4.3.2.1. Detox
I think I have fallen for a fad.
I have always seemed to fall outside the healthy weight guidelines, except for a period when I was about 15-17 when I was a gorgeous size 10-12.
Then life intervened. Deaths, marriage, infertility, mental illness… I have had my fair share of downs. And during this I have tended to eat.
18 months ago I again set my mind to shedding some kilos. And I have. In that time I have lost over 23kg. But for the last 8 months it has been at a standstill. At least I haven’t found it again!
So when a colleague said she was going to do the 4.3.2.1 Slim and Detox™ “a new way to help slim, cleanse, purify and tone your body in just 10 days” I said I’d go along with it. Originally she said no steak, but all it says is a calorie controlled diet. So I am going the no caffeine and no alcohol for 10 days and eating as unprocessed food as possible. Whilst I usually eat fairly healthy for meals, snacks can be another thing. Then there is caffeine… I usually have at least 1-2 coffees and 3 cans of diet coke a day. I have been known to have alcohol free days, but recently I have not been known to string too many of these together.
Today hasn’t been too bad. I did want a coffee this morning and another this afternoon, but drank the detox solution instead. And it doesn’t taste too bad. Food has been fine, but then again no real challenges today. I am baking a cake tomorrow for the boss’s birthday on Tuesday. That should be interesting. Had to hide the gin bottle in the bottom of the freezer…
I suppose if I can kickstart things in the next 10 days (I doubt I will lose the 28kg needed to put me in the healthy weight range in this period!) then I can carry on with perhaps a coffee and a can of diet coke a day and a gin or a glass of wine at night. I am doing what a friend does and throwing all coins into a jar at the end of the day. He ended up with a few thousand dollars over the course of a year. Doubt I will be that lucky! But it may get me to Melbourne again…
