What are the steps?

Eat eggs, eggs are bad. All protein & no carb. Balanced 40/30/30 plan. What is right? Every diet guru is selling you something, their interpretation of healthy, oh and they are trying to make a buck or two. I get so frustrated with being pulled in so many directions only to feel that I know less than before & I am stuck in the same miserable spot.

A few documentaries found their way to me while being snowed in for storm Draco. Ironically they both spoke of the health benefits of juicing. Now, before you scream in frustration let me share some thoughts. They spoke of always starting a "diet" on Monday & although you were unhealthy on Sunday suddenly Monday you feel deprived. This is me to a T. We start to focus on what we can't have. Rather than retraining our minds to think that we CAN have it, but we CHOOSE not to. Part of the problem is that we do not accept the fact that for days before we were accepting lots of junk into our system without thinking twice, and now we think that chocolate cravings will kill us.

I have come to understand that I am a sugar addict. I have zero actual sugar in my house, I gave up all soda a year ago, how can this be? We. I do eat bread, I have creamer in my coffee, I add flavoring to the 64oz of water I consume a day. I like things sweet. I will never turn down a good cookie, I enjoy frosting on cake, I will secretly pick up something sweet when I stop somewhere alone. That sounds like addict to me.

I never thought I could give up a soda, the chemically altered, drink I was fond of. After all I did like diet soda so that was okay right? Turns out that diet soda is designed to make you want more & actually increases weight!!

To start 2013 off on a good note I am going to embark on my quest to conquer sugar. To begin I am going to do a juicing cleanse. I am starting with 7 days but we will see if I end up doing 14 or even 21 days. This will also be a period of time away from my beloved coffee. I will be honest that scares me more than juicing for a week or more! I know this is part mental and part physical because I need to clean my body & mind of the toxins I have invested for 35 years.

After the cleanse is done I will be back to clean eating again because that makes me feel much better.

I am going around tomorrow to check price/quality/variety of the fruits & veggies. What a great way to kick off the week! I will share my experiences on here & I look forward to a great year ahead!