Detox Body Cleanse, Come Again?

ON this date, the 6 of June, 6-6-08, I started a blog post talking about the cleanse that the Giraffe and I had decided to do.

There was a lot I could have said about that. We did it for two weeks with minimal cheating, which is pretty exciting considering I don't think either of us had gone without a beer or red meat two days in a row in...years? Probably years.

We did the cleanse because it didn't involve starving yourself, and there were suppliments you were supposed to take, which made it feel a lot more doable than drinking lemon-pepper-ginger water for ten days and still trying to be a normal functioning person. AND, we also did it because we found the kit at the co-op we sometimes shop at, and it happened to be one of those days where I think we were more open to trying new things.

All in all, so long after the fact, I would have to say, it wasn't terrible. At first it was pretty bad--we were always hungry, always tired, always irritable. But eventually once we learned how to make real meals within the rules of the cleanse, it got much better. It was even kind of fun.

In the end though, I personally never felt I was that "cleansed". (come on I kept thinking, where is the crazy shit in my lower intestines that is supposed to be revealing itself and making me feel *years* younger, or more energetic, or whatever). Mostly it was a good lesson in eating better. I felt healthier, and then the fast stopped, and I balooned up to the alarming rate I felt I was at before.

So. Maybe next time we'll just join a gym. And buy some grape nuts.