Stage 2 - Preparation

HealthPro personal training inspired me to do this detox and they provided me with the following advice:

1. 1 x shot of aloe vera juice per day - I bought a 1000ml bottle of maximum strength aloe vera from Holland & Barrett
2. 1 x Sulpher supplement per day (Methyl-Sulphonyl-Methane (MSM)) - I bought 1500mg MSM tablets (suitable for vegans) from Julian Graves
3. Multi Vitamins are to be taken twice a day; one in the morning and one before you go to bed - I bought Seven Seas Multivitamins plus minerals for vegetarians and vegans.
4. A banana every other day
5. Nuts & seeds, once a day
   
6. 2 Litres of filtered/bottled water a day - I got a Britta water filter jug to keep in the fridge
   
7. 1/2 pint fruit/vegetable juice a day - using my juicer and smoothie maker

It has ben going well, last week I managed to consume a lot of fruit, mostly pears (2-3 per day) and bananas (1-2 per day); I am working in our London office for 4 weeks and we get fruit delivered which is free for all the staff....fantastic! I appreciated it all the more because I was waiting for payday to come on the Friday and had a severe lack of food in our kitchen.

I also managed to get my water consumption back up to 2 litres per day in preparation. This, along with my usual Jasmine teas, I have probably done a lottle bit of oragan cleaning already.

Having to travel into London (from Milton Keynes to Islington), everyday with a semi- empty kitchen and withdrawing, it was a hard toil and my energy levels were very low, causing mood swings. But by Thursday morning I was feeling pretty good.

On Friday, the first thing I did was have a coffee with soy because I needed an energy boost and had literally nothing left in the house that I could have for breakfast. The coffee, because I very rarely drink the stuff nowadays left me buzzing for the whole trip to London. When I got off the tube, I popped into a shop and grabbed some snack bags of natural nuts; pistachios and cashews, a bag of pumpkin seeds and some hummus and pita for lunch. I also ate 2 pears through the day and one green tea. For dinner I ate cous-cous with roasted vegetables and drank a carrot juice. I felt great all day and I feel really mentally prepared for detox now.

The second part of preparation is to shop! There are certain foods to avoid and getting plenty of the right foods into you kitchen and planning ahead for what you will be eating is essential to succeed! I may not have mentioned yet that I am vegan, this actually makes a detox a lot easier to do because I already eat the foods that are allowed on a daily basis.

The next part of my preparation was to get a juicer so that I can make my own juices and smoothies and Fishcat (my partner) went and bought us a Juicer machine, a smoothie machine and a water filter jug thing because the water you drink has to be pure; not tap water because it contains added chemicals.

I have tested out the juicer already today with carrots, oranges, ginger and apple....wow!!! It was delicious and the smells were amazing. I also have a load of carrot pulp to use for making carrot cake when I finish the detox.

Stage 1 - Giving up the Mega Toxins

Hello, Namaste, Sat Nam, Merry Meet and Bright Blessings!

Welcome to Elfy's Detox Diaries

This is the first time that I have ever thought about attempting a de-tox, I am 36 this year and it is about time that I did this really. Like most people, I have abused my body in many ways through the years and with many different toxins.

As I now see my body as a gateway to the inner temple of the divine, I am going to start treating it as such.

I started my journey to better health the minute I went vegan, about 18 months ago. The plan was to also give up the alchohol, the 7 cups of coffee a day, the daily weed smoking and the nicotine, before I start ageing and wishing that I had looked after myself more whilst it counted.


I am lucky as I found that giving up alchohol was easy, you just have to spend your nights out repeating the words "no, I really don't want a drink thank you", "I'm not being boring, I actually would prefer an orange juice" and "if you don't stop trying to make me drink alchohol then I am going home"...as a Meercat once said to me...SIMPLES!

I have had a couple of social drinks now and then but have not got stupendously drunk from binge drinking like I used to for 5 years now!


Caffiene...arrgghh nasty stuff man! I gave that up 2 years ago... I have gone from a 7 cups of freshly ground coffee a day to nothing...overnight!

It was HORRIBLE! I will never go back to doing that...it makes you think "what the hell was it doing to my body?"

I had a phenominal headache for 3 DAYS! solid! nothing would shift it! but after that, it was over...no more cravings, I still adore the smell of freshly ground coffee but I no longer feel the need to consume the stuff. I now drink Jasmine Green tea, everyday.


Giving up Marijuana (weed) is not so easy, it is what got me through a traumatic childhood, traumatic teen life and then I have been on and off the weed all my adult life. I was using it as a de-stress, wind down and chill out tool. It helped me to sleep and stopped me from remembering dreams and a lot of other stuff too. I have given it up for long periods of time before so I know I can do it.

I am currently withdrawing from the weed as from Sunday night - today is day 2 of withdrawal.

I have been lucid dreaming like crazy, I do not feel tired in the mind but my body is shattered. I wake up every hour, dreaming like I am still awake and having night sweats. It should only last for a week or so but it is essential for it to be out of my system for my de-tox to be fully effective from day one.

The nicotine...hmmmm....well, I attempted a give up last year and lasted for 4 weeks but my methods were unorthadox; I spent 4 days in Amsterdam saturating my system with THC
(Tetrahydrocannabinol - this is the active ingredient in Marijuana), so that I would not notice the nicotine withdrawal, hee hee hee! It worked by the way but obviously not for long.

A de-tox should last for 7 days so it might be a bit hard and I will no doubt go through psychological barriers but I am determined to do it properly!