Finding your inner clean

It creeps up on you doesn’t it and gradually takes over, first its that extra coffee in the morning, a small bar of chocolate in the afternoon, the glass of wine on Wednesday because its nearly the weekend. Or in my case it’s a huge piece of strong blue cheese eaten in 24hrs, but in small slices, as therefore they are calorie free.

Before you know it you have a little too much winter padding around the middle, your skin has lost its glow and your body doesn’t know whether its tired or wired.

Its time for a cleanse and what an epic way to cleanse the Forever Living nine day cleanse is. Firstly let me point out that up until this cleanse I had never managed to eat healthily/stick to a diet for more than 1 day despite starting many times. So low is my resilience to the kids leftover pizza or freshly baked brownies, I even lie on MyFitnessPal. But here I am 9 days on, clean, bright, energetic and never feeling like I have missed out. Oh and 7lbs lighter! Don’t get me wrong there have been moments but I have gone with the theory that I haven’t got through the last however many days to mess it up now.

The things I have learnt:

1. The kids leftover pizza doesn’t have to be eaten, it can go in the freezer for a quick lunch on another day.
2. I don’t crave caffeine, I crave hot drinks and a herbal tea will leave me feeling fresher.
3. If you have to bake with the kids take your portion, freeze it and enjoy it at the weekend as a treat.
4. Wine, where do I start, I love you but I definitely feel better if we only see each other at the weekend, bit like a man really.

Forever Living 9 Day Cleanse is available from Ruth Preston.
Email: ruthalisonpreston@gmail.com
Tel: 0113 805 6097