Day Thirty Five: Detox

Dear David,

Day one of 48hr detox. I have been very good. I have done zero exercise but I have not chewed anything. My body does not feel hungry but my mind is starving. If one of my colleagues had sat a little too still today, I would have gnawed them.

Had thermo bubbles and some super juice too. Detox is basically taking 120mls out of the big juice bottle 4 times a day and diluting it with water. It tastes ok but it's hard mentally not to be chewing on something...

Roll on Wednesday!




Kikicee

Day Thirty Three & Day Thirty Four: A.K.A The weekend

Dear David,

It was my father's birthday this weekend so I was on breakfast in bed duty. He got quite a haul of gifts and we got the pleasure of singing 'When I'm 64', rather than Happy Birthday. Span into Glasgow for another Colonic at the Buckingham Clinic with Sally and then took mother and father out for lunch and then headed home. I went to Kember and Jones in the West End - simply heavenly. Totally cheated and had a goats cheese salad but am doing the 48-hr detox on Monday so I relished it, positively savoured every bite! I was in a coma for about 10.30pm.

Today I have been doing mainly administrative tasks - expenses, a bit of work, cleaning, washing - and other things of a generally tedious nature. I need to find an old SQL script on an old USB key and I will need to clean out my closet to find it. I am currently mustering up the energy to start this rather arduous task. Why do I procrastinate so much? I have found an app from Andrew Johnston, the clinical hypnotherpist, to stop one procrastinating - it is no word of a lie that I can't seem to get round to listening to it. I will, I must.....

I've been reading this week about the Body-Rocka, a kind of wobble board that really helps with core strength. I think I might buy one. I am finding it really difficult to find a space to exercise with the exercise ball and need to adapt some of your DVD into a program that is going to fit my lifestyle, the space (or lack of it) in my home and my hellish schedule. Roll on the warmer weather and lighter nights when it's going to be easier to start the running training.

There also appears to be a running club at work. I am being a bit of chicken as all I have to do to join is email. The reasons I have not emailed are;

1. I may be totally shit at running and, if this is the case, I'd rather find it out on my own that in a group
2. They will all be amazingly fit and toned and I'll look like a fat pie in running gear
3. I will make a total ass of myself, sweat profusely and turn bright red, lose a lung and collapse after the first 10 minutes

Are these all excuses, David? Yes, I suppose they are but they are also genuine fears. I do need to suck it up and just do it. Feel the fear and all that. Mind over matter. I know this all makes sense. I am still working my way through demolishing 1, 2 and 3. 4 is finding the ultimate sports bra but I have that nailed. Triumph Tri-Action Extreme Sports Bra

Made an almost oil free harissa paste last night too which I then sunk into a tomato sauce and slow cooked some turkey in it. 

Harissa Recipe

• 10-12 dried red chili peppers
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tsp of olive oil
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground caraway seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin

Soak the dried chillies in hot water for 30 minutes. Drain and then remove stems and seeds. Combine chillies, garlic, salt and olive oil and blend. Add the spices and blend to form a smooth paste. Store in an airtight container.

Turkey with Harissa

• 500g of passata
• 300g of turkey mince
• 2 tablespoons of harissa paste
• half an aubergine - diced

Use spray oil to season pan and brown the turkey mince over a very low heat. Add the passata and paste and leave on low simmer for 15 minutes. Add the aubergine and leave to simmer on low heat for 30 minutes. Serve. Yum.

And now I am off to stop putting off finding the elusive USB key...

Kikicee


Saturday

Food: protein shake (Mocha), egg white omelette, goats cheese salad for lunch, almonds for late-afternoon snack, protein shake (Vanilla)

Supplements: Thermobubbles, Vitamin Superjuice (Lemon), Flush and Cleanse, Hoodia

Exercise: 30 minutes of HIT


Sunday

Food: protein shake (Mocha), almonds mid morning, turkey, harissa paste stew for lunch, almonds for late-afternoon snack, protein shake (Vanilla)

Supplements: Thermobubbles, Vitamin Superjuice (Lemon), Flush and Cleanse, Hoodia

Exercise: zilch, zero

Day Thirty Two: sleepy

Dear David,

I'm cream crackered. I have done no exercise today. I made myself cry without the amount of Dijon mustard I put on my lunchtime turkey. I am crawling into the arms of Morpheus.

Friday

Food: protein shake (Mocha), almonds mid morning, turkey and kale for lunch, egg white salad for late-afternoon snack, protein shake (Vanilla)

Supplements: Thermobubbles, Vitamin Superjuice (Lemon), Flush and Cleanse, Hoodia

Exercise: zilch, zero

Kikicee

Location:Bed

Day Thirty and Day Thirty One: forging ahead

Dear David,

I got an email back from blissworld today. They asked me what samples I wanted. I told them I didn't have anything specific in mind and that free samples are meant to be random gifts that persuade you into buying more stuff so I said I would leave it at their discretion. I was in a bit of a cranky mood today.

I get the bus at 6.45am every morning and, once on the bus, I promptly fall asleep. That is until this physic vampire started getting on at Harthill. Despite many free seats, she wakes me up every morning by poking me in the arm. I made a groaning noise yesterday morning and she bit the face off me. She went mental and started shouting about her being able to sit where she likes. I asked her why me and if she fancied me? She shut up and was not on the bus this morning. All us regulars were awake at Harthill this morning to show a united front, also because this woman is chav-tastic and I was sure she would come back with a posse.

No sign of her but bus was positively tropically warm. We all puffed and sweated all the way to Edinburgh. I was surprised when I reached my final destination and it was not Caracas.

I found a great quote today;

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
James A. Froude
English historian (1818 - 1894)

Exercise this evening definitely felt like forging and hammering! I was going to do the DVD tonight but no space in the living room and I just could not be bothered. Going to clean energetically! I am going to do some high intensity tomorrow morning and rest tomorrow night.


Kikicee

Wednesday

Food: protein shake (Mocha), almonds mid morning, turkey, tomato and aubergine bake and kale for lunch, egg white salad for late-afternoon snack, protein shake (Vanilla)

Supplements: Thermobubbles, Vitamin Superjuice (Lemon), Flush and Cleanse, Hoodia

Exercise: 30 minutes

Thursday

Food: protein shake (Mocha), egg white omelette mid morning, grilled tuna and huge salad for lunch, almonds for late-afternoon snack, protein shake (Chocolate)

Supplements: Thermobubbles, Vitamin Superjuice (Lemon), Flush and Cleanse, Hoodia

Exercise: 15 minutes of HIT


Kikicee

Kikicee

Day Twenty Nine: not bliss

Dear David,

Well another day in hell! None of my desk buddies were in work today and I felt like I was going stir crazy! Ordered a bulk order of shakes, vitamin superjuice etc from blissworld.co.uk. Huge spend and box arrived with NO free samples - how scabby, how cheap. I'll be sticking to space nk in the future. Diabolical.

Going to get up early tomorrow to do some high intensity training. Found a video on YouTube - epic!

Kikicee


Food: protein shake (Mocha), almonds mid morning, turkey, tomato and aubergine bake and kale for lunch, egg white salad for late-afternoon snack, protein shake (Vanilla)

Supplements: Thermobubbles, Vitamin Superjuice (Lemon), Flush and Cleanse, Hoodia

Exercise: 30 minutes

Day Twenty Eight: Ennui...

Dear David,

What an epically boring day! Work is really, really slow right now and today was like pulling teeth. I tried to focus, invent things to do, entertain myself....

I ended up googling, doing the crossword, reading the paper and prevaricating. I talked at my poor colleagues, rambled, my mind addled with the complete, all-consuming ennui. I spent 300 quid in John Lewis and planned two lives abroad in two different countries. There is nothing I don't know about world affairs! Arrrgggghhhhhhhh......

I was reading the exercise plan tonight and looking at the 'office workout'. Darling David, you are wonderful but what kind of mental office do you think exists where I can lay prostrate on a ball without causing a stir? No, no, no.

Maybe it's ok in America. In Scotland, I'd be institutionalised!

Off to watch Glee!!!

Food: protein shake (Mocha), almonds mid morning, gravaldax and salad, cray fish and red peppers for late-afternoon snack, protein shake (Vanilla)

Supplements: Thermobubbles, Vitamin Superjuice (Lemon), Flush and Cleanse, Hoodia

Exercise: less than nothing


Kikicee

Day Twenty Seven: All About Eve

Dear David,

Lovely day today. Went into Glasgow to have a browse in the shops and went for lunch at Fifi and Ally - a simply scrumptious salad of warm smoked salmon, rocket, capers and dijon mustard. Delightful.

Went to the Farmers Market yesterday morning so have an array of meat and vegetables to prepare some lunch meals this evening. The pièce de résistance was the rather large chicken I bought from the St. Brides poultry farm - positively the best chicken I have ever tasted. Got a smaller one to make some stock as well. Yum. Going to make a derth of meals to freeze this evening to prevent any idle hands and a repeat of the chips/jaffa cakes incident.

Treated myself to facial this evening with the help of the lovely Eve Lom. Skin is looking fantastic at the moment and am careful to use products now with little to no chemicals and organic, where possible. Eve Lom cleanser, followed by Dr.Organic Manuka Honey Scrub and then Eve Lom TLC Radiance Cream - lovely! Skin smoother than a baby's bum now.

Off to cook up a storm.

Kikicee

Food: protein shake (Mocha), almonds mid morning,Fifi and Ally salmon salad, almonds for late-afternoon snack, protein shake (Vanilla)

Supplements: Thermobubbles, Vitamin Superjuice (Lemon), Flush and Cleanse, Hoodia

Exercise: 30 minutes on Mabel, the cross trainer