Detox shmetox

I just completed a 13 day detox and I’ve got to say... it’s really not great. Its especially tough because my lovely flatmates organise on weekend one to have one long binge weekend that starts out with baking delicious pastries and drinking the frothiest hot chocolate and ends with wine and free hors d’oeurve’s and pizza.

Torture.

I managed to suffer through the temptation by relying on millions of flavoured herbal tea (no sugar or honey or sweetners) and hubbly bubbly! Not really much of a compromise!

I’ve quickly begun to realise that being an anorexic must suck immensely! Everything we do as human being surrounds the topic of food or alcohol.

 Like: movies (popcorn is part of the experience)

 Lunch with friends

Dinner with friend or with a boyfriend

 Catching up over a cup of coffee

Having a glass of wine with dinner, or after a long day, or while you’re out, wine tasting, or when you need to relax... Okay so the amount of things a person can do that includes wine is ENDLESS!

(needless to say I quite enjoy wine)

Basically, all the social and generally entertaining things that we engage in as humans surround food. It must be crazily boring to be anorexic, I mean yes you can (sometimes) fit well into your clothes but where will you wear the clothes?  To your kitchen where you won’t be eating? What fun.

Apologies if you think I’m being crass, I just feel a sort of connection with other self deniers. Perhaps I’ll start chewing ice and sniffing chocolate bars to attempt to keep my hunger at bay.