so today i was on a mission to buy this lemon detox diet. being the daughter of my mother i purchased the started kit from a chemist warehouse for the competitive price of $81.00 (most places sell the kit for $95). i took the pack home and opened it, in the kit is a book, sea salt, herbal tea, the syrup and this red pepper. i also stopped off at the fresh food market and bought quite a lot of lemons, i felt like crazy person. I made up the 2L batch of the liquid and put it in my fridge, pretty easy. can i also add at this point when looking at the tin that contains this special syrup the credibility of the diet in my estimation plummeted as the tin contains not a picture of a healthy looking athlete, or some lemons, but a picture of a quite sad looking moose drinking from what seems like a puddle of water, in a picturesque snowy little village complete with cottage. what a motivational, inspiring design to start my weight-loss endeavor.
anyway, minor motivational setback aside, i proceeded to read the instructions of the diet. every morning for 14 days I am supposed to drink 1L of warm water with 2 teaspoons of salt dissolved into it, so i quickly did that… it wasn’t too bad, i managed to drink the whole litre (apparently aids in digestion). then i drank two glasses of the lemon drink while sitting around my pool, it honestly didn’t taste too bad either, kind of like a marmalade flavoured drink – with a little kick (but then again this is coming from a girl who adds chilli powder to warm milo and will happily eat peanut butter and grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner…). i knew today i was going to feel all kinds of lethargy because i’ve really have gotten used to eating quite a lot food in one day. needless to say i planned on taking it easy today, watch a few non- food related dvds and read a book perhaps then going for my walk, but of course i get called into work to do a afternoon shift 3-9. i just got home and feel exhausted. so today i’ve made my way through 1L of salt water, 2L of lemon juice stuff and nearly 2L of water, i’m feeling pretty tired but not hungry yet. so that’s the first day down, 13 to go. only noted side effect so far is feeling like i need to burp a lot. oh ps my family think i’ve gone crazy, probably have.
on a side note the highlight of my day was hearing someone at work refer to an ‘i-phone’ as an ‘i-pod phone’ made me lol.
