Today is the first day of the rest of my life

As a avid listener to The Howard Stern Show every day for the past year, I've been hearing lots about Robin Quivers' 21 day Martha's Vinyard Detox fasts. Mostly it's because the whole crew including Howard make fun of her and her devotion to such foreign things as colonics, coffee enemas, and the mysterious "green drinks" that she's always consuming. Between doing her detoxing, Quivers has also become a vegan to maintain her healthy lifestyle and, since starting her first detox over a year ago, she's lost over 100 pounds, has incredibly energy, and can't say enough good things about how Roni DeLuz's detox program has saved her life.

I always found her descriptions of her diet interesting, but not for me. Who could go 21 days without food? Who would want to?? But after doing more research, I realized it's not a fast at all -- you're eating, just not chewing. Your meals are organic fruit juices, soups and lots and lots of water coupled with digestive enymes, cleansing tablets, and nutrient rich powdered drinks. Colonics and coffee enemas are highly encouraged. The idea behind the not chewing is that by giving your body a rest from digesting solid foods, it can instead focus on cleansing. The average detoxer is not only expected to lose around 21 pounds, but have better hair, skin, energy, and a new outlook on life (DeLuz writes that it would also be helpful to be in therapy during the detox the cleanse with detoxify both body and mind).

So after several other of Robin's friend went on it with surprisingly good results, I figured, why not? After all, pretty much everything I eat, sadly, comes out of a box. I've never been happy with my weight, and I'm about to turn the big 3-0 and want to greet it with a new, more actualized, sense of self. I'm ready for some cleansing.

Today is day one. My first colonic (eek!) is scheduled for this evening. Check back for all the dirty details.


Quivers' Larry King interview about the fast.
Google Group on 21 pounds in 21 days.