11 reasons to immediately detox in Portugal (Spoiler: – 6 kilos in one week!)

Do you know that moment that your jeans comes out of the wash and suddenly can rise to knee height? That the buttons of your blouse spontaneously jump off, you can not bend anymore without a construction worker’s collecution. The moment you know: something has to happen. The moment you decide: I’m going to detox. In Portugal. With Health Holidays. Because if you have to be slim and tight, it is better to do it at a sunny location.

And now the question: detox, is that so gruesome as you think it is? With terrible hunger, a banging headache, your mood in the minor and an enema in your derrière? Nope. It’s time for yourself, a nice tan on your head, a bucket of new energy and last but not least a few pounds less. So if you are still in doubt, stop immediately because:

# 1 You get the most delicious juices in a detox week. You drink liters of water and tea all day long and three times a day is the magical “juice moment”. In the morning you get a fruit juice (the tastiest of the day), in the afternoon a tomato-cucumber juice and in the evening a vegetable juice.

# 2 The hunger after a day is gone. Occasionally there is still something around in the tea or your belly is rumbling because you secretly have eaten a chewing gum which again contains junk that provokes your hunger, but otherwise almost not.

# 3 Faro is only two and a half hours flying. Just as long as the car from Den Bosch to Groningen (excluding the time at the airport, but hey, that’s just me-time), but it’s a bit warmer.

# 4 Three hours a day sports sounds much more horrible than it is. First of all, because after two days you already see results (or think you see). Secondly because it turns out to be fun. Every day at 7.30 am you walk or rob a good hour (walking much faster) or even running along the coast. Around 11.00 there is a Bodyshape class, given by Ilona, who will awaken you terribly but laughs at it very badly, which makes it less bad and in the afternoon there is an Aquagym class that also continues when it rains. It could be that we were not always there …

# 5 There is a fantastic SPA at the hotel where you can lie in the sauna every day (good against the muscle pain!) And you can book your detox massages and facials.

# 6 The surroundings of Carvoeiro have the most beautiful and capricious coastline that you can imagine. Even if you have your famous dip day (around day 3) you will become happy here again.

# 7 You meet nice people through it. Such a detox week is suitable for both einzelgängers and group people. You can go all your way and everyone during the juice moments only briefly nod and further steer ahead of you. But you can also go shopping together in the afternoon or hang out at the pool. During my detox week there were also two attractive pilots with me so I was a groupperson anyway.

# 8 There is enough distraction in the form of picturesque Portuguese towns. You can not leave Carvoeiro without sightseeing. Number one on our list is the town of Silves where even electricity boxes are beautiful. Try to avoid the terraces because anyone who is sitting on a terrace does not order a spa red. Better ignore the terraces and walk from church to rose to viewpoint.

# 9 The chances are that there is more often a moment when you can read a book undisturbed and do what you want. Without the nagging of others at your head. This week is really you-time even though this term is vomiting. You only pay attention to yourself (and two pilots) and completely relax.

# 10 You can lose 6.3 kilos and 7 cm belly fat in a week’s time. Okay, that was also the record of the past years and losing 3 kilos in a week is a lot more common, but still, it’s possible. The only thing you have to do, to get this Wine-up record of – 6.3, is to fill you in just beforehand with everything that God has forbidden. So you do not stick to the recommended reduction schedule (the last days before departure no wine, no coffee, no carbohydrates and certainly no bag M & amp; M’s more) and do have the first two days as punishment a headache but you start nice and high in weight and ends nice and low. Free tip.

# 11 It is good to be without wine for once a week. It is just like with love: only when you do not have it, you know what you are missing. Do not forget to store a few bottles of that delicious Portuguese wine so that you can make it straight away when you return home. Or you just take a glass. Because you were just as energetic and healthy. Just kidding. Just a bottle of course.

Source: Wine-Up

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July 4, 2018