Ok so I have had a lot of questions asked about kick starting a routine and getting your body ready for the good stuff, including the best detox to use. I'm just going to say it...I do not believe in doing a detox. Please tell me how how drinking 8 oz of water with lemon for every meal for 5 days will "jump start" your body and (lets use the choice word) "detox." It won't.
A good analogy I love to use is think of your body as a car. Most of us love our car. We try to keep it clean, when it gets dirty we clean it, when it needs an oil change we go get it changed, and when our check in engine light goes off, we go get it looked at. Most importantly, when it needs gas, we fill it up because a car as we all know, cannot run on empty. Your body is so much like a car! When our bodies are sick or our "check engine" light comes on, we go to the doctor. When we put a lot of sugars, candy, processed food, soda, too many carbs, not enough water, our bodies feel dirty. Satisfied sometimes don't get me wrong :) but dirty. And something I had to learn the hard way, when you don't feed your body and your expected to do an hour work out running on nothing, how do you expect your body to complete your workout...it can't. Fun analogy, but also so true.
One word however I DO like, is cleanse! Your body can always use a healthy cleanse every now and again. To get out all the built up toxins and help you feel just a little bit healthier. I don't know of any of you watch or love Dr Oz, but I love him! He is really smart when it comes to these cleansing meals. And they only last up to 3 days, anything longer makes your body go into starvation mode and after your cleanse, a lot of people's first instinct is to EAT. And then after they do that, they want to binge. Haha. So what he recommends is to mix in your cleanse shakes with your daily meals! Genius. Not only are you not having the urge to snack, these cleanse shakes are so filling and low ok calories that if you wanted to, you could make it apart of your daily diet.
All in all, don't detox your body. Those "Lose 10 pounds in 10 days" are called crash diets, simply because you crash. If you're looking to lose weight, the healthy way is always the better way. Me personally, I had to learn everything the hard way. I would run on no food, drink Advocare's Spark energy drink twice a day to keep moving (don't get me wrong, it's an awesome pre work out and morning drink that I will still drink) but your body can't function on 90 calories of fruit punch flavored water that makes you feel like your on crack with nothing else in your tummy. If you want to kick start a diet, start by cutting out unnecessary carbs, sugar, and get out and go on a walk! You can't tell me that marathon runners because awesome over night. There is a lot of blood sweat and tears that come with trying something new and looking for a visual result, but these things take time and patience. Remember it's all about what you feed your body. It's 70% what you eat, and 30% what you do in your free time. Also a good app to look into is My Fitness Pal. It's AMAZING! I don't know if any of you have seen my dad lately, but he's a walking result thanks for My Fitness Pal. But anyways long story short, Dr Oz has great recipes for cleanse meals so check out his website! Down below are some of my favorites that I would highly recommend :) Happy Tuesday!
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