Detox questions

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Hey Everyone -

 

My name is Chantal - I'm a recent raw foodie convert from Toronto,

and I've just started my second week of detox (I'm following Dr.

Young's pH Miracle program).

 

I understand that as part of the cleansing process, I may actually

feel worse than I did before, but I feel absolutely miserable.

Yesterday I developed a horrible sore throat and now I've got major

sinus congestion to go along with it. Can anyone provide an idea as

to how long this may last? I freelance doing voice over work for

commercials outside of my 9-5 job and I have had to cancel two

auditions already. Don't get me wrong, I'm totally committed to this

change of lifestyle - in fact I really enjoy it - but I am so

incredibly worn out and if anyone could shed some light on this it

would be very, very much appreciated.

 

Also, I'm about 20 pounds over my ideal weight - and I've read many

of the posts here where other raw foodies have mentioned rapid weight

loss. Again, I'm in no rush here and I'm happy to have finally found

what I believe will be the best health decision of my life, but is

the rapid weight loss really the case for everyone? So far I haven't

shed an inch (I'm not bothering with the scale - it's just based upon

the way my clothes feel). Typically, I exercise 3-4x/wk but

considering how I feel right now I've decided to put that on hold for

the time being. I've posted my diet below so any advice/input would

be fantastic.

 

Here's a typical day on detox:

6:30am:

1 litre/quart of juiced greens - takes me about 45 minutes to drink

it - along with my daily supplements

 

8:00am:

1 litre/quart of water (reverse-osmosis)

 

10:00am:

1 litre/quart of water mixed with 1 scoop of Greens+. Sipped for

about an hour

 

11:00am:

1 litre/quart of water

 

Midday:

1 litre/quart of water mixed with 1 scoop of Greens+. Sipped for

about an hour.

 

Then it's water throughout the rest of the afternoon and another

litre of juiced greens at dinner.

 

Thanks everyone - cheers!

Chantal