Wellbeing
Originally published on Monday, 7th July 2008
DAY 1 & 2 • DAY 3 & 4 • DAY 5 & 6 • DAY 7 & 8 • DAY 9 & 10
Twelve days of raw food will, the Raw Fairies assure me, change my life. Delivered every morning in brown paper bags, an array of fruit, veg, and sprouted items I never knew existed arrive blended, mashed, and liquefied for my pleasure, along with a cacophony of purifying pills. As a fan of the three Cs (Chocolate, Cheese, Carbs) I'm sceptical. And scared.
DAY NINE
Tomorrow I am officially detoxed. You see, by some stroke of luck, I’m unavoidably off to Iceland before the twelve days of the programme are up. So to celebrate, the office will be filled with all my favourite things – cookies, brownies, cheese, cake, and every other baked good under the sun.
Weirdly, however, the detox has to some extent become my friend. An annoying, limpet like friend who nags in my ear and tugs at my grasping hands, but a friend nonetheless. Life has become much more manageable. Food looks colourful again. I can even manage the green juice without making ‘the face’. Eating 5 portions a day seems like a given now rather than a punishment. Not entirely sure how to tell everyone that I no longer crave the bad stuff as much as I used to.
Hello, my name is Martina and I see in technicolour.
DAY TEN
Felt rather sad accepting my delivery this morning. I’m not sure the courier has gotten quite as attached to me as I have to him, but when a man sees you in your pants for ten consecutive days, you feel you’ve established some kind of a connection. Plus, I’m all glowy, in a healthy way, not a sickly sweaty way. My hair is shiny, my skin clear and my insides, I trust, are squeaky clean.
Back at the office I manage half a cookie. Truly. Half a cookie and 4 litres of water. I’ve been fairified – me, the hardened baked goods fan, consumer of cheeses and lover of sat fats. I honestly feel better, and it was bloody difficult. I think I’m ready for my wings.
Hello, my name is Martina, and I am a detox fairy.
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