If you follow this blog you know that I have been on the Clean Detox diet and today is the one week milestone. It's been great eating only whole foods and one meal a day for the past week. The hard part has been quitting coffee, which was really tough for the first four days. I've been drinking green tea, which is a great substitute. My wife has been struggling with hunger, while I have not had an appetite until that daily lunch is served.


For those unfamiliar with this detox regimen, here's the short version. Eliminate all processed foods, caffeine, alcohol, simple carbs for 3 weeks. During the 3 weeks eat one meal a day and a smoothie in the morning and evening. You also take a number of supplements which help with the detox. The benefits are cleaning your body of the toxins which have accumulated over the years, restore energy and balance in your life, lose some weight and feel great. After week 3 we're on "maintenance" which means eating a couple meals a day, but sticking to the same whole foods diet. The diet also recommends eating organic foods only as well, so you don't introduce any toxins into your body while detoxing. We bought a high-end juicer to create some healthy juices when we go into maintenance mode.


So far I feel great. More relaxed, calm and energetic. I think 'clean' is a great name for this detox, because it really describes how I feel. My wife has found the online support forums to be a great resource.