Ticking off the ‘fail box’ is a no-no when you’ve got public humility at stake. So even if it’s just about saving myself embarrassment, this blog has become my modern-day version of the public lashing. You see, yesterday I was inspired by a colleague to start a liquid detox. (Beyone Knowles is also a fan of this detox.) And considering that I just finished writing a piece on motivation in which I recommend clients to blog about their trek from ‘fat’ to ‘fit’, I thought this was a good opportunity to ‘walk the walk’, ‘talk the talk’ and all that….so here it goes.
Day 1: This morning I opened my eyes with a combination of excitement and trepidation at the thought of chewing absolutely nothing for the next five days. I have since discovered a few things:
1. I have saved myself a huge amount of time. When you eliminate making a grocery list, grocery shopping, putting away said groceries, preparing groceries, and eating groceries, there’s a few extra hours in the day. Hence more time for said blog.
2. And in true fashion, I have managed to call numerous friends today in an effort to procrastinate. No hard feelings, but no one cares to hear about a detox. Unless your friend/colleague is also detoxing, I advise the topic be avoided at all costs. I’m not sure why no one’s interested, but I imagine with all this spare time, I’ll conjure up some good notion as to why by day four.
3. Hunger has surprisingly been satiated by the mix of water, lemon, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. This is a relief.
4. Another surprising observation is that I’m quite alert. I’m not a caffeine junkie thankfully so going without the morning coffee was not an issue for me. (However, if you are partial to your morning latte, it’s advised you move from the ‘grande to the ‘short’ over the few days preceding your detox.)
I’ll provide an update tomorrow. Of course, it could just be that no one cares to hear about a detox or read about one, in which case….
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