The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet: Activate Your Body's Natural Ability to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Fast (35 page)

Before the 10-Day Detox program, I had convinced myself that I would never again see the confident, relaxed, positive person who used to live inside my body. Over the last twenty years, food had become my enemy rather than my friend. I didn’t even realize the connection between food and my emotions because I believed I was following the principles of a healthy diet… i.e., the food pyramid. In hindsight, I can see that the foods I had been eating left me depressed, irritable, and by midday, lethargic. My attitude went along for the ride, causing me to respond to those around me in a manner of frustration and impatience. After twenty years of trying to “eat right,” I had gained sixty pounds and no longer even liked myself. I felt trapped, unlovable, and so very ashamed, stuck somewhere in what I thought was the land of no return.

After the 10-Day Detox, my emotions are miraculously changing. I feel more confident, less anxious, more enthusiastic and energetic. Losing those toxins cleared my thinking. I am now feeling I can find long-term health, recover from those years of being lost in the gloom, and move forward with a positive attitude and resolve. I have lost nine pounds and continue to work toward a healthier lifestyle. I will never go back to my old way of eating. Detoxing my body and mind has recovered the hope that the person I was created to be still resides within my body, and I really like her.

—WENDY FREEMAN

Take your measurements and record your results in your Detox Journal or online tracking tool. Also record how many hours of sleep you got the night before and the quality of that sleep.

Begin the day with thirty minutes of brisk walking or other exercise.

Just before breakfast, take 2.5 to 5 grams of PGX fiber: 3 to 6 capsules or ½ to 1 scoop of the powder in 10 ounces of water.

Take the rest of your supplements with breakfast.

Make your Breakfast Detox Shake (see menu plan below).

Optional: Enjoy a midmorning snack (see menu plan below).

Just before lunch, take 2.5 to 5 grams of PGX fiber with water.

Eat lunch (see menu plan below).

Optional: Enjoy a midafternoon snack (see menu plan below).

Just before dinner, take 2.5 to 5 grams of PGX fiber with a glass of water.

Take the rest of your supplements with dinner.

Eat dinner (see menu plan below).

Spend fifteen minutes recording your experience and answering the Day 5 Journal Questions listed
here
. Write down everything you ate and did today, how you feel, any improvements or changes in your energy and focus, and how these changes make you feel physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Practice the Take-Five Breathing Break for 5 minutes.

Take your twenty-to-thirty-minute UltraDetox Bath .

Get seven to eight hours of sleep.