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Time To Reboot & Cleanse

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It’s been one of those months. You know the months when your social and work calendar are overflowing, where the laundry has been piling up, the dishes seem to never be done and when you remember you have house guest coming you buy a bunch of plastic totes to throw your clutter into rather than trying to organize and really clean. With all this happening I slipped back into the days of too many coffees, too much sugar and WAY too many meals outside the home and oh yeah workouts? Um haven’t had one of those in awhile *hangs head in shame*.

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so good and yet so bad.

I feel like crap.

I look a mess.

I’m tired.

I’m feeling sluggish.

I need to recharge and reboot.

I don’t know what happened and I have no good excuse for falling so far from my healthy lifestyle.  I mean seriously why do I do this to myself? That being said I’m owning it. I have been a lazy, crappy food eating, too busy lady and I need to slow down and recharge.

I anticipate the next few days are going to be rough as I try to quickly wean myself off the coffee and sugar tomorrow and then head into a cleanse for the next 10 days.

What this cleanse will include:

  • Gluten Free Whole Grains
  • Fruits
  • Vegetables
  • Beans, Legumes & Lentils
  • Nuts & Seeds
  • Healthy Fats: organic, first-pressed, cold-pressed (no heat used to extract the oil) and unrefined extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, and unrefined sesame oil. Also whole nuts and seeds or nut butter, the fats in whole foods such as avocados and coconuts.
  • Natural sweeteners: Grade B Maple Syrup and Dates.

What won’t be included in the cleanse:

  • Animal Products.
  • Wheat.
  • Gluten.
  • Soy.
  • Caffeine
  • Alcohol.
  • Refined and Added Sugar.

Does this cleanse look familiar? Well it is the same exact one that I did in February. I honestly felt so amazing after this cleanse and it was just what I needed to kick my awful postpartum sugar addiction. Like before I am going to attempt to blog my way through the cleanse but we’ll see how that goes. You will at least get updates every few days and you can follow me on Instagram and Twitter where I will post photos and updates.

So who wants to join me? If anyone else would like to participate please let me know by shooting me a quick email lindsay@runningwithtongs.com  If there is any interest I would love to do a few Google Hangouts together so that we could talk about our goals, our challenges and have support to keep ourselves motivated and accountable.

February Healthy Challenge: 10 Day Cleanse

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There are many types of cleanses out there from juice cleanses, raw food cleanses, lemonade cleanses, etc. This cleanse is different. We won’t be restricting calories or drinking spicy lemonade all day but rather we will be eliminating foods from our diet that can make us feel sluggish, bloated and cause cravings.

What this cleanse will include:

  • Gluten Free Whole Grains
  • Fruits
  • Vegetables
  • Beans, Legumes & Lentils
  • Nuts & Seeds
  • Healthy Fats: organic, first-pressed, cold-pressed (no heat used to extract the oil) and unrefined extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, and unrefined sesame oil. Also whole nuts and seeds or nut butter, the fats in whole foods such as avocados and coconuts.
  • Natural sweeteners: Grade B Maple Syrup and Dates.

What won’t be included in the cleanse:

  • Animal Products.
  • Wheat.
  • Gluten.
  • Soy.
  • Caffeine
  • Alcohol.
  • Refined and Added Sugar.

The cleanse will last 10 days and your are welcome to challenge yourself to the whole month if you’d like!

There will be four different start dates (February 1, 8, 10and 18th) and I will be posting a new five day sample meal plan at the start of each cleanse period. Also as part of the cleanse challenge you will have one task each day to complete and submit to me.  Once you have completed all day 10 tasks and submitted your proof for each your name will be entered to win a box of whole food goodies.

If you would like to participate please fill out the form below:

If you enjoy this challenge stay tuned for my other monthly challenges which include a 30-Day Yoga Challenge (March), a Hydrate Yourself Challenge (April) and more to come over the year.