Juice Cleanse; Diet Bound

A few weeks ago my joints started hurting. I started getting headaches, and I started getting hungry all the time. Looks like the candida build up that dead off with pregnancy is back. So, after a sugar filled trip to California, I set tomorrow as the date to start a 3 day cleanse and then lead right into my Candida Diet. June 15 can not come soon enough. Yesterday my stomach started hurting, and I started getting migraines again. I'm excited to have physical peace, but it will not be easy ... again.

The stars aligned so perfectly last spring when I started the diet for the first time. I was well-informed and highly motivated. What I do have going for me this time is the knowledge that I have done it, succeeded, and felt great. I really can do this, but it will be hard ... again.

First up, the juice cleanse. Now, I am not sure I need this, but I am doing it out of superstition. I did it last time, so I am doing it this time. I will use a combo of organic apple juice and home juiced apples. Pretty excited.

Then on Saturday, I will start with veggies. And basically it does not get a whole lot more exciting than that for me for a long time. I will add in meat and some complex startch, and I will cheat by eating corn tortillas and all the corn chips I want. But the list of food I will not be eating is quite long, and I can't really remember what life looked once I got in a groove. I remember buying steaks on the way to people's houses and carrying little bags of approved nuts in case I got hungry (and then never getting hungry). I remember making my own catchup and putting meat and potatoes or carrots in the oven every day for lunch and eating it for lunch and dinner. Lots of Mexican food without the peppers. No Italian. No walking down the grocery rows. Trying not to eat too much of one food. Limiting the starch to one serving a day (not possible).

I'll be able to do it.

The biggest issue this time around is that I am nursing a baby. I wonder how this will affect my milk, my energy and my resolve. Tried another substitute formula on Lizza tonight to see if there is something easy I can give her during the cleanse and in case the yeast die off starts to affect her. But no dice, she threw it up and soak every item of clothes I was wearing. Crazy.

So we're off ...