This morning my children told me we were going on a detox together. When I dared ask, "Who did they mean by "we" and what exactly did "we" have to do?" They started with their plan of action: Sacha would make smoothies for breakfast, then we would exercise with Sacha as our instructor, followed by lunch that I would make, and then we would do yoga together with Chelsea leading us, and then later, we would have dinner that I would be in charge of, but it was only to be a salad.
Sounded good to me. And so Sacha made apricot smoothies with about two hundred other things that went into it: Peas, coconut, kiwi, banana, almond milk, apricots, cinnamon, mint…
It was delicious.
Sacha then started doing exercises I could barely do but encouraged me to do what I could, even if it was close to what he was doing. He lifted chairs as weights, and I lifted my hands; he made tricky stair moves, and I walked up and down stairs. He made it fun, silly and had the ouch factor tucked inside.
We had lunch; I made curry lentils with rice mustard, coconut, and mint hummus. Later Chelsea leads us into yoga. I felt like I was in my private spa of sorts…
Afterward, Chelsea and I went shopping, as she has two weddings to attend, one in which she is a witness. We found a beautiful pale pink dress and shoes to match (I promise a photo to come.) I enjoyed every minute of shopping with Chelsea, as we do not do it often, and when we do, it is entertaining. Chelsea does not like to shop. Hence she has clothes she has had since high school and many clothes that were mine about fifteen years ago. No joke.
When we arrived home, I made a salad for dinner which did not fill Chelsea, Yann, or me; we were still hungry but kept the detox in focus. Earlier in the day, somewhere between doing squats and lunges, Sacha went on and on about how we were not to have anything but fruits and vegetables for dinner. However, during dinner, he confessed he had two ice cream bars when we went shopping, grabbed the leftover lentils, and ate them.
Cheater!
Day One, I did it!
Day Two, who knows?
xxx
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