Friday, June 22, 2007
Day six of the detox
Well it's day six on my vegan, no-caffeine detox and I think I am over the worst. After drinking strong coffee three times a day for fifteen years, the physical and psychological withdrawals from this powerful stimulant have been unpleasant.

I have had a constant headache since I gave up, plus lethargy, irritability and a sort of glum, mid-winter feeling.

I walk past my favourite cafes and peer into their cosy, steamed-up windows with a sad wistfulness - sort of like some Dickensian waif who peers into windows of rich and happy families eating pudding, while she must go home to sleep in a cardboard box and eat toenail clippings.

I also haven't gone out this week. So it's been boring on detox. I've watched a lot of those diet and makeover shows where dreadful posh harridans find obese chavs and then bully them into eating pulses. I've been on Facebook alot, cyber stalking my friends. I cooked a vegan meal at a friend's house and we drank 'mocktails'. I've drank a lot of juice and eaten a variety of vegetables. I had a Kitkat in a moment of weakness. Otherwise I've been sleeping a lot. I haven't been near cigarettes, non-organic food or red meat.

It's over tomorrow and I have to say its been a good thing. My skin is quite fresh looking, eyes sparkly and I feel quite chilled out despite the headaches. Maybe I'll even carry over some of the habits of the detox into my normal life.

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Welcome to the diary of a reluctant exerciser. Having previously shunned fitness regimes in favour of bacon sandwiches, Brigid Delaney vows to finally shape up, get fit and eat more healthily. Over the next three months read how she gets on in a brave new world of gyms, exercise classes and no bacon sandwiches.
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