[skinsguy]

Hey guys, thanks for your input!

Yes, this detox is a sudden change, but think of it like this. It's the only way to completely turn my attention away from the pizza and burgers and focus myself on the foods I never choose to eat. When it comes to food with me, if you give me an inch, I'll take a mile. Meaning, if I'm allowed meat in the beginning of this or white potatoes, then I'll wind up eating nothing but meat and potatoes, and I'll not give the green leafy veggies or the other veggies a chance. This is as much retraining my mind as it is my body.

For instance, I went home the other night, I tore through spaghetti squash mixed with roasted bell peppers and broccoli. It was the greatest thing I've ever had! Yes, part of that was that I was hungry and my shake for lunch had long left my system, but the food tasted really good to me. Even if I was starving and had not been on this detox, I probably would have turned my nose up at spaghetti squash. Now certainly, once I'm off the detox, I have a few ideas to dress up the dish a little more (maybe add some homemade tomato sauce to it and some grilled chicken.) Now, admittedly, if it all tasted like grass to me, I wouldn't dare continue on the diet. But, I've really learned, in a short amount of time, to love some of these veggie meals!

But I agree, everything in moderation, once you have cleaned your system out, is definitely the key. The only thing is, what is considered moderation to one might be too frequent consumption for someone else. So, I think what will happen once this detox thing is done and I'm back to a "regular" diet is that I'll give myself two free meals a week that I can consume whatever I want, as long as the other meals stay within a good clean diet. So, maybe either a cheat meal Friday or Saturday evening, and a cheat meal for lunch on Sunday, and then clean eating the other days of the week.