I response to WWW's request on Amanda's thread, I'm posting my celery diet to see if it might kick off some January detoxing.
In May this year, I decided I had become way too lardy. I did the following things and by August had lost two and a half stone, which I have kept off. I've gone from an 18 to a 12 in clothes.
- Make up a salad with celery, spring onion, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and mix it with a spoonful of Hellman's or half fat creme fraiche. Eat a bowl of this once a day as a main meal.
- Stop taking milk in tea/coffee. In fact, give up caffeine and drink herbal/fruit tea which means you are taking in water without the diuretic, dehydrating element in tea/coffee
- Use soya milk on cereals, butter instead of spread.
- Keep a pack of lean ham in the fridge - eat a slice every now and then.
- Eat water biscuits instead of crisps/nuts/etc. With cream cheese if you like.
- Walk for at least 30 mins a day
- Eat Jaffa cakes instead of any other kind of chocolate or sweets.
This looks like a fat free diet, but the fat consumed is 'good' - mayonnaise/butter/cream cheese - I just eat less of it.
I'm not boasting, but this has really worked for me and I am still getting positive comments from people who haven't seen me for a while. And I haven't given up drinking at all!