The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet: Activate Your Body's Natural Ability to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Fast (51 page)

Take a few minutes tonight to read through your journal entries, beginning on Day 1. What do you notice about how you felt then as compared to now? Do you remember feeling the way you did on Day 1? How are you different than you were just nine days ago? Most people are amazed at how far they’ve come, and you’ve got your own evolution recorded as proof!

Negative lifestyle choices and high job stress led me down a path of alcohol and nicotine abuse, and eventually open heart surgery. After my recovery, I watched myself transfer my addiction from alcohol and cigarettes to food. I quickly gained thirty pounds and heightened my carb and sugar cravings. I knew I was headed for more problems as my blood sugar continued to rise and I started experiencing blurred vision, muscle aches and pains, dizziness, and more. My doctor started me on insulin shots. I spent many hours reading everything I could get my hands on about diet and nutrition. I continued to eat and read, read and eat. Apparently, the urgency to act still eluded me.

When my sister e-mailed telling me about the 10-Day Detox trial program she had signed up for, I knew it was time. I would not be around much longer if I continued to punish myself with damaging dietary habits. I had the knowledge required… I just needed the structure and support to get me started. My sister lives in Fort Worth and I live in Houston, so I drove up and stayed with her so we could experience and support each other through the program.

Together, she and I learned that the typical American “comfort food” didn’t give us comfort in the long run. We learned together how to start cooking with spices and alternative plant-based fats. We never felt deprived, and as a result, felt satisfied and encouraged. My blood sugar started at 369, and today, twelve days later, I am down to 156 with no insulin. One reading even got down to 138! I have lost ten pounds, my BMI went from 31.9 to 30.1, and I have lost 1.75 inches in my waist. Our plan together is to continue for another ninety days and see where it leads us.

—KAREN SHELTON

Take your measurements and record your results in your Detox Journal or online tracking tool. Also record how many hours you slept the night before and the quality of that sleep.

Begin the day with thirty minutes of brisk walking or other exercise.

Just before breakfast, take 2.5 to 5 grams of PGX fiber: 3 to 6 capsules or ½ to 1 scoop of the powder in 10 ounces of water.

Take the rest of your supplements with breakfast.

Make your Breakfast Detox Shake (see menu plan below).

Optional: Enjoy a midmorning snack (see menu plan below).

Just before lunch, take 2.5 to 5 grams of PGX fiber with water.

Eat lunch (see menu plan below).

Optional: Enjoy a midafternoon snack (see menu plan below).

Just before dinner, take 2.5 to 5 grams of PGX fiber with water.

Take the rest of your supplements with dinner.

Eat dinner (see menu plan below).

Spend fifteen minutes recording your experience and answering the Day 10 Journal Questions listed
here
. Write down everything you ate and did today, how you feel, any improvements or changes in your energy and focus, and how these changes make you feel physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Do the Take-Five Breathing Break.

Take your twenty-to-thirty-minute UltraDetox Bath.

Get seven to eight hours of sleep.