Jul 042010
 

Energised and focused

I awoke this morning, and after the clearing the usual fogginess that surrounds getting out of bed on a winters morning, I felt rather calm and enthusiastic about the day. It was like the stagnation that surrounds lots of negative television and heavy food had lifted and I was looking for other things. Continue reading »

Jul 032010
 

Make vegetable soup for dinner

Today, things are different. I feel hungry. Not like a ravenous famished hunger but rather a need for something wholesome to keep me going.

I no longer am missing my esteemed coffee, the lack of a milk drink in the afternoon doesn’t seem so important. But I do feel surprisingly hungry. So hungry in fact that I have gone to the trouble of making vegetable soup.

Making vegetable soup is actually a lot of trouble, mainly because I have to balance the needs of a breastfeeding wife, a two year old toddler, and myself, against the hours of preparation it takes to make a decent sized pot of vegetable soup. My toddler doesn’t understand this yet, but, Continue reading »

Jun 302010
 

7 Day Herbal Body Detox Program

Body Detox – Day 1

The first thing I noticed on the back of the little box of herbal tablets thrust into my hands was the NO CAFFEINE emblazoned across it in large letters. … SIGH … I responded impulsively, but it did no good. I was committed to a detox as per the stipulations haggled out during discussions between my wife and I.

So, this is the way it is to be, and this is what is going to happen. No coffee for a least a week. Continue reading »