June 19, 2008
So I'm reading one of my favorite blogs, Dooce, and she's talking about doing this 21 day cleanse that she saw on Oprah (or as my husband likes to say O-fra, because secretly he's dislexic or something). So i decided to check it out and see what it's all about. The Cleanse is a 21 day portion of this Quantum Wellness plan from Kathy Freston. Basically, you give up sugar, alcohol, gluten, caffeine, and all animal products. Doesn't sound too bad - of course there's this whole concept of paying attention to what you eat and your body and blah, blah, blah which I'll read about eventually.
I mention this idea to the husband type and the coversation goes as follows:
A: So I think I'm going to try this 21 day program where you give up sugar, caffeine, alcohol, gluten, and animal products.
H: Animal products? – Meat is an animal product
A: Yes it is.
H: *Grunts with Squishy face* What is gluten in?
A: Lots of stuff, I'm looking up the details now. Jane invited us over for steaks on Friday, you interested?
H: HA! Your diet's already shot.
A: I wasn't going to start until Sunday, but I could have brought a Portobello or something for myself. Oh and thanks for the support there, Peaches.
H: I can go along with it except for the no meat part – you shouldn’t eliminate that either – its where iron comes from and yours is low
A: Riiiight (In my head I'm going "Where in the fuck did that come from? I thought you were of the opinion that the female of your species had green goo instead of blood?")
That's pretty much where it ended. At this point the science of the idea was poking it's ugly head up and I didn't feel like a biology lession.
I decided that the new goal was not only to make it through 21 days without all these things, but to see how many meals I can sneak tofu and tempeh into without the husband type noticing. I'll keep you posted.
