D - die - E merge T otally Onionless X man (Boots Detox 5 Day Plan)

Member Name: ripepear

Product:	Boots Detox 5 Day Plan
Date:	14/04/03 (5371 review reads)
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Advantages: Sex isn't banned, You will glow, Energy rush after initial zap

Disadvantages: Tea is, You have to die to be reborn, Head throb to end all throbs

OK couldn't think of anything to go with the O and the X but my brain has been addled by the Detox process.

OK you think you were hard done by doing the 5 day plan ladies (that went before me). Stand aside and make way for someone who survived the 28 day optimum version of the Boots detox plan.

The difference between the 5/ 28 day plans is that you don't have to drink yeuchy gel in water (that sounded nasty) you just have to take two non offensive tablets that work their magic. However, I thought (or hoped) that this is all that would be involved; you pop a magic pill and low and behold your body is cleansed after a month. Er no, not quite. You have to give up everything, it's not fair! I mean tea? Isn't that supposed to be detoxifying. Chocolate?! But what about happy hormones. But the hitleresque instruction manual says they have to to go so they went.

Now my reasons for wanting to detox are: I have been following a diet very successfully since January and have lost two and half stone (hurrah) but have lots more to lose. But was starting to flag a bit and enthusiasm waning so thought it might be a good point to kick my system into gear by doing this for a month and encourage me to maintain balanced diet during and after when I have a newly cleansed bod. I don't drink/ don't smoke so theoretically the rest should be a breeze. However, I did find it a bit too strict - even my facist diet allows a cup of tea every now and then - and I had major withdrawal symptoms.

On the first day I jumped out of bed downed my pills and had a saintly hot water with a slice of lemon and porridge made with brambley apple (with illegal milk but hey ho) and felt extremely virtuous. Spent the rest of the day grazing on salad and Fruit and had trout and veg for evening meal. By early evening I was starving, fantasising about chocolate or anything sugary (haven't had that all the time I've been following
my diet) and had a major throbbing headache. Thought I'd better not take any nurofen in case it messes with my inner cleansing so I suffered. Went to bed and thought my head was going to split in two and hardly slept due to continual throb. At 4am I got up and took some painkillers and then passed out on the sofa with exhaustion.

The following morning I repeated my porridge and lemon water experience complete with tablets but was still feeling shaky and a bit spaced out when I moved anywhere, like I'd taken floating pills. Went shopping to fill my fridge with fresh fish and light meat and fresh veg galore but alas also bought two raspberry muffins with cream and scoffed both of them and washed them down with a cup of tea with loads of milk and three spoons of sugar (I never usually take sugar). Afterwards I reflected on this and decided that this was doing more harm than good and was encouraging some rather bad habits that were apparently acts of rebellion against silly regime. I have been following my own eating plan rigidly for three months without a hitch and five minutes on this and I'm cramming cakes down my gullet. Not good. I decide to be a little less draconian and continue with the tablets and general common sense tips but if I want a cup of tea I should have one.

I didn't have one as of course that was the idea so after this first day lapse, I did fall into a porridge eating for breaky, salad or pasta for lunch and fresh fish and veg for dinner kind of gal. But found this a bit too boring to maintain for ever more. I have grown rather partial to hot water and lemon it has to be said so I think I'll hang on to that. Have also been drinking an abundance of water so my skin is looking v good and has lost it's grey tinge. I have also been doing a Ground Force-sque make over in my Garden with new found energy and have been feeling like a real nature chick.

But my question is do you need to ta
ke tablets to achieve this? Hmmmm. I think for those contemplating on doing this it might be wise just to cut out the rubbish in your diet yourself as the hard work is done by you not the pills. It may be that the pills do what they say and support the process by geeing up your system but I do have my reservations.....Not sure. Would be interested to read anyone else's experiences!

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