The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet: Activate Your Body's Natural Ability to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Fast (53 page)

  
Join the 10-Day Detox Diet online community or course
at www.10daydetox.com/resources if you haven’t already. There you will find others who are doing the detox and transitioning to the next phase, as you are about to do. You can share your experience, swap ideas and tips, and receive support and encouragement. Being part of a group of like-minded folks with a common purpose such as this can mean the difference between success and failure. We are social beings. Chronic illness, especially obesity and diabetes, is a social disease and needs a social cure.
The group is the medicine; the community is the cure.
This is the most powerful part of the 10-Day Detox program, and essential for long-term success.

  
Start the Daniel Plan
at your church, temple, synagogue, mosque, or other community center (go to www.danielplan.com for more info).

  
Start a lunch club at work
and take turns bringing in healthy lunches for the group. That way you only have to cook once every week or two.

  
Form a supper club
with your neighbors or friends once a week or once a month to connect with and support one another. Make it an event. Shop and/or cook and eat together. Pick a topic to engage everyone in a discussion of meaning: food, relationships, self-care, or anything that is authentic, real, and connecting.

  
Choose one “health buddy”
in your life to team up and check in with every day, or at least once a week. Report in on what you’ve been eating, exercise you’ve had, changes you notice in your body, how you feel. Cheer each other on and lend support when one of you hits a roadblock.

  
Inspire your friends and family by becoming a 10-Day Detox Group Leader.
After you’ve finished your ten days, find six to ten people who want to do the detox and lead your own Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox group. You can get a complete guide on how to lead a group at www.10daydetox.com/resources, or join the Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet Online Course to get daily support and encouragement from me and my nutrition coaches and join an online group at www.10daydetox.com/resources.

  
Join a fitness club, sports team, or other physical activity club.
This is a great way to connect with people who enjoy the same things you do. Like to run? Check out your local running club. If yoga is your thing, find a studio you love and go to it regularly—yoga people are very friendly, and you’ll find companions in no time. Sign up to play in a basketball league… even bowling… Whatever you love to do, find a group and become a part of it.