looks good. Get two of them. I don't care." Total Wine was even having free wine tasting and I passed on the opportunity! It's pretty bad when I didn't enjoy picking out wine to indulge in when my time is up. As we went to pick up Hallie, I became incredibly sleepy. I wasn't really hungry: just exhausted and hurting. I thought to myself, "I am not sure this $20 is worth it."

It was so bad that when we got back to Spartanburg, Hallie had to drive me home in Candice's car with Candice driving my car home. I crawled into bed and passed out around 6. I didn't wake up til 1 AM. My head wasn't as bad but I had no desire to move out of my bed.

What happened to me on day 1? I'm assuming the no coffee. I am used to drinking multiple upon multiple large cups in the morning. Then, to go cold turkey without one about did me in. Wait, it did do me in.

Day 2: I woke up this morning feeling ok. Still a slight headache but not near as bad as the day before. I weighed myself and saw that I was down 2 pounds! What in the world! This is great! Then, ever so eagerly, I went and made me one small cup of coffee with just a tad of sugar and a little bit of skim milk. I chugged that cup down like my life depended on it. You know what? No headache today. At all. I felt wonderful. Today I was supposed to consume veggies. I had carrots for breakfast then went on a 3 mile walk/run with Robin. Returning to the grocery store, I stocked up on some more fruit and veggies for today and tomorrow. For lunch I had some soy beans (not a lot because those tend to be very starchy). For dinner, I had spaghetti squash and my one baked potato. Amazing. At first when I finished dinner, I wanted to eat more, like a handful of Cheese-Its. But I restrained and sucked on my water bottle. Now, I can honestly say I am content. I'm not full, but I'm not starving.

We'll see how I feel tomorrow after Day 3. I hope I haven't retained too much water. If anything, I am really getting in some good, clean healthy foods in my diet this week. So, let's toast our water bottles to me winning $20!