Astris

I did this last week, I knew I was going to be in London for other reasons and thought that it would be the perfect opportunity to see a film that I liked before it dropped out of the cinema. I decided to see it at a cinema I had been to before so I was familiar with it and decided to see it early on in the day; before I got on with the other things I was doing later on. The reason for seeing it in London was due to the fact that the film was an indie and had a limited release, this had advantages which I will come to later.

It was scary at first, but after a while I got into the film and stopped noticing everyone else. Also, I had seen the film before and knew when to leave, avoiding the mass exit during the final credits.

Some advice:

- Go and see an early viewing, obviously this is when the cinema is less packed and there are more single viewers/people who are more interested in the film = less attention on you.
- Pick a cinema you are familiar with but where you don’t think you’ll bump into people you know, like a colleague – awkward! I don’t live in London, so it was good to stroll into a cinema knowing I wouldn’t have to make small talk with an old friend I hadn’t seen in five years: “Sooo, why are you you here on your own?” (you get the point)
- Go and see an indie or something a little more under the radar, this will definately equal a more interesting movie experience.
- I found it fun and would do it again, possibly at the same cinema or an independent. If there really a is film you want to see on the big screen, you shouldn’t have to depend on others so that you can see it, seriously, life is way to short for that.

I found doing this to be rewarding and I definately learnt one or two things along the way.

Before doing my next one I definately need to plan it better, such as get my food for the week on the weekend and prepare it for work days.

one or two things:
- generally I felt no different after completing this, I did stray on the odd occassion, so I’ll have to see how things go after a longer detox. Next Im doing a six week detox
- I will definately drink less caffine from now on
- I feel better about myself. Detoxing is a great way of losing weight. Unlike being on a diet generally I didn’t think about food that much and my portion size has decreased

Expensive nightmare, is what this is turning into, but I’m finding my feet with this and I think by next week I’ll have found a better coping trategy = spending less.

So basically my detox covers avoiding:
- additives
- preservatives
- colourants
- refined sugar
and any other aritifial crap they put in food

I don’t really cook much and I’m not making my lunch before work so I basically spending my lunch reading the ingredients on food packages = hogging the shelves during food rush hour!
Also I broke today and had a frappucino (!) then about two hours later experienced the worst sugar crash ever haha. Seriously, I was in BHS shaking, thinking I was going to pass out so ran to Holland and Barretts and got some dried figs – :D

So, Im definately keeping to this, I might actually make it a permanent change.