That whole crazy food thing

This past Christmas season was a tornado of chocolate, milkshakes, cake, brownies, chocolate coated peanut butter balls, fudge and many other sugar-saturated sweets. I ate with abandon. With gusto. With glee. And then the effects started to kick in. My body used up the last of it's emergency store of actual nutrients and all hell broke loose as enemy ranks broke through the immunity fortress.

Anyways- I stopped posting what I eat because I forgot, and also because the daily food list would have shamed me and my family. Here's a sample:

- 2 Peanut butter balls
- Frisco melt and fries, cherry coke and turtle chocolate milkshake
- Banana bread
- Copious amounts of coffee with mint-chocolate-truffle cream

It wasn't pretty.

So I went on my detox diet which prohibits sugar in any form, starches in any form (including carrots and sweet potatoes), beans, caffeine, most fruits, most dairy, vinegar, anything with yeasts such as bread and beer and wine (this also includes a vast amount of broths, soups and other products one might not suspect), overly processed meats like bologna, any fungus or fungus containing foods (mushrooms, peanuts, pistachios, melons), and most grains.

I've also added several vitamin supplements, a daily dish of goats milk yogurt, and I drink a variety of herbal teas throughout the day, including a Chinese detox tea at bedtime.

I started cheating on the no caffeine three days in- I couldn't stand the headaches. So I have a small cup of coffee in the morning and some green tea.

I have gone on this diet before, but I was still living at home and it wasn't easy to stick to as I wasn't really buying my own groceries at the time. My parents subsist mainly on canned vegetables (mostly peas and corn, both not allowed), mashed potatoes (also not allowed), breads (again), and small amounts of meat.
This time, I have done really well. It's been over a week now and I've barely cheated. I've even lost 6 pounds. I used to have heartburn and indigestion almost every day but I haven't experienced any this past week.

In another week I'll add beans, starchy vegetables, a limited selection of fruits, and a limited selection of grains such as brown rice, oats and millet back into the diet. I'll also add limited quantities of cream and cheese, but I will stick to almond or rice milk. Chocolate almond milk is really good, by the way!

I've also been phasing out any foods raised/grown with toxic pesticides, antibiotics and hormones which can be especially detrimental to women's health. We are delicate flowers after all.

All this to say, I feel better each day, I've been concocting some of the most delicious meals, and I'm one less person/household supporting the corporate food machine. I highly recommend it and I want to share it with the world.