Processed foods and the effects on your body

Last night, I made what I thought was a little mistake, but it turned out to be a huge one! I messed up. You see, we are having a big Labor Day cookout on Monday and I know you should start to prepare your body for other foods beforehand. So last night when I was at a friend's house, there was some chicken salad and crackers available. I was so hungry because I had not had a dinner juice and didn't bring anything with me. So I caved. I thought "what could be the harm?" It wasn't like I was eating cake and ice cream. Just a few tablespoons of chicken salad and some club crackers. Let me tell you. I woke up at 3:00am this morning with abdominal cramps. I ran to the restroom and as I was sitting there, I began to break out in a cold sweat and I was shaky and clammy. I looked in the mirror and I was green! My face was literally a shade of light green and my lips were pale. I seriously thought I was going to pass out. Thankfully it didn't last very long because there wasn't that much to...ahem...pass. 

My body was completely detoxed and I went and put something in it that was probably highly processed. I'm sure it was canned chicken, definitely mayo, and who knows what else. Plus, my body hasn't had any meat or dairy in almost 2 weeks, so I know it was a shock. My body was not able to digest that processed stuff properly. It's really scary to think that my body was used to that before. 

So now the question is how to handle the cookout. I spoke to my good friend, Terry. I also work with him so I tend to see him quite often. He's a RN, so he's typically my "go-to" person when I have any health questions. We spoke about what happened and how my body will deal with the cookout foods. He said when you are coming off a fast, you need to come off very slowly. Our original plan was to start indroducing foods on Sunday, the day before the fast. He said it's a slow process of adding foods back in, and 1 day probably won't be enough time. He looked at me and said sternly "You need to start adding foods back in NOW!" So I guess I need to start the next step in my clean eating journey. Crap! I wasn't prepared for this yet! I know I should add in little by little, so maybe I will make a lunch trip to Whole Foods and take a look around. Then juice for dinner. 

By the way, I do plan on making some clean recipes for the cookout. I just need to decide on what to make. Details and pictures to come later with updates from the cookout. If I don't hop back on here for another post before Monday, have a wonderful Labor Day!