One of my friends issued the challenge to undertake a 21 day cleanse. It took me a few days to respond. I found that I had some work to do in my mind before I could even do the practice for my body. A cleanse can be just as rigorous for both parts of us! We have many issues tied up with food…many justifications to continue eating how we eat and lots of reasons to postpone this exercise of will. I’ll share some of my process with you and give you an idea of how to do the cleanse for yourself.
To discipline yourself during your cleanse eating whole unprocessed foods, eliminating caffeine, meat, sugar and alcohol requires more than sticking to the proper foods. It requires the right attitude as well. We really claim our space during a cleanse.
Coming as I do from Catholic Italian descent on my Dad’s side, I would get the “What, we aren’t “good enough for you?” guilt trip just because I have made a personal choice about how I want to receive nourishment. On that side of my family (the heart attack, diabetes side) food IS intimacy…case closed. The attitude that ‘you don’t like my food, you don’t like me’ is one that I have had to work on for myself. I did consider becoming a recluse for the dietary period, though that would only be empowering fear. I chose to empower acceptance instead.
Luckily, I have a multitude of friends willing to cleanse in synergy! So at last count, there are 25 of us who have, for the sake of the larger picture of Health, decided to cleanse. We are sharing in the fun of storytelling over the 21 days of our personal journey. We come up with plans and recipes, strategies and tricks. Sometimes we have to empower honesty and acceptance by admitting we were powerless over a brownie on a particularly bad day.
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