Bone Broth Detox Day 1 and 2

I started this detox yesterday, and it wasn't as bad as I expected, I thought a few times that I would cave.  I did great!  

Lot's of chicken broth, a little chicken, one organic grapefruit, and as much water as I could want.  I did have cravings twice, and pushed past them.  It helped to eat a little chicken, and drink a cup of broth.  That took the hunger pangs away.  

It didn't help that my husband brought in 2 frozen pizzas from the outside freezer. I LOVE those little Totino's pizzas.  I could eat a whole one to myself easily.  SO, I told the family I was going to disappear while they cooked and ate the pizza.  I filled up my cup of broth, and went to take a nice hot bath.  In the bath I did some EFT tapping.  I told myself, "I don't need food, I am getting all the nutrients  I need in this broth.  I don't need food.  This broth is all I need.  Even though I love pizza, I don't need pizza or anything else....".  I think it helped.  

To hide the pizza aroma, I put a few drops of essential oils in my bath.  I used a drop of peppermint, and a couple drops of valor.  I never smelt the pizza, and the family had it gone and cleaned up before I got out of the bath.  

I went to bed at 9:00 and had no problems.

I woke up this morning feeling great.  My foot pain (plantar Fasciitis) was exactly as it has been for the past 5 plus months.  I had hopped that I could at least walk without a limp.  No luck, my foot hurt all day at work, and still hurts when I stand.  I am guessing that my foot pain is not caused by a leaky gut.  

Even if my foot pain does not change, I will still do this detox.  I take Enbrel shots monthly for RA, and I know arthritis is caused by a leaky gut.  Certain foods I eat when my shot wears off, make a huge difference in my pain.  I am doing this detox to re-set my metabolism, and fix my leaky gut.  I want to be healthier.  

Today was so much easier than yesterday.  I cooked my kids eggs, and cleaned the kitchen.  No cravings at all!  I made tacos for the family tonight, and no problem.  I do love tacos though, so every time I thought about the smell and flavor, I would tell myself, "I don't crave food, I am getting all the nutrients by body needs in the broth.  I don't need food.  I don't crave or need any food."  I also put some lavender essential oil under my nose to help mask the smell.  

One point of advise, put your broth in a coffee thermos that will keep it hot or warm for hours.  Cold broth does not taste good at all.  My broth was warm all day at work in my thermos.  I was never grossed out.  I will drink from that from now on.  

Food Sensitivity

During the many years before diagnosis, I noticed that certain foods caused my pain to double withing 30 minutes of eating it.  I tried to figure them all out, in hopes to eliminate my pain all together, but that never happened.

I do recall wheat or gluten being one of the big ones for me.  Bread, noodles, even soup would make my hip pain so bad that even the thought of moving would make me want to cry.  Sugar of any kind, except the fake kind seemed fine.  I would use any artificial sugars in my coffee and be fine.  Tomatoes were one of my favorite foods, but would send me through the roof.  No more red pastas, or salsas.  Pretty much my two favorite kinds of food were my worst foods to eat.  No Mexican or Italian foods.  I went through major withdrawals with all my food luxuries being stripped from my diet.

One time I made my kids Top Ramen for lunch.  I love Top Ramen, but seldom ate it due to the super high sodium and calories, but I did let me kids eat it.  Sometimes they would not eat all of it and it would be left in the pan.  I recall cleaning the kitchen and taking just one bite of the Ramen.  I wanted the flavors, and warmth in my mouth.  My mouth was so happy to taste it, and the I remembered the results from just one bite of Ramen.  I went straight to the sink and spit it out.  The hours of my pain doubling was NOT worth that bite of heaven.

I felt like everything caused extra pain, and I could not narrow down all of the foods, so I lived on a lot of avocados and popcorn.  At least I could have those two favorites.  I lost a lot of weight, and loved how I looked, but hated the pain that took me there.  I went from a healthy, athletic, and active 140 lbs to a small frail weight of 116 lbs.  My sister commented once on what a great diet it was and at least I was and how nice that would be.  I told her I would rather be heavy and never deal with this pain again.