Day 17 - How is Dennis Doing?

People often ask me, "how is Dennis doing on the cleanse?", well he's doing great.  It took me about six months to convince Dennis, and myself, to do our first cleanse and we're both happy we took the plunge.  
For Dennis the Candida is expressed as weight gain, eczema and a puffy face. When Dennis gains weight it goes on his belly and he notices his hockey pants get tighter then he gets a rash on that belly of his after he pays hockey!   I'm happy to report that the hockey pants fit nicely again.  As a direct result of the cleanse Dennis' skin has cleared up and his face looks so much slimmer and younger.  He also notices more energy and the afternoon slump has disappeared.  
One of the difficult things for Dennis is packing a cleanse worthy lunch, so we usually make extra for dinner then he has his lunch packed the night before.  
Our girls have been eating almost the same food as us but with extras thrown in.  I think Dennis is missing all the snack food and junk food because he keeps bringing stuff home for the girls.  I'm working on that, because if we wouldn't eat it why would we let our kids eat it?  Also, feeding kids junk food is associated with a list of health issues from the obvious, obesity, to the not so obvious, mood and behaviour.  Baby steps for all of us.  
Dennis is also getting quite involved in the whole Life Cleanse.  He has been working right along with me to cleanse the basement and garage.  Next he needs to clean up the tool area as I'm not going near that spot!  
I cleaned and organized our hall closest today.  Anything to avoid learning Quick Books! 

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