Trying Something New

I'll admit it: I was intrigued by Oprah's 21 day cleanse. Maybe even tempted to try it. Who doesn't love a good three weeks of self deprivation in the name of science and health? Then I started looking at the nitty gritty aspects I would give up. It looks something like this:

1. No Processed Sugar. Hmmm, I MIGHT be able to do this for three weeks.
2. No Caffeine. I live in Washington, where abstaining from coffee is a jailable offense. Still, I think I could probably do it.
3. No Alcohol. Not a big deal to give up a weekly glass of vino.
4. No Meat. No problem.
5. No Animal Products. Huh, there might be a problem. Do you live on soy?
6. No Gluten. I had to look this one up. It really means no pasta, bread, bagel, etc.

There are probably other no-no's, but this is as far as I got. I'm still going to try my own cleanse which will consist of numbers 1,3, and 4. Yesterday was day one. Oops, I accidentally ate ice cream. Correction, today is day one. If this goes well, maybe I'll cut out caffeine next week.

Until then, here's to health and deprivation!