Yeast Cleanse

The Gunns are one of those crazy natural health families.  Have you seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh0NLQJfAYU

It's not too far from the truth.

One of the things they like to do is a periodic yeast and sugar cleanse.  For three weeks you don't eat either of those two things, and take a pill that kills the yeast already in your body.

Mark and I gave it a go when we were newlyweds, and it was absolute misery.  I couldn't make much besides raman noodles, and I think we lasted almost a week before we threw in the towel.

But now, five years down the road, I just felt like we needed to give it another go.  I was ready for a reset after nursing (almost done) and babyness, and it just took that sugar overdose at Halloween to make me decide to go for it.  The timing felt right; we should be finishing up just in time for Thanksgiving. So I dropped the no-sugar bomb on Mark, and he took it like a champ.  We started the next day.

We're a week into it now; made it farther than we ever have before!

And you know, it's really not that bad.

It just requires reading labels, planning, and cooking from SCRATCH. 

Here's my meals for the three weeks:

1. Roasted Chkn, mashed potatoes, salad
2. Oatmeal pancakes (yogurt and applesauce instead of syrup)
3. Lemon Cilantro Chicken Scallopini
4. Burritos
5. Natchitoches Meat Pies
6. Chicken Tortilla Soup
7. Biscuits and Gravy
8. Grilled Chicken, potatoes, broccoli
9. Shrimp Linguini
10. Rice Bowls
11. Chicken Enchiladas
12. Baked Salmon
13. Chicken Stroganoff
14. Spaghetti Squash Pasta
15. Avocado Chicken Parm
16. Tomato Basil Soup

And then we'll do a couple do-overs at the end.  For breakfast it's scrambled eggs with Herdez salsa or meuslix, and lunch is typically leftovers.

The hard part is always snacks, but we've been living off of bananas and peanut butter, chips and guacamole, nuts, hummus, and fruit. 

And you know, I do feel great. Really.

But I'll level with you here, life is too short to live like this all the time.

Maybe we'll shoot for once a year ... or five.  Still, I do definitely think it's a great thing to do; especially because being strict for three weeks shows you all sorts of little tips and tricks to make your family eating a little more fresh during the rest of the year.

Give it a shot.