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12.8 lbs in 11 days!!! On the Martha's Vineyard 21lbs in 21 Days detox

It's not quite a whole pound, but I'll take it!  LOL  I am feeling great, but I had totally grossed myself out on soup, so I am going to just do another fresh juice at night instead of the soup for the remainder of my time on the plan.  I just am not a huge cooked vegetable fan anyway (love fresh ones!), and the whole pureed soup was really causing that 'ol gag reflex to kick in !!! 

Just wanted to give you an update.  Just 3 more days to go on the strict plan and then I can start adding one food group in a day...can't wait!!

All the best~
Christine

Update on Martha's Vineyard Detox...

Hi, everyone!  Just a quick update to say that I still am living pain free from my Rheumatoid issues :-)  And as an added bonus, I have lost 12 pounds in the first 10 days on the plan.  I am only going to go 14 days now and then take about 4 days coming off before I go into the maintenance phase.  I will most likely do another 7 days in early November and another 7 days in early December.

My weight loss stalled for a couple days when I was craving protein or oil or something, so I had 1/2 an avocado pureed into my soup on those two days...I've seen some others online mention that that stalled their weight loss, but I seem to be back on track now!  I think it was worth it because I felt like I needed it.

I feel great!  I did the detox bath last night and I could actually "feel" something.  I didn't get sick like some have mentioned...but it did feel like there was something being drawn out of my skin...probably all in my head!  LOL

All the best~
Christine

Finished my first week on Martha's Vineyard Detox

Hi, I haven't checked in for a couple of days.  I wanted to let everyone know that I did complete a whole week!  Today I am starting my 8th day on the plan, and at weigh in this morning the wonderful scale said I was 10.4 lbs lighter!!!

I cheated the tiniest bit last night and had to go out to celebrate our friends' 12th wedding anniversary at a winery and I drank about a 1/4 glass of red wine, ate the insides out of a thin piece of sourdough bread and had a couple of spoons of risotto. but nope...scale's still being nice! I do have a little joint pain in my hand this morning, but we've got santa ana winds here today and it is cool...so hopefully that's the cause. But I'm sticking to the plan to the letter today! LOL

Just wanted to let you all know.

Day 4...on the Martha's Vineyard Detox

You know, I really thought that I would feel more "hunger pains", meaning the foggy head, throbbing headache, etc...from such a low calorie plan...but I'm not.  My body definitely tells me when my 2 hours are up and it's done all it can do with what I last gave it...but in between those times...I'm fine.  My husband has to work late Friday night and all weekend long...so I am going to at least get in the full 7 days.  Maybe longer...

After 4 days on the plan I have lost 7.6 lbs.  I am sure the loss will slow down soon as my body gets used to it, but it's nice to see a drop on the scale to go along with my reduced joint pain!

All the best~
Christine

Martha's Vineyard Detox Diet

Well, it's been a long while since I did anything for myself to improve my health...  My rheumatoid arthritis was getting really bad, I'm only 37, and I refuse to go on drugs for it at this early point in my life at least.  So, after lots of reading and research, I decided to try the Martha's Vineyard 21 Pounds in 21 Days plan.  I started it on Sunday, October 5th.  As of this morning, I have lost 5.4 pounds, but more importantly than that...I don't have the constant aching that I had prior to starting the plan.  I dream about going all 21 days, but with a family and Halloween coming up, I know that is probably unrealistic.  So, the plan gives you the option of going 2 days, 7 days or 21 days - it seems you can do as many days (21 or less) and it's fine, you just have to be careful about how quickly you come off of the plan, going back to your old way of eating all at once can make you sick!

So...Day 3 - 5.4 pounds slimmer and considerably less joint pain.

All the best~
Christine

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Soon there will be posts here!  I will try to have at least one post in each category by the end of the week.

All the best~
Christine