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[Guest guest]

My name is Jill..39 yo. Due to medical problems my beloved P.A.C.

suggested going vegetarian and eventually vegan. Starting off with a

dextoxification really has helped me even though those days were the

most awful that I can remember in a very long time. Due to work

constraints, I wasn't able to accomplish my goal and I really only feel

half cleansed. Does anyone have any hints or personal info to share?

I do strongly suggest for any newbie sloughing off the need to eat

things that are bad for you to research and undergo a detoxification.

I don't think I could have went from " Yeah!!! a Big Mac " to making

smart choices and not feeling like I was suffering by 'doing without',

by not undertaking the fasting and detox process. Glad to be a part of

the group.

[Guest guest]

Jill - I think you will find wonderful advice and support within this group.

Hang in there. I

can tell you it may require a great deal of discipline.

I personally had a hard time giving up a LOT of the things I now know were

bad for my

body. I took the pressure off by saying to myself, " if I really want something,

I'll just have

it. " Now, I am eating 95% No Wheat (except sprouted), No Dairy, No Sugar, LOW

Sodium,

No meat, No Alcohol, No caffeine. What I did at first was to try going Cold

Turkey. That

worked with the caffeine for example, but then I was slipping with the cheese,

or the salty

chips. So I decided NOT to give up everything at once. I did one thing at a

time. AND I

gave myself permission to have anything I wanted on Saturdays - a cheeseburger -

ice

cream - a beer - ANYTHING. After working so hard to eat healthy during the

week. I went

crazy the first Saturday - and then felt like shit, physically. Now when

Saturday rolls

around I hardly even WANT to eat anything I don't eat during the week. As my

friend said,

your body starts to crave what's in it.

I have never done a DETOX or FAST. Low Blood sugar makes fasting difficult

for me. I

can tell you that completely overhauling your diet to a Vegan - even mostly

Vegan diet will

do the detoxing for you. Once you are eating SO healthy - then an OCCASIONAL

slice of

pizza when out with friends or scoop of ice cream isn't going to kill you - just

don't overdo

it and try to make those treats organic.

Once last thing that helps me tremendously: I have a very close friend who

is also on

this same journey. We talk about things nearly every day -share new discoveries

at the

market, go to a Vegan restaurant together, buy each other cookbooks. It helps

to have a

friend to validate what you are doing and your progress. You can find some of

that here

on this blog - but try and find a person around you, or make a new friend, who

will

support and encourage what you are doing. all the best, Tony

[Guest guest]

Tony,

I am a friendly lurker. I've never posted with this group but just adore reading

everyone

else's posts. Everyone's so dear and friendly and I've learned bunches.

In particular, your summary of your trek from unhealthy to healthy eater really

resonated

with me because I'm looking at giving up a lot (most) of the things you

mentioned giving

up and the way you did it makes so much sense to me. I absolutely relate to the

part of

your story where you pigged out the first Saturday and felt so awful. Exactly

what I would

have done!

Thank you so much for giving me the inspiration to continue and for outlining

such a

sensible method!

Ginger Clark

Southern California

 

 

, " tony sears " <tonysears wrote:

>

> Jill - I think you will find wonderful advice and support within this group.

Hang in there.

I

> can tell you it may require a great deal of discipline.

> I personally had a hard time giving up a LOT of the things I now know

were bad for

my

> body. I took the pressure off by saying to myself, " if I really want

something, I'll just

have

> it. " Now, I am eating 95% No Wheat (except sprouted), No Dairy, No Sugar,

LOW

Sodium,

> No meat, No Alcohol, No caffeine. What I did at first was to try going Cold

Turkey. That

> worked with the caffeine for example, but then I was slipping with the cheese,

or the

salty

> chips. So I decided NOT to give up everything at once. I did one thing at a

time. AND I

> gave myself permission to have anything I wanted on Saturdays - a cheeseburger

- ice

> cream - a beer - ANYTHING. After working so hard to eat healthy during the

week. I

went

> crazy the first Saturday - and then felt like shit, physically. Now when

Saturday rolls

> around I hardly even WANT to eat anything I don't eat during the week. As my

friend

said,

> your body starts to crave what's in it.

> I have never done a DETOX or FAST. Low Blood sugar makes fasting

difficult for me.

I

> can tell you that completely overhauling your diet to a Vegan - even mostly

Vegan diet

will

> do the detoxing for you. Once you are eating SO healthy - then an OCCASIONAL

slice of

> pizza when out with friends or scoop of ice cream isn't going to kill you -

just don't

overdo

> it and try to make those treats organic.

> Once last thing that helps me tremendously: I have a very close friend

who is also on

> this same journey. We talk about things nearly every day -share new

discoveries at the

> market, go to a Vegan restaurant together, buy each other cookbooks. It helps

to have a

> friend to validate what you are doing and your progress. You can find some of

that here

> on this blog - but try and find a person around you, or make a new friend, who

will

> support and encourage what you are doing. all the best, >

[Guest guest]

I'm new here too, this is a great group! Everyone is so friendly and

helpful!

 

I'm in the process of changing my eating habits, and I know how hard it

can be for sure. One of things that led me to the change was the

Ultra Simple Diet by Dr Mark Hyman - it's a 7 day (initially) detox

diet that leads you eventually into identifying what foods you're

sensitive to (wheat, dairy, eggs, corn etc) and might be causing

inflammation and other problems (sinus congestion, joint pain,

constipation etc). He includes some meat (chicken) but also says it

can be meatless, using beans etc. I mention this as it might be a way

for you to start the transition, having been there myself. I've always

had a hard time changing my eating habits, always felt hungry

and " deprived " but on his diet I had NO cravings and felt satisfied.

Unfortunately the holidays came and I got out of the good habits I had

started to form with it, but I'm ready to get back to it.

 

Like I said, I found it to be a good way to transition from eating " not

good for me things " into (eventually - I'm still making changes)

becoming vegan (I'm still not totally familar with all the different

types but I'll get there!). You might want to check it out, it's the

easiest thing to follow (and I've tried them all!). It's not just

about weight loss, it's also about health. Maybe your library has the

book (it's a small novel size paperback) if you want to check it out.

 

 

Jann