MY CLEANSE/DETOX DAY DAY 19

O.K. I broke it.................On Wednesday night I went to my son's Christmas concert and they had a fabulous dinner afterwards, with glorious red wine.  Oh well, one glass in 19 days, not to bad, I don't think.  I am back on track now.

MY CLEANSE/DETOX DAY 17

Day 17 and going strong!  This is a piece of cake!!  I haven't had any cravings for caffeine, but have to admit that I have had a few for red wine...

MY DETOX/CLEANSE DAY 10

Still doing great!  Yesterday, I made some cookies using xylitol for my children-they loved them!  They came out soft instead of crispy but I think it is because of the xylitol.  Sugar would crystalize and make the cookies crispy whereas xylitol doesn't.  Oh well, the goal was to satisfy there sugar cravings and I think I accomplished this, so each week I shall bake a new batch....

MY CLEANSE/DETOX DAY 7

Day 7 and feeling fabulous!  I am definitely going to do these cleansers more often.  In fact, starting this week, I am getting ready to make all kinds of healthy sweet treats for my kids with carob and xylitol.  I will be sharing those recipes on my blog.  I feel like I am over the worst now and can keep going for my 30 days as planned, just in time for the holidays....don't know if anybody is even reading this, but it keeps me going anyway.....

MY CLEANSE/DETOX DAY 5

Day 5 and feeling great!  I truly feel more wide-eyed and less irritable.....Funny, I thought that the caffeine would make one feel wide eyed!  Tonight will be a hard one to resist a glass of nice red wine, as we are having pizza -let's see.....

MY CLEANSE/DETOX DAY 4

Day 4 and doing great!  The headache has subsided and I must say I just feel so much better drinking more water.  I even resisted a cup of afternoon tea with my son's 5 year birthday cake yesterday.  I am really enjoying drinking South African Rooibos tea, which is delicious and really good for you...

FOLLOW MY CLEANSE/DETOXIFICATION

I absolutely love good red wine and good coffee!  However, I have decided to cut these out of my daily consumption for the next 30 days.  Eeek, what will I do without my morning cup of coffee and my so looked forward to glass of red wine as the sun is setting over the ocean whilst I am cooking?  Well, I started yesterday and so far so good.  I have a massive headache right now from the caffeine withdrawal.  I have also cut out tea containing caffeine and again this will be huge for me, as I very much enjoy a cup of tea in the afternoons.  I am replacing my fluids with lots of water (which I seriously am bad about drinking in general) and fruit juices that do not contain sugar.

SO LET'S SEE HOW I GO AND HOW I FEEL AT THE END.  I have never been able to stick to one of these cleansers, but I am hoping that if I record it in my blog, it will give me the vuma to keep going.