Detoxing Sucks!!

No, not drug or alcohol, or prescription meds...nothing that glamorous...I am food detoxing, and so far it sucks ass! I was lucky enough to inherit the fat gaining genes and other various health junk from both sides of my family! I then in turn felt I should pass it along to my son (who is 16). We both have food sensitivities, are lactose intolerant, blah blah blah...we both struggle with our weight, and live in a house with skinny people who always want dessert, and the food network is usually on two tv's at a time. This is another one of those things that I just can't make up. My husband is a total foodie. He will turn on food network  in the living room and the bedroom so that he won't miss anything (I know real on the edge of your seat tv). We go on vacations solely based on food. One year I wanted to go to the Mountains of Tennessee, he wanted to go to Paula Deen's restaurant...so we headed to Savannah waited in line for hours, for one of the most delicious meals we have ever had, and my husband floated an air biscuit in the elevator in appreciation! Moving on...My son and I began a workout routine. Mine 4 months ago when I found out my cholesterol was high and my triglycerides were scarily through the roof! My son began exercising about 2 months later when we found out that he has high blood pressure. I lost inches, my cholesterol dropped 45 points and my triglycerides dropped over 200 points, but not much weight. My son's numbers didn't change, he is now on BP meds. With the help of a nutritionist we are now doing a detox diet for 30 days. Day two has been a bitch!! My head and body ached all day. No caffeine and no sugar is so much harder than I thought it would be. I felt just as bad as any flu that I have ever had. Keep telling myself that those toxins aren't going to keep me down, but I was in bed most of the day.  Last night my 18 year old  daughter came home from work and asked if she could make brownies...seriously?? Chocolatey gooey goodness..OMG!!..incidentally she is a size 00 another truth that I learned in raising her...that size 00 actually exists? WTF?? So I let her make the brownies under the condition she store them in her bedroom (which she agreed to a little too quickly). I smelled them baking, I fell asleep to that intoxicating scent and I dreamed of food all night long. Now mind you I am eating, and eating a lot of food, just certain foods are eliminated, but not eating simple carbs really bites! I do not have a scale, I threw it out when I started exercising a few moths ago. I sabotage myself, so I am looking at this as getting healthy more than the pounds. I know how my clothes fit, so I will know if I am getting the benefits of this detox. Will let you know in a few days if it starts to suck less...2 days down, 28 to go! Detoxing sucks!!