The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet: Activate Your Body's Natural Ability to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Fast (38 page)

I finally feel satiated at night, which is unusual for me. There have been evenings in the past where no matter what I put into my stomach, it feels like it’s not enough. It is not uncommon for me to have a food hangover in the morning because I have had too much sugar the night before. This program helped affirm that I don’t want to treat my body as a garbage disposal. The ideas Dr. Hyman shares about how food speaks to our cells and is used as a drug are powerful. The fact that I can heal myself rather than harm myself with every forkful is something I am more conscious of now.

—HEATHER CUMMINGS

Take your measurements and record your results in your Detox Journal or online tracking tool. Also record how many hours of sleep you got the night before and the quality of that sleep.

Begin the day with thirty minutes of brisk walking or other exercise.

Just before breakfast, take 2.5 to 5 grams of PGX fiber: 3 to 6 capsules or ½ to 1 scoop of the powder in 10 ounces of water.

Take the rest of your supplements with breakfast.

Make your Breakfast Detox Shake (see menu plan below).

Optional: Enjoy a midmorning snack (see menu plan below).

Just before lunch, take 2.5 to 5 grams of PGX fiber with a glass of water.

Eat lunch (see menu plan below).

Optional: Enjoy a midafternoon snack (see menu plan below).

Just before dinner, take 2.5 to 5 grams of PGX fiber with water.

Take the rest of your supplements with dinner.

Eat dinner (see menu plan below).

Spend fifteen minutes recording your experience and answering the Day 6 Journal Questions listed
here
. Write down everything you ate and did today, how you feel, any improvements or changes in your energy and focus, and how these changes make you feel physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Practice the Take-Five Breathing Break for 5 minutes.

Take your twenty-to-thirty-minute UltraDetox Bath.

Get seven to eight hours of sleep.