Utter Shit

I went out last night to a local bar that is known to cater to a more mature crowd. I thought it would be people in their late 30’s maybe early 40’s….nope. It was women with over-ratted perms and housewives letting their inner Pussycat Doll out (not in a good way) and men with too much jewelry and hair product. It made me want to cry.

Then we ended up bar hopping to the town next door. We were about to enter “our bar” when we both noticed that the young pup was right inside the door. Now, I am ok with running into him, but not sober (I have not had liquor in 8 days!) and not when I have to rub up against him to get into the bar. So we popped to a few more bars, not finding a scene we liked and made a pact to reclaim the bar once my cleanse is over and I am imbibing again.

So the cleanse….

Dear god, put me out of my misery any give me an IV of vodka ad french fries. Puhleeeze!

I was ok with giving up the caffeine, the sugar, the gluten. I was surviving. It did not make life fun, but it was bareable. This new phase is downright cruel.

I started the morning with 2 tablespoons of organic olive oil mixed with the juice of half an organic lemon. A rude way to wake up. I choked down half and gave up.

I then made a shake with rice protein powder, flax seed, flax oil and berries. It was not edible. I had a backup plan! I remade it with tofu instead of the protein powder. It still tasted like shit! But I ate half of it! Mostly it was too crunchy for me. Too many seeds from the berries and I guess the ground flax. I like smoothies…well…smooooooth.

As I sit here having had crab, asparagus and now choking down a half cup of brown rice, I wonder if a clean system is really all that necessary? Does my liver really need detoxifying? Does it care? Can I last 7 days on this? There is a promise of feeling great around day 3….but I do not know if I care.