Fasting Survival Tips
For all those who’ve asked and/or decided to join me, here’s the We Care Spa fasting program for the next 7 days.
If you have the time and the means, I highly recommend going away to a lovely spa and turning this into a treat rather than torture. But if you’re up for a do-it-yourself detox at home, here are some survival tips to help get you through:
If you’ve never fasted before, you might want to get a thumbs-up from your doctor. The whole point is to get healthier.
Find a buddy to do it with and hold each other accountable. We used to charge each other a drink for every infraction…but that only encouraged cheating. Now we exchange 10 things we love and every cheat means something goes on EBAY. Cruel but effective.
Stock up on all the products you need before you start and set them up on your kitchen counter. You can get everything at Whole Foods, health food stores or online. Check out some of the links on this page for resources.
Clear out all the temptation from your kitchen – it’s much easier to suck down veggie juice when you don’t have to reach past the champagne to get to it.
If your office has a kitchen, bring your stuff there too. It doesn’t take any longer to make a cup of tea or a detox drink than to grab a cup of coffee. Caution: although this is great water-cooler conversation, I recommend sharing general information only – no one needs (or wants) to know about your personal cleansing results.
Put post-it reminders on your fridge, cabinets, mirrors, etc. Mine say “Go ahead – guys love a toxic fast ass!” You might choose to be kinder to yourself. Whatever works.
Schedule the program in your BlackBerry and set up reminder alarms. If you stick to the program and the schedule, you won’t even be hungry.
Block out the time on your calendar in advance and take a break from the social scene. It won’t kill you to drop out for a week or two. Be a little mysterious and let everyone speculate about all the fabulous things you must be doing. And while you’re at it, go ahead and DO some of those fabulous things that you never have time for so you’ll have all kinds of interesting things to talk about when you re-emerge.
Schedule appointments for massages, colonics, yoga classes and all the other lovely things that you’d do at a spa.
Be creative and make it FUN.
Good Luck – and let me know how it goes!
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