When you’ve been away on holiday the chances are you may have overindulged and gained a few pounds. So going on a post holiday detox is exactly what you need to get rid of all the toxins in your body and lose any excess fat you may have gained. I’m not talking about a cabbage soup diet or anything like that, just certain things that I cut out for a limited time. Here’s my post holiday detox plan;

1/ Cut all all sugars (except the natural sugars from fruit). So that means no sugar in your tea/coffee and no deserts amongst other things.

2/ Nothing processed – Very rarely do I eat anything processed anyway, but anything from from a can, jar or anything that has a ‘shelf life’ in the supermarket is totally off the menu.

3/ No red meat – When I am at home I usually have red meat once or twice a week. But on holiday its at least double that, so to balance things out I will cut it out completely for a week when I get back.

4/  No alcohol. I must admit that alocohol is the biggest difference between my home diet, and my holiday diet. I will keep off alcohol during this detox.

5/ No cheese. Again, not something I do not eat a lot of at home anyway, but I eat more of it on holiday, so a cut it out totally for the detox.

6/ No starchy carbs – that means absolutely no pasta, rice bread or potatoes.

7/ Increase fruit and veggies. Getting as many vitamins and minerals into your system is one of the keys to this detox. So I eat more fruit and veg than usual, and make the colours as varied as possible.

How long do I do it for? Generally the length of time that I have been away. But you could do it for longer if you wanted.

Today’s Takeaway – The overall idea is to cut out saturated fat and sugar and stock up on vitamins and minerals. So it’s not a detox in the traditional sense, but following the above plan will definitely clense your system and get rid of any excess holiday weight.