Third Time's A Charm?

So as you might have imagined by the lack of posts, "detox round 2" didn't go so well. Or rather, didn't go at all. I'm the kinda girl who likes companions on the detox journey. you know, the whole "misery loves company" business. One such companion, just completed a week (or 2?) Almased detox/cleanse/diet. Her husband joined her and apparently it worked well. My own patient husband has agreed to a juice fast with me with a few exceptions while he is at work. For him it will be more of a sugar/processed food fast. Which is challenging enough. For me it will be a juice fast. But I also have 5 canisters of Almased for after the first 3 days of juice fasting. I hope they last long enough to kickstart my metabolism.

The "plan" is to begin the juice detox on Monday (or maybe Sunday) and go until Friday or Saturday. I am hoping for 7 days. And I am hoping dear husband can last 4 or 5. I think the Almased will help him stay the course.
 
My siblings & parents & I are all doing a weight loss competition. Reach and maintain your weight loss goal by May and you get your fifty back, along with anyone else's fifty that did not reach and maintain their goal. My goal for the competition is 20lbs, but privately I am hoping to reach 40lbs in 4 months. I know that is a little extreme. but I also know how great I would feel at 145. Especially if I can lose that amount and keep it off before getting pregnant again. If I follow the previous weight gain for pregnancy, I will gain 35-40lbs. that's gonna be a little easier starting at 145. Right now this is all wishful thinking. But I have lost 5 pounds since the competition started 3 weeks ago.

Of course, it wouldn't really be my kind of juice fast if I refrained from all the healthy supplements I have learned about. So I will be including them all. From cayenne capsules to clay. And chopped raw garlic. ACV and EVCO and EVOO. (Don't you feel important knowing what all those crunchy letters mean?)  Water kefir & kombucha tea. Dry brushing and detox baths. And if necessary, the dreaded coffee enema. IF necessary. Although it isn't THAT bad. Really. It isn't.

And I am going to SLOWLY return to healthy eating. My hope is that the fast kills my nasty carb/sugar cravings, which right now, if I indulge even a little the cravings take over my brain ;) I plan on being sugar/ processed flour/ gluten free from the fast to infinity. and beyond. Or at least mostly. I probably still have a candida overgrowth. And a hormone imbalance. And my adrenal glands are overtaxed. blah. I hope this works as well as the first time, weight loss, better sleep, more energy. and I get pregnant again.

And I plan to get to bed by 9:30 (aka 10pm) and be up to get my ellie (elliptical) time in before the girls wake up. Also, the myfitnesspal app is really useful for tracking calories & exercise & weight/measurement loss. So it is alot.  Always. I guess I just don't know any other way. It is a problem to have an "all in, all the time or don't even bother" mentality. But that's what Im working with. So here goes everything. Or nothing ;)