Getting Ready for my cleanse

So the countdown has began to the first day of my quantum wellness cleanse and to be honest I am pretty nervous. I know that it is not going to be that hard to eat the foods that I am supposed to eat but it is the whole making sure that I don't eat something that I am not supposed to. My whole, up until now, I have never really watched what I eat. I have always been too skinny for my health and it has always bothered me. I used to go days and only eat a sandwich and maybe an apple and that would be it! Now that sounds like a really stupid way to live but at that time it was what I wanted to do. It got to that point that everyone had nicknames for me that I hated and just wanted them to all stop so I started to eat. And eat. And eat. And eventually I started to gain weight and become a "normal" size. Now I am about average but feel very blah. I don't feel like I have the energy that I would like to have and I feel the need to work out more then I should. I know that most of the problem is in my head but I am hoping that this cleanse will not only help me physically but mentally as well.

The first step to the cleanse is to record everything that you eat and drink for three days prior to the beginning of the cleanse. Since that it is a big pain and well I am sure you don't really want to read about it I am not going to blog about that. But I will keep you posted on my thoughts and feelings of my blog and how this type of exercise has really effected me.

My plan is that tomorrow is going to be a day of exercise and mental preparation for this adventure I am putting myself on and then Sunday I am going to buy the proper food for my meals and plan out my week of food. I think if I plan out what I am going to eat and when I will be able to manage my life a little better now that the food that I eat is going to be something that I am really going to be looking at. I run a very busy life with being in school part time, working full time and coaching a girls hockey team on Saturdays. I feel that I need to have my life planned out at least a week in advance in order to get what I want/need to get done accomplished.

Any ideas of what I can do to make sure that I follow this plan?

The Quantum Wellness Cleanse Intro

Two good friends of mine told me about this amazing cleanse that they are actually accomplishing right now that helps you flush all impurities from your system. It helps you kick bad habits and makes you eat very healthy for 21 days. I have done other detox and diets before in my life when I was preparing for a sporting event or a time when my life would be changing or more then normally busy just to keep myself feeling healthy and happy but never have I heard of something that could help in so many ways.

So today I went out and bought the book to start my journey on my 21 day cleanse with the help of Kathy Freston. After reading the introduction of this book I was honestly floored by the amount of information that I didn't know about my body and how food effects our every day lives. One thing that I really found interesting was that wanting certain foods or thinking you need a coffee in the morning is nothing more then an addition to that type of food. I never thought of it that way till I read it in this book and now it totally makes sense!

Another thing that really sparked an interest of mine is the fact that fasting (for some people) is a really great way to get rid of impurities in your system very easily. For people who have a little extra weight or those who have a slow metabolism can actually safely fast for a day or two a month. I was always told by friends that fasting is really bad for your body and that it should not be done. But if you have the extra little fat to spare it actually helps you get rid of these impurities much faster then if you were to go on a special diet. The only problem is for the people like myself that do not have the extra fat reserves on their body to rely on. What happens to me in that my body starts to think that it is never going to get food again so any food that I give it will turn into sugar almost instantaneous because my body thinks that that is the last time it is going to get food so it needs to store it.

I find this all so fascinating that I am going to devote my personal blog to my adventure of the 21 days of healing my mind, body and soul. I am starting my blog today because I am prepping myself now for this life changing event starting Monday. So fellow followers, keep posted on what happens to me, what I decide to eat and how I am coping with the change.