Can I do without “it”? Can I survive without “it”? Can I live without “it”?

No more playing. No more fondling. No more fidgeting. No more countless hours spent pushing all the right buttons. I’d be left with a huge void in my life. I’d be without hours of entertainment.

But the answer is yes. I bet I can live without “it”.

The “it” refers to access to everything online. All personal online connections: Twitter, reading of blogs, Facebook, etc. It may even include NOT writing this blog.

It would be odd not to fondle my iPhone incessantly and play with my laptop at all hours. What will I do in the middle of the night when I wake up at 3 am?

Years ago when my husband and I separated, I stopped turning on the television when I was home. After months had passed of living in a quiet house in the evenings, it dawned on me…I had TONS of free time. This happened because I didn’t spend countless hours mindlessly channel surfing. I wasn’t distracted by this brainless activity.

Now my online activity has become my time waster.

I’d love to stop for a short period of time. But I’m frightened. This challenge seems harder than any other challenge, including my one week detox diet plan. At least when I suffer through the detox, I end up with a flat tummy and without cravings for sweets or carbs.

Back to the separation from personal online activity. Have you done it? Would you do it? For how long? Dare me to try?

Okay, so most of us have experienced it. I say that partly because I don’t want to feel alone or like a dirty, smelly boy. Well, let me tell you…the same flavor comes bad after being under anesthesia for hours. It doesn’t matter how much I brush and floss, although I’ve have great dental hygiene this past year, the taste doesn’t disappear. Well at least not for a few weeks after surgery.

Enough of that. I’ve got a dinner party to cook for. Ughh, I hate to cook. However, I’m actually part of a great diet plan. People don’t tend to eat a lot of what I make. So I’m off to make people skinny. Yay to me!

3-14 Day Prep/Detox (all you can eat)

The purpose of this 3 day preparation is to chemically adjust the body into a high metabolic burn, along with detoxifying the body by flushing out toxins and excess water storage. This is a 3-day all you can eat diet. The more you eat the more you lose!

All the MEATyou can Eat! (except for pork, damnit)

(No Breading or Sauces) Learn to flavor your food by seasoning it!

BEEF                             LAMB                                        TURKEY

CHICKEN                        LIVER                                        SHELLFISH (water packed)

FISH                             TUNA (water packed)                 VEAL

All the RAW GREEN SALAD VEGETABLES you can eat! (no peas!)

·         Two oranges per day – one as the AM snack and one as the afternoon Snack

(if citrus sensitive, substitute 1/8 cantaloupe per orange)

·         ¼ tsp. of Morton’s Lite Salt per day

·         Two eggs (cooked any way you want to, eaten within an hour of waking up)

You may use butter or Olive Oil in preparing your foods. Use Olive oil and vinegar or a low calorie Italian salad dressing on your salads.  Absolutely No Other Foods Are Allowed During the next 3 days. ***No Peas, Bread, Pasta, Milk, Cheese or Condiments (Mayonnaise, Mustard, Catsup, or sauces). No fruit or fruit juices except as modified!  A full menu will be added after these three days.

YOU MUST DRINK A MINIMUM OF SIX 8oz. GLASSES OF WATER/DAY

Space your water throughout the day.  You may also drink the following beverages in addition to your water each day.

Two cups of coffee or tea are permitted or four cups of decaf

NO SUGAR OR CREAM, Use liquid Protein instead

Unlimited amounts of: Fresh Hot Lemon Water or Herbal Tea

The above drink acts as a natural diuretic to relieve a “full” or “bloated” feeling.

Any seasoning may be used to enhance the taste of food, as long as it

CONTAINS NO SUGAR OR SALT.

**If you are coming off of Soda Pop,

Substitute the Soda with caffeinated Green Tea or H20 Zip mixed with a Protein Drink.

DO NOT STOP caffeine cold turkey or you will get sick!

It is the carbonation, sugar & starches you must stop immediately to make this work!

CARBOHYDRATE WITHDRAWAL

HEADACHE – add one orange or 1/8 cantaloupe followed by a protein

DIZZINESS or ringing in the ear – Use Emergen-C (3 pkts/day.. am, noon and 3pm)

CRAMPING – increase Morton’s Lite Salt to ½ tsp