It’s funny that my final week of the 30 Day Detox should turn out to be my toughest.  There are a variety of reasons for this:

• work was stessful (a time when I want comfort and quick and easy food)
• things went wrong (as they are known to do in life, and my usual reaction is comfort food)
• I didn’t lose any more weight
• I haven’t been exercising
• possibly pre-menstrual?

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The last one shouldn’t be the case but I do feel like I may have a little PMS so perhaps the detox has caused my body to change in that respect. Time will tell.

So, all in all, I have been feeling quite low and craving pizza, cake and fish finger sandwiches. I had a call with Trisha Stewart on Tuesday to catch-up and talk over various things. One area of concern was that I haven’t done much exercise.

I have a love/hate relationship with exercise. When I do it and afterwards I feel great but I can always talk myself out of it! There always seems to be something else I should be doing, or not enough time, and as a result exercise is usually bottom of my list.

I’m not a gym person. If I’m going to exercise I would rather walk in the fresh air or go dancing (I especially love belly dancing, but it stops during the school summer holidays).

I know that diet and exercise should go hand in hand, and that the endorphins from exercise will lift my mood, so we have agreed on a program of 15 minutes a day on my cross trainer (or anything that raises my heart rate – which in my current fitness state is just about anything), plus 2-3 other activities such as dancing, pilates and yoga.

Today is the final day of the detox but I will continue it  until I see Trisha on Tuesday and then she can assess the results.

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