The hardest part

I discovered that the hardest part of this cleanse diet is not avoiding sugar or caffeine (which has been tough). What I've found to be the toughest thing is asking for "special" treatment. In my house my husband does most of the cooking and meal planning. He is very good at this and deserves almost all the credit for our daughters being as healthy and fit as they are. I have been more involved in the meal planning as of late, to remind him of what I can and can't have in this phase of my plan. He is very open to all my suggestions and is super supportive of my efforts. It is still hard on me to see him excited by a meal and then me saying "I can't have that." He takes it as a challenge and works with it. At work, for our staff meeting once a week, we have a special friend that brings the whole staff lunch. Luckily, I'm going through this cleanse with 3 other co-workers and we work for my doctor, so there is lots of support there. Lunch for last week didn't happen to be on the cleanse, and the woman that brought it felt bad. I'm such a people pleaser that it is very hard for me to ask for special treatment. So perhaps this project will not just help my physical help, but teach me that I am worth "special" treatment. Which will help me in other ways too.