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Roughage is a Strange Word

Days One and Two of The Cleanse have gone well, I suppose, despite my having no idea what I'm supposed to eat/avoid eating. I Googled "colon cleanse diet" and came across lots of questionable sites selling laxatives. Not quite my diet of choice. I've decided to eat a high fiber, lean protein and minimal refined sugar diet this week; it just sounds like the right thing to do. This was only recently decided, though. Yesterday I ate fruit and yogurt for breakfast, an apple for lunch and a turkey cutlet, steamed broccoli and baby carrots for dinner. With prunes for dessert. I couldn't keep that up for an entire week. Today I had Bran Flakes and dried blueberries for breakfast, a banana, fruit-and-nut bar and prunes for lunch, yogurt for a snack and for dinner will have roast chicken with root vegetables. Now that I've decided on a diet plan, my options are opening up. The most difficult things to avoid will be cheese and, sigh, caffeine.

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There's a lot of things I can do, but those things don't include living caffeine-free. That and driving too fast are the only vices I have left! All I need is my two cups in the AM and I am fine.

(I gave up caffeine for 6 months once. Wasn't pretty. I was a righteous wanker 24/7. Learned my lesson, and won't do it again, much to the relief of those around me.)

Yeah, caffeine is now such a part of my system, I cannot live without it.

And I can't give up cheese. No way, no how. Sorry, colon, it's just not going to happen.