Detox Journey - End of Week 2
Week two proved to be a challenge on this detox diet. I started the week off gaining weight. The first day was about a half a pound and the second day I gained another half pound. I was so discouraged. I was following the diet and couldn’t figure out what, if anything, I was doing wrong. I am still unsure but I think I may have figured out in part what was going on. First, and I think most importantly, I wasn’t getting all my water in. At best I was getting in 40 oz a day. Secondly, I wasn’t getting good nights sleep. Lack of sleep can actually cause you to not only hang onto weight, but to gain it as well. Week two had me eating lunch instead of drinking a smoothie. I found myself just eating leftovers from the previous nights supper, as I didn’t want to prep and cook lunch and turn around and prep and cook dinner as well. I did several times anyway. I don’t think that contributed to the weight gain, but certainly dampened my excitement on top of ...