It’s all over! The Easter long weekend that is!  What did you get up to?  In our house the long weekend means spending time with family and friends, eating hot cross buns and Easter eggs.

Whilst I have been mindful of the amount of chocolate and hot cross buns I consumed, I feel like I’m a bit behind the 8 ball with Easter falling at the end of March.  In our family we have had three birthdays this month ( myself and Mr 7 ) and my niece also has her birthday in March, which means there have been a few birthday cakes consumed over the last few weeks.

This is certainly not helping my waistline, so staring  now I’m embarking on a detox an intensive clean up of some undesirables in my diet.  Who wants to join me?  Don’t panic, it’s not going to be totally crazy or restrictive, nor will you need to drink a juice or eat soup for each meal!  Just a week of eating well and eliminating those foods that shouldn’t form part of our regular healthy eating regime.

So are you in it?  You know that it will make you feel great … get rid of that bloating from over eating and sugar cravings from over indulging.

Here’s what I’m going to do …

I’m going to eat normal food.  Lots of fresh fruit, veggies and lean protein.  I am also going to reevaluate my portion sizes .. they seem to be creeping up a bit.  Did I mention I’m not going to give up my one coffee a day … I’m OK with that one!

This is what I’ll be cutting out …
* sugars … in particular I mean processed sugars.  I’ll be eating fruit because there are heaps of great vitamins and minerals in fruit that we need for a healthy body and immune system, especially coming into cooler weather!
* alcohol … try not to panic here, it’s only for a week!  There’s just so many extra empty calories in alcohol and it leaves you dehydrated!
* baked goods … cakes, biscuits, hot cross buns … I don’t eat a lot of these anyway but they can creep up on you and leave you feeling blah!
* chocolate … deep breath … it will be fine even though there will probably be heaps left in the house. We do not need this as part of our healthy eating regime this week!

This should give us a great kick start for April and make us feel fabulous!!

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