How to Plan a Weekend Detox

Your Weekend Detox

If you are overstressed or overworked, you need a weekend detox. It will melt away your stress and remove toxin build-up from your body. You can prevent injuries and health problems, while even curing some acute illnesses.Plan a weekend just for yourself. You can do this at home or a quiet place nestled away from your home. By the end of the weekend detox, you will feel a jolt of energy and renewal. Your mind will have clarity and your body will have more strength. Do this for yourself. You deserve it. Follow these steps for a weekend detox and renew your body and spirit.

Things You'll Need

• 1 Lemon
• Face and Body Mask
• Hair Treatment or Mask
• Cuticle Oil
• Foot Lotion
• Journal or book
• Music
• Lean chicken
• Eggs
• Vegetables
• Fruit

Instructions

Saturday Detox

1. Begin your Saturday morning with a detox breakfast and a dry body brush. Wake up Saturday morning and stretch in bed. Lie there for a few minutes and be aware of your mind and body. Treat your body with an instant lemon detox. Fill a mug with hot water and a squeeze in one-half of a lemon. Follow this internal cleansing with a dry brush, stroking the brush towards your heart. Take a shower and eat a high protein breakfast with scrambled eggs and plain whole-wheat toast. Include a glass of fresh orange juice. Rest and relax after breakfast with easy listening music and meditation.

2. Eat a lean lunch with fresh vegetables and after lunch, give yourself a full body spa. Apply a face and body mask, while using a deep conditioning hair mask or leave-in glossing treatment. Use cuticle oil on your fingers and toes. Meditate during your spa treatment while using your favorite aromatherapy candles or incense. Rinse off the masks in a warm shower and take a nap or rest. Eat fresh pineapple or a banana for a mid-afternoon snack.

3. Prepare a lean dinner and enjoy Saturday evening to yourself. Read a book or write in a quiet place. Use your journal to reflect your thoughts. Try reading a good fiction book to carry you away from your stresses. Listen to music and enjoy the evening to yourself. Think positive thoughts and repeat positive affirmations. Give yourself a good hand and neck massage. Enjoy a piece of fruit and a glass of ice water.

Sunday Detox

1. Eat breakfast and do a creative activity. Before breakfast, prepare your mug with hot water and lemon. Fix breakfast with two poached eggs and whole-wheat toast, with a glass of cranberry juice. Give your body a full dry brushing. Take a shower with several cold blasts of water. Do a creative activity, such as art and ceramics. If you can sew or knit, you can create something for yourself or your home. Relax and enjoy the activity. See that the work you are creating carries no stress or pressure on how it turns out. Think positive and enjoy your creative work.

2. Prepare a lean lunch for Sunday afternoon and take a walk. Choose chicken and vegetables for Sunday lunch with a cup of hot tea. Rest and relax after lunch. Take a walk outside and renew your energy. Let the toxins evaporate and inhale the fresh air. Take a nap or rest after your walk.

3. Make plans for the week ahead. Eat any choice of a lean dinner Sunday evening. Relax after dinner. This is the end of your detox and your mind will be more focused and relaxed. Make plans for the week ahead, setting goals using your agenda or personal journal. Use this time to reflect and renew your energy. Meditate and feel the renewal. Think about how you may renew your life with positive changes such as eating healthier, fixing a broken relationship, or having better interpersonal relationships at work.

Tips & Warnings

• Buy all your items needed before Saturday. Avoid driving during a weekend detox. Traffic is an instant source of stress.

• Stick to the schedule and do not allow others to interrupt your detox weekend. Tell others in advance that you have planned a weekend detox and need to eliminate distractions and interruptions. This weekend is for you. Your mind and body are going through positive, healthy changes.

• Do not be discouraged in this program. Sunday morning calls for creative work, and even though you may not have the talent for art, the value of art in the detox process will inspire and exercise your train of thought. Your thinking will become clearer and you will be working without stress. This activity prepares you to for another work week. Allow yourself to see the best in your work, appreciating what you contribute and what you create.

• Do not eat junk foods or sugary laden items this weekend. Do not drink alcohol or carbonated drinks. Avoid salt and fatty fried foods. On the weekend detox, eat only lean meats, and be sure to get plenty of fruit and vegetables with lunch and dinner. You choose the fruit and vegetable options for your meals.

• Make plans to do the weekend detox on a regular basis.

• Be sure to eat only healthy foods and do not plan to fast on the weekend detox.

• Take your medication as prescribed. Talk to your doctor before you start the weekend detox if you want to eliminate your medication during this cleansing.