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January 6, 2005
quick fixes 
I'd like to tell you of all the heroic things that I've done, like walking to school in feet of snow, uphill, both ways, but there is no heroism here. I woke up in the middle of another disturbing dream, was a good girl and got up, but ended up mentally dozing for awhile while drinking my coffee and water. I spent a lot of mental energy on—oh, this is sad—lunch.
I paid all my bills early (not a stated goal, but definitely a goal all the same) which is great, but the resulting bank balance reminded me why I tend to drag my feet with this stuff. So, I shouldn't be eating out at lunch. But I am finding myself addicted to the whole wheat tortilla-brown rice & black beans-chicken burrito, which also makes me feel quite virtuous. And as I ran through all of my options, I wasn't able to come up with one that was meeting my goals of eating well and not spending (much? any?) money. Instead of letting it go, I kept looping through. Like I said, I wasn't mentally awake.
Last night, I went to see the sports chiro, which was great. He found a new muscle that was strung tighter than a guitar string, and told me that my skin felt better, healther, than my last visit. I thought about whatever could cause that. I've been eating better. I had showered that morning. I had worked out that day. Who knows? I had done plenty of stuff wrong, too, like forgetting to drink water, and having had a couple glasses of wine after pilates. Oh well.
He started talking about a cleansing diet that a lot of clients are on which de-toxifies the liver, and he's on it this year too. So initially in the interest of being polite, I asked about it. I guess the main thing is that you eliminate these four things that many people are allergic to: corn, dairy, gluten, and something else, which I don't remember. My immediate reaction was, oh my gosh, how would I live without dairy and gluten! In the four weeks of my life that I managed to go vegan, an asian meal with gluten (seitan is another name) was the highlight of the week.
I am easily swayed, however, and by the end of the conversation (which included such phrases as "preparing your body to lose weight more easily and quickly"), I thought this might be an okay thing.
And this morning, feeling tired and not terribly motivated, I thought—what if a cleansing diet fills me with energy? What if this allows me to spring out of bed like Athena from Zeus's head? And of course, the effortless (or so it looks from here) weightloss.
Hello, earth to VJ: too good to be true! Hello!
The other thing is just purely selfish. I love food. Hell, I'm part of a food group. Sure, I bet some food causes me to be sniffly and stuffy and gassy and otherwise unpleasant, but do I really want to eliminate foods that I love (like charcoal gluten)? The good doc mentioned that he's allergic to corn, which he never believed until he did a cleansing diet a while back, but it did sound like he still eats some—he just actively makes the choice. And maybe that isn't so bad.
I am curious about this, and maybe, big maybe, I'll try it after Austin.
Posted at January 6, 2005
Comments
I'm curious about those de-tox plans as well, though my feeling of curiousity is equaled by my feeling of suspicion. I don't know. The idea of cleansing is certainly beguiling, though.
Posted by: Megan at January 7, 2005 6:02 AM