Spring Cleanse

Welcome to this blog.  I want a place to publicly write about my fitness and health goals because I like to write and I love to get support and hear other folk's ideas and experiences. 

I feel the need for a Spring cleanse and since my favourite cookbook author - Jae Steele - is facilitating one on facebook, I will be doing one this April starting tomorrow. The cleanse with Jae starts on April 9 but I really feel the need to start early and keep it up for a month. I also plan to do a month of yoga at the Yoga Shack. My goal is to do a yoga class 30 days this month but 20 days will be amazing too.

This is what the Spring Cleanse (with Jae) will entail (this is from the facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/events/237364069695644/):

In the mildest form of this cleanse, we will be going 2 weeks without:
* sugar (including white sugar, brown sugar, glucose, fructose, corn syrup, evaporated cane juice, etc)
* alcohol
* yeast (in breads, alcoholic beverages, etc)

If you are up for an EXTRA CHALLENGE you'll also integrate as many of the following as possible:
* eliminate or reduce coffee (as it can mess with our hormones)
* enjoy something from the brassica family each day: cabbage, kale, Brussle's sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, collards.... (for liver detoxification)
* enjoy chia seeds, flax seeds, aloe or slippery elm everyday (to help the toxins slip-slide out of your bod)
* enjoy parsley and/or cilantro most days
* reduce your intake of other sugars: maple syrup, honey, agave, molasses, fruit juice, etc.

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I am going to do the extreme version (of course) and in addition to this and the month of yoga, I am hoping to follow my running schedule for the half marathon I WILL be running May 27.


So, I am enjoying a last cup of coffee and I just ate a yummy cookie (and cookie dough). Last time having these things for a month. From April 1 - May 1 no sugar, no coffee, no booze, no active yeast, and lots of brassicas, parsley, and flax seeds!

Plus, I am reading a book by Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh and he recommends a whole bunch of things to do in regards to eating mindfully. I hope to start following those as well. Although I do NOT plan to wash my dishes like I am washing the baby Buddha because, well, I really like my dishwasher (and I would never put a baby in a large appliance!)