It’s day 1 and I woke with a wonderful sense of calm. For once, starting something like this is a complete anti-climax – just as I hoped!
To explain, the plan is to retrain myself to be healthier but I want to do this by slowly introducing change. Just one thing each week. I can safely say that I am no poster child for vitality… yes, yes, I know the theory but I find it completely overwhelming to pick one day and just start a whole new regime of eating, sleeping, exercising etc. The pressure is too much, I crack and then because I’ve failed I throw in the towel completely and think f*ck it! Until I choose another Monday when I’ll start all over again.
To add insult to injury, I’ll tend to do a bit of a run-up when I start these things… I drink, smoke and eat MORE the weekend before a big Monday! And worse still, if I do manage to get through 5 miserable days of carb-free detox, I think I deserve a reward… which generally consists of a carb-fuelled re-tox!
So, this is my antidote to fad diets and fast, unsustainable results. What I realise is that I’ve convinced myself that I have absolutely no self-control. As soon as I try to stick to a plan, I seem to obsess over ways to justify not sticking to it! That’s why I’m going to pick one simple thing each week to add to my life, which allows me to focus on getting that right before adding any other change.
Today, I committed to just add water. Three 750ml bottles of filtered water sipped across the day. And the emphasis is all about ADDING not taking away, for the time being anyway. So it’s 7 days of just adding water and then I’ll add something else into the mix (and continue the water of course).
Day 1… done! Easy 
