A brief history of the detoxees...

So who am I and whats with the detox?

 I’m a  4^th year naturopath student, currently studying at Endeavour College of Natural Health. I am also currently working at Ultimate Detox Solutions as a naturopathic assistant.  I already have a degree in computer science and software engineering, which has given me a group of terrific friends, helped me meet my husband and showed me the path that my career was definitely not in computer science or software engineering (yawn.)

From my current studies, don’t get the idea however that I am super health freak naturalness guru. I am a recovering junkaholic. I was one of those kids who was addicted to sugar, grew up on processed foods and used to drink red bull for breakfast on a daily basis.

My husband Jarod and I have been together for almost nine and a half years. For the first 6 years of our relationship, we ate mountains of junk food, cooked out of packets and gave ourselves pats on the backs when we bought a fresh piece of fruit. Sure, we had the roller coaster rides of motivation for exercise, but then something always stopped us after a while and we became the Jabba the Hutts of the couch again. Denial was our best friend... those moments when you think ‘its not me who is getting larger, the clothes are shrinking in the wash’, or ‘They must have changed the sizing measurements on clothes’.

3 years ago, we both had the epiphany moment after looking at some photos where we realised that we were overweight, unfit and going to both die early if we didn’t do something to change ourselves. This was it... no turning back. No more roller coaster. No more excuses or denials. We pulled the finger out and changed our lives forever. We didn’t crash diet, simply ate good foods. We exercised regularly, but not in excess. Over the following 9 months, Jarod lost 20kg and I lost 15kg. We kept this weight off and kept it balanced for 2 years... until we went to Hawaii in January for our honeymoon (Anyone who has had hula pie would understand completely – see picture below for an idea on how delicious it looks.).

Our bodies have ingested a large number of toxic food over the years, not to mention alcohol and environmental toxins. I used to work at an environmental science lab which analyses soils, water and air for pesticides, heavy metals and other fun things like that. I'm sure breathing in those materials has made my body super happy! So its time to try out a gentle detox to see how we handle a month of no alcohol and sugary goodness to allow our livers to take a holiday and remove any extra nasties from our bodies. Sayonara hula pie!