I am a breakfast person.
I eat breakfast every day and waking up in the morning, making some coffee and putting some bread in the toaster is one of my favorite parts of the day. Today, however, is not one of those days. I am doing a one-day liquid cleanse and have started my day with hot water, the juice from about half of an organic lemon and honey.
To make this yourself just heat up the water, squeeze in the lemon juice and then wait 5 minutes for the water to cool before stirring in the honey as honey is not meant to be heated.
Side note: organic lemons should be used for the lemon water due to the fact that a cleanse/fast enables the body to remove toxins and of course adding any additional toxins to the body during the fast is counter-productive. Organic lemons tend to look greenish as opposed to normal supermarket lemons that are sprayed with a yellowing agent.
The rest of the day I will abstain from food, and drink only herbal tea and water. I have a recipe for a special Ayurvedic detoxifying tea but I have decided to just use the organic herbal tea that I already have, which contains Greek mountain herbs (whatever that is), fennel and sage. It is delicious and you can find it under this link with the name Total Reset.
My stomach has already started complaining about this fast but I am sure we will get through it together. I chose today because I have things to do and therefore won't be sitting around thinking about all the delicious food that is sitting just 10 ft away in my kitchen. I am going to do some yoga shortly and am working this afternoon. I have also decided not to meet up with friends which usually revolves around eating and drinking.
Lastly, I am abstaining from coffee today because I don't think the caffeine is good on an empty stomach and it is not recommended in any of the fasts that I have seen. This by the way is a double whammy because I have coffee every day, so not only do I miss the rich creamy taste, but a headache is probably also going to kick in soon.
Anyway, I will keep you posted.
I eat breakfast every day and waking up in the morning, making some coffee and putting some bread in the toaster is one of my favorite parts of the day. Today, however, is not one of those days. I am doing a one-day liquid cleanse and have started my day with hot water, the juice from about half of an organic lemon and honey.
To make this yourself just heat up the water, squeeze in the lemon juice and then wait 5 minutes for the water to cool before stirring in the honey as honey is not meant to be heated.
Side note: organic lemons should be used for the lemon water due to the fact that a cleanse/fast enables the body to remove toxins and of course adding any additional toxins to the body during the fast is counter-productive. Organic lemons tend to look greenish as opposed to normal supermarket lemons that are sprayed with a yellowing agent.
The rest of the day I will abstain from food, and drink only herbal tea and water. I have a recipe for a special Ayurvedic detoxifying tea but I have decided to just use the organic herbal tea that I already have, which contains Greek mountain herbs (whatever that is), fennel and sage. It is delicious and you can find it under this link with the name Total Reset.
My stomach has already started complaining about this fast but I am sure we will get through it together. I chose today because I have things to do and therefore won't be sitting around thinking about all the delicious food that is sitting just 10 ft away in my kitchen. I am going to do some yoga shortly and am working this afternoon. I have also decided not to meet up with friends which usually revolves around eating and drinking.
Lastly, I am abstaining from coffee today because I don't think the caffeine is good on an empty stomach and it is not recommended in any of the fasts that I have seen. This by the way is a double whammy because I have coffee every day, so not only do I miss the rich creamy taste, but a headache is probably also going to kick in soon.
Anyway, I will keep you posted.
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