Woop !!! My face is covering in spots :)

[Dris]

That means my detox is working !! Just one week in but im really committed now.

All that effort for something -pity the nasty toxins couldnt find a better way to depart but hey ho :)

O and I have an incredible shrinking stomach as well -winter flab still there but reducing but the rubbish is down the pan....deep joy.

Anyone else detoxing ?

Whats your side effects if you are or when you do?

[tiggerblue10]

Well I'm on a diet Dris and I've lost a stone so far :o)

What kind of detox plan are you on?

[Sqad]

Dris.....confused of Menorca.

Why do spots covering your face mean that detox is working?

Is it that all the "badness" is coming out?

[NazNomad]

Change your surname by deed-poll to 'Muldoon'. Sorry I can't be more help, lol

[ummmm]

The only side effect I get is not sleeping... :-(

[Mamyalynne]

Does that mean you cannot ingest all lovely toxic food and drink? I will pass on that.

[carrust]

Don't try to sleep on your side then ummmm

[LoftyLottie]

When I get spotty is is usually because I am under the weather or tired. I am as bemused as Sqaddy Dris.

[Mamyalynne]

Meant to say Dris, if you are well and happy then go for it, I am one of those annoying people who do not gain weight (same now as when 18 years old)

[Dris]

Wow -good on you TB !!
I dont weigh myself -just go by clothes.
Drinking copious amounts of water.
Muller light yoghurts (whiskas flavour is the best -yeuch)
Soup without pulses -as much as you want.
Normandy style fromage frais out Tesco -almost fat free and I either mix tuna sweetcorn and loads of mushrooms and season OR have it with red berries (from the freezer bit in Tesco) lush.
Rice Cake with a scape of extremely light soft cheese.
Veg veg fruit and more fruit.
No Alcohol (had a couple at weekend but cycled off the calories -didnt enjoy to be honest)
Green Tea supplements,Multi Vits,Iron and Milk Thistle (just to give my liver a helping hand to recover)

I'll just stick with that - I dont have all that every day -just choose from one or two of them.Seems severe -but its not you soon get in the swing of it.Ive covered almost everything -its just very low fat but a little carb and protein sneaking in just to balance it.

What diet are you following TB ?

[tiggerblue10]

I'm not following any plan as such but I'm sticking to around 1400 cals and low fat foods. Been doing it since 2nd week Jan so its paying off nicely. Hoping to lose another stone before I go back to work in April, then another stone after that to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight.

Well done btw :o)

[Dris]

Yeah its all the badness coming out of your system.
I havent been maintaining a proper diet (not in the losing weight sense ) for months and months so when I start feeding my body with the proper food,abstaining from alcohol thereby flushing out the toxins I get spots -ive at least 8 on my face at the moment lol

Im really delighted !!

Mamya -im one of those people who has to reign themselves in periodically sadly :((

Wonder if i can find a link -its not a myth as it happens everytime I start a detox and i know of others who get massive plooks on their fissug :))

I'll be right back ............
(bet its an urban myth and its cos ive changed moisturiser lol)

[tiggerblue10]

Oh and this is how I'm logging everything and its free to use.

http://www.foodfocus.co.uk/index.php

[Sqad]

Dris....eeeermm! badness?....what have you got in mind...plutonium?, bad thoughts? rat poison?............give me a clue.

[Dris]

haha Sqad -ive looked on a loads of sites and can link them but theres a load of guff you have to trawl through before it says that side effects are headaches due to caffeine withdrawal ( I cant take caffeine in any form),skin eruptions,fatique (havent had that as I do tend to stay in my kip for longer than I should -thats changing).
I'll c & p the appropriate part. Have to say once the spots/rash dies down my skin is glowing.

[Dris]

http://www.greenpeopl...o_features_detox.aspx

Halfway down page it tells you side effects and spots are one.

[Sqad]

Dris......hardly a scientific body of learned people.

OK.......I give in........Detox.

[pastafreak]

I'm doing this- http://theharcombediet.com/

I've lost 8lbs in less than 2 weeks....I'm eating REAL food (anything processed is not allowed)-fresh meat,poultry,and fish...loads of veggies...and I have plenty of energy. The purpose of the 'diet' (though it isn't really a diet) is to get rid of food intolerances,candida and hypoglycaemic...which in turn rids you of food cravings.....and I had a LOT of those!

[NazNomad]

So, is the obvious cure for oily, spotty skin, just to cram yourself with as many noxious substances as possible? :-))