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The realisation that my detox has been totally and utterly dis railed was hammered home on Saturday night. Draining my third Baileys (the most fattening drink on the planet), I discovered that the inside of the glass was full of dirty black cigarette ash. Sufficiently traquilised after a huge Chinese meal and a few vinos at a local restaurant I accepted a replacement Baileys and the explanation that the ash had somehow become baked onto the glass when it went through the pub dishwasher.
Never mind You Are What You Eat – I am now a candidate for How Clean is Your House. Filled to the brim as I was that night with fag ash, cream, wine, crispy duck, prawn crackers and er quite a few rum and cokes.
But to be honest I never got into a routine with this years detox and toxic things kept creeping back into my diet. Which means that those Christmas pounds are not creeping off anywhere.
A second cup of coffee? Sure why not. A chocolate biscuit? Oh, okay then. Having a rotten day? A bar of Dairy Milk sorts everything out. No time to cook? Cheese on toast is just so easy.
I told you of my lofty plans to detox last week and my determination to start using my brand new tube of Total Body Lift. But sure I never got around to it. Despite the fact that it really is my experience that good anti cellulite products do actually work to improve the look of orange peel. The skin massage and other techniques they use, combined with the ability of the cream to firm and tone skin makes everything look a lot better.
So today is Monday. Fresh start. I admit I had a big durty fry yesterday morning and now that’s it. I mean it this time.
I’m going to do things properly. In comes the Clarins*, the body brushing and the cleaning up of my diet.
Mince Alors! proclaim Clarins on the product box. Move over orange peel – mince is the new word for cellulite.
*I will of course be updating you on how I get on with this
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Good luck! I think i prefer “orangepeel”to “Mince” bit less evocative!
Oh, good luck and let us know how it goes! Make sure you take a daily multivitamin with the detox. I did something similar (w/o the vitamin) and the drastic change made me feel like I had the flu
Well it’s half way through monday and I’m still on it!
I agree – the mince picture is GROSS!
I have this stuff i think its good, like that wold really need 2 start the body brushing and healthy diet. Makes ur legs lovely and tingly!!
right there with ya, decided to have cornflakes for dinner tonight, 3 bowls later and 2 slices of bread (yes white bread) with honey on top and i feel horrible, even had a cup of green tea to try and help…..only made my stomach a massive washing machine thats swish swashing around all evening…..
Sarah-mag – oh god how I know the feeling!
just realised i said bread….i meant toast….does it even make a difference? ha ha its just so hard to be good, im either good for a few days and expect to be a twig or im really really bad because I got P***ed off wasnt down a size after being good for 3 days…….this whole balanced diet thing is hard……I think we just need to be there for each other!! ha ha
yes, toast is obviously less calories – some of the bread must crumble off surely?
I agree, but thats why you gotta put real butter on and then some honey to make up for the bits that crumb off….god im making myself sick, no word of a lie!! why do we do it to ourselves?!?
Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod I actually gagged at the ash in your glass!
i just gotta know…how did u go with the clarins total body lift??? also how come u picked that one? please do a piece about diet pills and cellulite creams…it’s a jungle and i love everything u write!!!! please pretty please!!!
Newbie – I have to admit I didn’t stick with it for long enough, but I should have cos it was really good! I’m going to go back to it (I have to!)