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Day 19: Cheats and Discoveries
Okay, just two more days to go on my self-imposed diet restrictions. I will be honest, I have cheated a bit on myself. But here is what I discovered:
Wine
I had 2 glasses of wine in 19 days. And I didn’t like the taste of either one.
The reality is, I don’t like the taste of alcoholic [...]
Day 14: Surviving Socializing
It is one thing to stick to a way of eating within the confines of one’s own home. Eating elsewhere, however, can put serious temptations in one’s way.
But I passed! With flying colours!
Last Friday, the Lion and I spent a glorious late afternoon on outdoor patios with another couple. This generally involves beer and platters [...]
Cleanse Day 5: Communication
For those of you following along, you will have figured out that the Lion was not being very supportive of my Cleanse. And Friday night, it reached a head when he started to argue with me because I wasn’t having nachos and quesadillas with the rest of them. I stuck to my guns, fixed him [...]
Cleanse Day 3: Red wine and younger women
I have always been fascinated by the social implications of drinking. Or more interestingly, of not drinking.
I don’t drink much alcohol to begin with. I do not like the taste of hard liquors at all. I might sip the occasional liqueur, but so rarely you might as well say never. I can’t drink red wine, [...]