DD13: Out and (Not) About

Bridget Jones’s Update of Day 13: BMI: Nope. See below. Activity Level: Nope. See below. Meditation: YES! While laying down (see below) I was able to quietly close eyes and do the “Sit on a chair feel every part of your body” exercise outlined in Clean Detox.  Brief Observations: Chills are subsiding but, the back pain supersedes all. Especially if you can’t take Advil.

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My back went out. An old college volleyball injury, I used to “whip” my back to gain power when I would hit. This, of course, bit me in the ass, so I was an 19 year-old going to physical therapy and told “[La Bets, you] have the back of a 50 year-old.”

Sweet.

Today, when I picked up Baby Lug to get him in the bath, the 35+ lb of wiggly, giggle, burnin’ loving totally threw my back out. It’s probably not good to lift Baby L. on a regular basis, as if he’s… well, a baby. He isn’t. He’s more little boy, which saddens me– the baby is no longer the baby. Sigh.

Unhinged as I was, and in tremendous pain, I spent the better part of the entire day laying down in bed, overturned turtle-style,  trying to recover. Clean also means no Advil. Which stinks. Being hurt  means no exercise, no yoga. Double Stinks. I was really looking forward to two good days of workouts and yoga. I really, really like the yoga, especially if it includes a good friend or two.

So being the overturned turtle, I focused on getting plenty of rest, water, and healing. And reading. Lots and lots of reading. On the swanky Kindle Wireless Reading Device the hubby got me for Christmas. You may have heard of it, but let TLB tell you this is an amazing, and delightful piece of technology. I’ve been reading up a storm on it: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Secret Servant , and even Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body’s Natural Ability to Heal Itself.  Though I will tell you, IMHO, that books like Clean, Cookbooks, and other “reference” books are not really suited to the Kindle. I find with those, dog ears, post-its and flags work much faster and better in finding critical information or recipes.

On the plus side, I’ve seen children’s books, illustrations and all, come out beautifully (if black/ white & shades of gray) on the much larger  Kindle DX. Biggest pluses: Capacity (1,500 vs 4,500 on the Kindle DX,) and ease of purchase via Amazon’s Whispernet (I can buy on boat, in a moat, caffe or T) using my current Amazon account, and the iPhone app that allows access to your current Kindle title list for reading on the fly so to speak. This is a commuter and road-warrior’s dream. For me, it’s fabulous for the 15 or 20 mins pockets of time I find I usually check email.

What I can say is that, being Day 13, I’ve been waiting for some key signs of more detox. Namely mucous elimination. TMI or whatnot, but by this time I should see real tangle evidence. This could be from my indiscretion of 2 days ago?  Maybe. But outside of great skin (though I’ve had a few spectacular blemishes), alertness, heightened energy… perhaps I complain too much? Perhaps.

I also find it interesting and amusing that my homie-in-detox is none other than Martha Stewart. She recently had Clean Detox founder Dr. Alejandro Junger on. Oh did our Marta look good! She waxed on about Clean and the program and we got to hear from a staff member how lost 13lbs in the first 2 weeks. Not bad sisters. Fist pumps all around.

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