AdvoCare Cleanse: Starting your morning

I'm starting out day 1 again today. It's been a LONG time since I've done the challenge as I just got done having a baby. The cleanse is like an oil change for your car, or cleaning out the lint trap in your dryer. When we are consistent with those "cleanings" our vehicle or dryer run more efficiently. This is exactly the same case with our bodies. Toxins can stay up to 5 years! Cleansing every 90 days will keep the toxin build up much smaller and keep our bodies working like they should!

When you are on the cleanse, there is a much more limited list of things you should stick to for the best results. This can be challenging for some that need variety in their diet. One of the focuses of the challenge is on teaching better eating habits and educating us on better foods. During the cleanse, the goal is to rid the body of toxins. Keeping our blood sugar in check will produce the best results. Things like pineapple can raise our blood sugar and so while its a fruit and is healthy, we want to avoid it if possible on the cleanse. 

For the next 10 days, we are in the "cleanse phase". Let's take a quick walk through what that means and some breakfast ideas to help get us through.

When you wake up:

• Take the Fiber Drink (days 1 – 3 and 8 – 10) and Probiotic Restore (days 4 – 10) – drink a large glass of water
• Optional: Drink a Spark for energy and take catalyst before eating
• Thirty minutes later eat breakfast. (This is an estimate. If its a little sooner or later don't freak out)

What to eat:

These are in order of preference on the Cleanse for weight loss:

1. Bowl of fruit of your choice (about a cup to a cup and a half)

2. Meal replacement shake.

3. Three eggs (cooked however you want, but try not to add to them with any oil or butter and do not be afraid of the yolk!)

4. Plain oatmeal (limit carbs like this to 1 time per day)

5. Nuts (2 ounces, we would also say stick with tree nuts, i.e., macadamia nuts, brazil nuts, cashews, almonds, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, chestnuts, beechnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, gingko nuts and hickory nuts)

Tips:

• Avoid anything along the "white family": Cream sauces, ranch dressing, milk, cheese, yogurt
• Eliminate all processed foods (if it wont expire on a shelf, it won't digest in your stomach well)
• Think protein before carbs
• If it is not real food do not eat it (ie. fruit snacks are not fruit)
• Drink TONS of fluids

Bottom line is to try and be ON at least 80% of the time. The better you are, the better your results. It's only 10 days. You will survive. You can add some of the things like milk or break back in after this phase. 
Get all those toxins out!