Detox Day 9

Another great day in the books. Sleep is great and I'm feeling full all day long. I never would have guessed that eating less and eating better would get rid of my cravings for bad food and give me more sustained energy. What a perk!

Today Shell informed me that she's down 2 inches and almost 13 pounds from the start of the program. (Originally I thought it was 19, but she corrected me last night.) That's insane. She's losing almost 2lb/day. The odd thing is that it's coming off in a healthy way. Her body is just flushing all the toxins and left over food out of her digestive track. She's having more bowel movements and her energy level is up just like mine. As a result, it's a positive cycle. She eats well so her body functions right. Her body functions right, so she feels better. She feels better so she's more active. She's more active so she's loses weight and accomplishes more. She's accomplishing more and looking better, so she's incentivized to keep up the diet. Now that's a pattern I can get behind.

As my own testimonial, I'm down about 12 pounds from last Monday. I'm quite a bit bigger than Shell, though, so hers is absolutely amazing. I'm so proud of my wifey for lifey.

Here's my day 9 diet:

9am: Shake

11am: 1lb Gala Apple (score!!)

1pm: Shell brought in some sweet veggie rolls that she learned how to make at Whole Foods. I should have snapped a picture. They were amazing. Hopefully she makes them again.

3pm: 6oz homemade ratatouille

4pm: 4oz bag of baby carrots

5:30pm: 9oz Lentil soup and shake (strawberry. mmmm)

8:30pm: 1/2 Organic Food Bar

9:30pm: 1/2 Organic Food Bar (I couldn't help it :-) )

11:30pm: Shell's amazing raspberry salad. (spinach leaves, baby white mushrooms, raspberries, grapes, grape tomatoes)

Another great day. Thursday we can start adding fish and lean meats back into our diet.