Putting the Clean Back in Cleanse

When I first started the cleanse, I'm not sure I really understood what I was getting into. I thought about how healthy and squeaky clean my bubblegum pink digestive tract would be. But never once, did I give any thought as to how my GI tract would get this way. Not even when I read that one of the herbal supplements was a natural laxative did I clue in to what I was in store for.

In the last four days, B and I have gone through 7 rolls of toilet paper. Some of which was used after a most urgent rush to the washroom. We have begun to talk in code about this “situations”, referring to the bathroom emergencies as BEs and using analogies to music to describe them. Once, while experiencing a BE at the office, a member of the male cleaning crew tried to enter the woman’s washroom only to be treated to a particularly moving cadenza of my BE symphony. Needless to say, I was very embarrassed. The BE has now become a big part of my day and to take my mind off of all things brown, I have stopped working on the brown, cabled, magic shawl.

Instead, I started these cute little booties on the plane to Sudbury this morning. My sister and I are running a half-marathon on Sunday. If you are running it too, drop me a line or if you are living in Sudbury and don’t have anything to do, come out and cheer the runners on. Who knows, you may even get to experience one of my BEs first hand.

(Note on the cleanse: While on this cleanse, one can eat as much as they like so long as the food is not processed, does not contain wheat, sugar, yeast or dairy, and is completely void of any and all flavour. Don’t worry, I’m not starving. I just really miss chocolate.)

Comments

[B]

BEs have begun to wake me up in the night. And yesterday I had the lovely experience of telling all the Bootcampees about the cleanse after a squat jump pushed me into CODE RED and sent me running for the washroom.
Those poor little kids in the pool changeroom ...they aren't quite old enough to appreciate a good concerto.

on a brighter note, we are halfway there!

XO B

[Stevie]

Ever tried the "diet tea"? I did a detox involving detox tea followed by some dieter's tea. I think the results are shitilar. I mean, similar.

[suelas.]

Situations!! I had a whole (lunchtime) discussion about colon cleansing -- where you get water pumped through you and it cleans all the plastic crap out.

[nanajan]

That cleanse sounds rather rough. I hope you could run a great race after that. When are U coming to TO? Hoping to see you for Princess P's Bday.