Day 2-


Today's diet:
On waking: Hot water with a slice of lemon.
Breakfast: A bowl of 'Liver Cleansing' muesli, with rice milk and a chopped banana. Green tea
Morning snack: Raw carrot sticks, raw green beans, raw broccoli. Orange and cinnamon tea.
Mid-morning: LIVER FLUSH followed by peppermint tea
Lunch: Vegetable stir-fry (orange and purple carrots, broccoli, baby spinach, baby corn, green beans, fresh garlic, fresh ginger) and 4 small falafel patties.
Afternoon snack: Peppermint tea
Dinner: Chicken breast with leek and barley risotto and vegetables (beans, carrot, brussel sprouts and bok choy).
After dinner snack: Lemon & Ginger tea with 1 tsp honey.
At least 2 litres of filtered water throughout the day.

Got a fantastic 9 hours of sleep last night, only woke up a few times. Wake up at 6am, feeling great, no need for coffee, though the smell of my husband brewing it is enough to bring on a craving. Breakfast is muesli, by a company called 'food for health'. Believe it or not this is the only muesli I could find without fruit or fruit juice, along with being free of everything else I'm not supposed to eat, wheat, yeast, sugar etc. It tastes great but becomes rather gloopy if heated, I'm guessing because of the added slippery-elm powder, which "contains a gel-like substance" according to the back of the box. It still tastes great though, especially with banana.

The Liver Flush is another matter entirely. Went for a brisk walk beforehand as recommended, then came home and prepared my cocktail. 300mls of mixed grapefruit and lemon juice, 200mls of filtered water, the juice of 2 garlic cloves and 1 small piece of ginger and 2 tablespoons of olive oil- in a blender on high until a pleasant light yellow pastel colour and frothy. Tasted bloody awful, tried to drink it fast but just couldn't. The next recommendation is 20 deep breaths followed by a 2 hour lie-down, maybe so you don't bring it back up again. I use the time to meditate and do a bit of creative visualisation, which is supposed to be part of the 'Maintenance Program' which applies to the 3 weeks following the Detox. Just making your mind quiet and then visualising the outcome you desire from your current actions. I'm picturing myself looking healthy and gorgeous in some of my favourite clothes that no longer fit me.

I try to do a yoga session on DVD but it's almost impossible as my gorgeous toddler gets bored with trying to do the 'yoghurt' poses and starts jumping on me at every opportunity. I might have to find a more upright and active form of exercise, aerobics or zumba or something, that I can do with my daughter. Yoga will have to wait until I have some time to myself.

Really enjoy lunch, very colourful and healthy and I find it hard to eat too much. My husband and I clean out the shed after lunch and then I start to feel a bit tired. So I do a bit more relaxing and I assess how I'm feeling generally. I'm getting a few headaches, not too bad though and I'm feeling a bit tired, especially after physical work, but still none of the other side-effects. I'm a little worried that for some reason the Detox isn't working on me, but I guess it's early days yet. How can it not work? These are the Top Ten Detox rules:

NO RED MEAT
NO DAIRY PRODUCE
NO FRUIT- EXCEPT BANANAS
NO WHEAT, GLUTEN OR YEAST
NO ALCOHOL
NO BISCUITS, CAKES, DOGHNUTS
NO JAMS OR SPREADS- EXCEPT HONEY
NO COFFEE OR DECAFFEINATED COFFEE OR TEA- EXCEPT HERBAL TEAS
NO SUGAR, CHOCOLATE OR SWEETS
NO ARTIFICIALLY PRODUCED FLAVOURINGS: TOMATO KETCHUP, VINEGAR, MUSTARD ETC.

Obviously it is a bit more complicated than that, but with all of these things cut from my diet I can't help but feel a positive effect.

Tomorrow I will be out all day and have to put together a meal-plan that will travel with me, bearing all of the restrictions in mind...