The Plan
In case you wanted to follow along with my Year of the Detox, here is a basic outline of how the year will go. More specifics will be included as the particular months approach.
January – Get Hydrated
February – Get Moving
March – Replenish Enzymes
April – Supply Myself with Supplements
May – I’m sweet enough without the added sugar!
June – Go Organic
July – Detox my surroundings
August – Love my digestive system
September – Anti-inflammatory month
October – Bare essentials! Keeping my skin clean
November – Liquid Life!
December – Rejuvenation of the spirit and release of stress
As you can see, I have quite the year ahead of me! The basic idea is to have one, master goal for each month and have several rules to achieve that goal per month.
For example, in January my goal is to Get Hydrated. To achieve my goal, I will need to do the following:
1. Drink at least eight, 8 oz. glasses of water per day, slowly sipping throughout the day up until 9:00 p.m.
2. Drink another 8 oz. glass for every 30 minutes of exercise that I engage in.
3. Drink another 8 oz. glass if I consume a caffeinated beverage such as coffee (unlikely…yuck) or cola.
4. Drink another 8 oz. glass if I consume any fiber supplement during the day.
I know, it seems like a crazy amount of water to consume, but I seriously need to rehydrate myself before I think I can engage in any detox program legitimately. Each month will build upon the previous. I will attempt to maintain the rules from each month as I move forward, but I will make sure that every new goal is the priority in its home month. I’m hoping that by slowly building, this detox will become habit and something that I can maintain over time and improve my health in a long term way.
I love your plan. It’s simple, and gives you time to build new healthy habits.
Thanks! That’s the idea, create habits in monthly chunks.
One thing at the time is probably the best way to turn changes into habits! Good plan
Thanks Julie! I really hope so, I’m getting ansy to get going, but I know trying to do all this during the holiday season is a recipe for disaster. lol
keep us all updated so we know what to do.
Absolutely, I will make my simple steps as clear as possible
From your description of how you feel, you sound like you have yeast overgrowth. I’m not a big believer of hocky alternative medicine but I’ve been through several yeast detoxes (several because I’ve been bad and not stuck to the plan) and they worked wonders on my health. I’m currently trying another one because I recently got Interstitial Cystitis and suspect there is a yeast link to that too.
God luck with your quest!
Thanks Susan!
I have been on a yeast detox for 6 weeks before…man, it IS SO HARD! I’m hoping the gradual nature of my plan will make the whole thing a little easier. Whatever is going on in my body, I suspect it has layers and layers to it, this will cover the major bases and I’ll go from there.
Cheers!
Once you get used to drinking all that water you will never go back! I drink 2-3L each day depending on what I eat or drink and my activities.
That’s awesome, your cells must be nice and round, and your colon super happy
I love your “February- Get Moving” plan. It is made up of perfect bite-sized chunks! It’s time to make me a priority!
That’s great!!! I’m so glad it spoke to you
Been thinking – where does sleep come into a detox? Do you sleep well? For me, sleep – quality and duration – makes all the difference as to whether or not I feel “well”.
I have sleep on my to tackle list, it starts in December with the stress detox. I agree, it can be a huge part of your feeling of well being.