Detox!

This little bottle of juice is my lunch! And breakfast, and snack and dinner (well not this exact bottle but 4 ounces of this juice 4x for the day!). As I write I can smell all the wonderful food being eaten today at Rethink’s daily lunch club. I guess it is too much to ask for all the staff to stop eating on my fast days! I do an annual detox as a way to refocus my mind/body and set a course towards healthy eating. Although this may be extreme for some people, for me it is a great way to spend 11 days going inwards and focusing on my body and health. We all know healthy eating is key to health and risk reduction but sometimes we veer off course. I’m excited to usher in the change of seasons feeling lighter and brighter!! Don’t take all my exclamation marks as a sign of happiness-right now I am miserable! My detox partner emailed me all bubbly and excited after our second day (yesterday) thrilled that she had done a spin class and felt great. I could barely get out of bed. Both of us are bemoaning today as it is a juice only day and I am happy to have my crabby partner back with me. Misery and company-it really is true. Everyone in the office thinks I am crazy but for me the 11 days will fly by and I will stronger for the knowledge that I can have discipline if I apply myself.

What are your thoughts-to detox or not to detox? that is the question…….

Alison Gordon, VP Strategy, Marketing and Communications