Shopping Trolley Judgements - We all make them!

I bumped into clients in the supermarket yesterday...thankfully my basket was full of this!

(I'd been boring them with detox details just the day before!)

After AM. yoga I dealt with mails and calls - trying to get the Prendsletemps 'Spring Vitality Weekend Retreat' finalised and up on the website.

Lunch delayed me! not so much the prep..but THE CHEWING! Impossible to eat the Watercress, sprout, pumpkin seed with grated carrot quickly..which, i'm assuming is the point (chewing releasing enzymes to break down food to digest etc...) BUT too long chomping made me rushed for my afternoon client.

I was definitely 'scatty' yesterday. I rocked up to give a 'facial' when my client was expecting a 'detox algae body wrap'. (She was just lovely, enjoyed the facial and will be having a free wrap next time!) That is not the point.....I was mortified to be that unprofessional and felt embarrassed that I'd let my detox affect my work. Maybe that's a reason you have to 'go away' to detox...maybe it's just not possible to function 100% and work whilst detoxing.

So far...sticking to the eating plan ...not a problem.

For everything else...I wish I was in India!

To be fair, Tanya does recommend doing this programme in a quiet week. For most, i'm assuming that means taking leave from work and with most people having precious limited holiday allowance that's going to be a deterrent.

Next..a DIARY FAIL! Somehow, I managed to clash Detox Day 1 with hosting a loud, boozy quiz night for 29 people in my friends restaurant. A test too far? I'll let you know later

Prendsletemps

Mostly Ce Soir I will be ....making Sauerkraut!

To return to the beginning...RIGHT NOW I should be on retreat in India.

If I were, I would probably have had a lovely Pre-Detox-Day of yoga, massage and meditation ...perhaps a river stroll and i'd probably now be sipping on some delicious fortifying Pre-Detox-Broth.

MY REALITY began at 6.30am when I soft-padded into the bathroom and was suddenly 'paddling'. The toilet had flooded overnight. We won't dwell on it (this is afterall kind of a food blog). My first hours of the day were spent mopping, not stretching..Yoga was a no go.

Tired and stressed before 9am, my morning mails requested: high-res images ASAP - essential for potential press; several client diary changes; urgent product requests; several detox queries and a disgruntled Aunt who can not, apparently, open the latest images I attached of the puppy.

My nearest post office DOES NOT SELL ENVELOPES..which meant a detour to the 'tabac' (only in France!!). I got very lost en route rushing to new clients. I got home to an 'admin' emergency. I'd forgotten to deliver a clothes rail to friends....I popped it over to them and gratefully polished off a beer and some curry they had ready (they are chefs!).

At 9.15pm I realised the day was done and I still had a weeks worth of Sauerkraut to prepare.

Returning, again, to the beginning...'This is a project to see if it really is possible to Detox in the real world we live in ...or do we have to (quite literally) reatreat to the other side of the world.'

I'm not ready, I'm stressed, I've got a headache...and I'd rather be in India.

I will, however, be getting up to my first juice which is: Kiwi, Spinach, Mango and Celery.

Make mine a large one!

Prendsletemps.

Purification - moving the mountain to Biarritz

RIGHT NOW I am meant to be 'en route' to a month long purification programme in India. ACTUALLY (for various reasons - mainly relating to moving and dogs) I will be staying at home (Biarritz - could be worse!) for the month of January.

Always a 'glass half full' kind of girl..I have decided this is 'meant to be'..and I will still use the 1st month of 2011 to focus on purification - using the opportunity to re-launch my wellbeing blog.

In general, the blog will continue to focus on health, beauty, aromatherapy, retreats and wellbeing..Naturally!

Specifically, through the whole of January, I will blog a daily diary of whether or not it is possible to detox 'in the real world'. I will trial two separate detox programmes and add in my own natural remedies.

Throughout January, I will use only completely home-made natural 'products' (I'll tell you how to make face masks, body scrubs etc) to compliment the detox process. I will also add in some recommended treatments and activities.

SO...this detox is accessible to all...WHY NOT JOIN ME?

I will begin the first programme
Tanya Alekseeva's: 'Complete 7 day Detox Programme'
the second week in January..so you have time to take a look at the link and see if you fancy joining me.

This ebook contains shopping lists, all recipies..everything you need to get ready.
It costs £15 and is available via this link. http://www.betterraw.com/2010/12/your-complete-7-day-detox-program-is_19.html

I must add that I have never met Tanya and know her by reputation only!
I have purchased the programme as an ordinary un-biased consumer.

This particular programme is based on raw food. There is no 'fasting period'..you eat every day. This does mean that shopping and advance food prep is required!!

I will follow on from this with a second more ...ahem...comprehensive colon cleanse. Based here in France, Fiona Robertson runs colon cleansing retreats and has launched her Home Detox Box. This programme includes fasting (but with syllium and clay shakes!)..pro-biotics and yes...colon cleansing!

Check out the link below and start to think if you could progress to this with me the last week of January!

http://www.home-detox-box.com/weight-loss-colon-cleanse-detox-liver-flush.html

Meanwhile, please follow the blog, leave comments and get involved...most things are more fun done together...detoxing has to be one of them!

Prendsletemps.