Trying to Reset

I usually hate self-help books - like if it's self-help why do I need to pay you to do it for me - but I recently found one that I like and might be considered to be a part of that genre. The book, The Wellness Remodel, is basically about wellness and change, about nutrition and nurturing your spirit and body, yada yada. This is not about the book really, though, but about how I am feeling on the second day of this detox, or "reset," as they call it. So basically you are flushing your body of all the crappy food you eat so that you can start eating nutritiously - notice I didn't say start eating right, but that's a tangent for another time. 

I love the idea of flushing it all out and starting with a technically clean slate. I hate the idea of drinking lemon water and nasty breakfast smoothies at the start of my day, but there's something here. So I start my day with lemon water, then for "breakfast" there is this tastes-like grass/dirt smoothie. For your morning snack, you get to eat an actual breakfast - thank goodness. 

I write all this to write - I woke up today feeling different. Yes, it is only the morning of Day 2, but I have had stomach issues for a very, very long time so I can tell when there is even the slightest change. There may be something to this dairy, gluten, and processed sugar-free life. (In fairness, I will never stop eating dairy or gluten, haha, I love baked mac and cheese too much...oh and cheese with my eggs, yes please.) I can, however, evaluate how these things have impacted my gut health (and my mood because a girl can get downright grouchy when she has a stomach ache ALL THE TIME)...at the end of these 14 days I will slowly introduce them back and I am so excited about that. 

I am excited about finally finding a healthy, and fun, solution to my stomach and weight issues after a million and one tests - some quite invasive. To be forced, for lack of a better word, to try new recipes, exercises, mindfullness techniques - all slowly but surely with only one end goal - being and feeling well. I mean I hope to lose some weight in the process, but my overall health is more important here. 

So today I feel, proud of myself.