Final days of Detox, 20 and 21

I have no pictures to post for the last two days of the Detox because basically every meal was leftovers, until tonight's dinner. But we had friends over and ate it up fast and I forgot to snap a picture. I made Indian Butter Chicken and it was good stuff! I also made a Paleo dessert that had honey in it to celebrate our Detox completion. So I guess we cheated at the very very end. But a reward paleo lemon tart cheat is better than a pile of oreos cheat any day. After only two small bites of the lemon tart my head was hurting. Lol. Sweetness overload. And it was just honey! I can't imagine what a bowl of ice cream would do to me right now.

Doug and I plan on continuing to eliminate refined sugars from our diet. I want to continue with less bread too. I'm not a big bread fan anyway. This next week we are also not eating meat. Because we are a little bit sick of meat. Fruit/veggie smoothies in the morning instead of eggs too.

Here are some lessons I have learned from doing this Detox:

1. I can do hard things.
2. I CAN have treats to help me through hard days, just healthy treats. I don't NEED refined sugar.
3. I have the control, not my cravings.
4. I can ease the stress of cooking during the week with thorough preparation during the weekends.
5. I want to cook and eat healthy to encourage my kids to do the same.
6. I have amazing support from friends and family.
7. My body and I are a team. I need to support it, so it can support me.
8. I don't like pancakes.
9. How to make mayo
10. How to boil eggs and bake bacon
11. My mom is a SAINT (I already knew this...but I just know it even more now)
12. I need more alone time to stay a good Mom.

I know there are more. I am just crazy tired and I have a headache from eating honey. Lol.

I have loved blogging about this Detox adventure with ya'll....whomever ya'll are. Thank  you for helping me stay accountable to my goals. I might continue to blog about random stuff here and there. Maybe I will post whenever I try new healthy recipes that I think people might want to try. Or I might post about the crazy that is my life being a stay at home mom. Or how I try to overcome my struggles in life. Or maybe I will create a blog devoted to a journey trying to find pancakes I actually enjoy. Who knows. Goodbye for now though.

P.S. BECKY YOU DID IT!!! Never doubted you though. Super woman right there.
P.S.S. Doug...thank you for doing it with me and for your support and for saying yes to buying me an ice cream maker so I can make healthier ice cream :)...xoxo