DETOX PREP: Fail to plan..Plan to Fail.

As D. Day approaches.. (my Detox starts 'proper' on Friday) I'm getting lots of messages from Twitter, Facebook and 'real people' ! who want to follow and join in the Detox Blog but are worried about sticking to an exact programme.

I've given links to the programmes I am following, but I'd love you to get involved even if you're following a different or altered programme.

It's all about 'shared experience'..the highs when your skin has a glow or you fit into jeans and, of course, the 'Fail days'..when we cave to temptation.

I live alone and am the first to accept that in lots of ways this makes my Detox easier...I don't have the aromas of temptation around me. One young mum has commented she fears even her toddlers porridge will look tempting 3 days in!

Another reluctant participant (to be fair she is a mum and has her own Beauty Salon to run...she knows who she is but i'm observing client confidentiality here!!) has asked if it's possible to stick to the rules ...but using Pret a Manger to supply her salads and soups! Great. Brilliant. Go for it. This experience, after all, is:

to see if it actually is possible to Detox effectively in our real world's - without retreating (literally) to far flung corners of the earth.

Do your best.That is all you can do.
Follow whatever programme you are most likely to stick to..the basic ground rules are the same. So...in the hope that i'm catching you all still 'stuffed' with Christmas excesses - let's just do it in one quick 'ripping off the plaster' moment...below is a list of what MUST NOT PASS YOUR LIPS ON A DETOX:

Caffeine + alcohol - including black tea

Nicotene and any other recreational drugs.

All Wheat products- including bread

Complex Carbohydrates - including pasta and rice

All complex protein - including meat products and eggs

All dairy produce including milk

Salt and harsh spices

Hydrogenated fats

Artificial sweeteners including commercial chocolate and biscuits

Food additives and preservatives

Fried Foods

Ready Meals and Microwave Meals

Fizzy drinks, cordials and non-fresh juices.

Ouch! Wasn't too bad was it?

Please follow the blog and comment ...let me know if you're trying different programmes ..or the same..and how you are planning.

Remember it's only 7 days...surely our 'insides' deserve an Annual Holiday too!

Prendsletemps.

Purification - moving the mountain to Biarritz

RIGHT NOW I am meant to be 'en route' to a month long purification programme in India. ACTUALLY (for various reasons - mainly relating to moving and dogs) I will be staying at home (Biarritz - could be worse!) for the month of January.

Always a 'glass half full' kind of girl..I have decided this is 'meant to be'..and I will still use the 1st month of 2011 to focus on purification - using the opportunity to re-launch my wellbeing blog.

In general, the blog will continue to focus on health, beauty, aromatherapy, retreats and wellbeing..Naturally!

Specifically, through the whole of January, I will blog a daily diary of whether or not it is possible to detox 'in the real world'. I will trial two separate detox programmes and add in my own natural remedies.

Throughout January, I will use only completely home-made natural 'products' (I'll tell you how to make face masks, body scrubs etc) to compliment the detox process. I will also add in some recommended treatments and activities.

SO...this detox is accessible to all...WHY NOT JOIN ME?

I will begin the first programme
Tanya Alekseeva's: 'Complete 7 day Detox Programme'
the second week in January..so you have time to take a look at the link and see if you fancy joining me.

This ebook contains shopping lists, all recipies..everything you need to get ready.
It costs £15 and is available via this link. http://www.betterraw.com/2010/12/your-complete-7-day-detox-program-is_19.html

I must add that I have never met Tanya and know her by reputation only!
I have purchased the programme as an ordinary un-biased consumer.

This particular programme is based on raw food. There is no 'fasting period'..you eat every day. This does mean that shopping and advance food prep is required!!

I will follow on from this with a second more ...ahem...comprehensive colon cleanse. Based here in France, Fiona Robertson runs colon cleansing retreats and has launched her Home Detox Box. This programme includes fasting (but with syllium and clay shakes!)..pro-biotics and yes...colon cleansing!

Check out the link below and start to think if you could progress to this with me the last week of January!

http://www.home-detox-box.com/weight-loss-colon-cleanse-detox-liver-flush.html

Meanwhile, please follow the blog, leave comments and get involved...most things are more fun done together...detoxing has to be one of them!

Prendsletemps.