A Quest For Healthy Living
“No caffeine? No alcohol?!? How many days? I could never do that.” For the last 21 days this was basically all I heard from anyone I spoke to. I was participating in a cleanse program – 3 weeks of giving my body a break from all the junk I’ve thrown at it for 33 years and, instead, feeding it good, solid nutrition. Members of our gym were in awe. Employees at the Trader Joe’s snack counter …
I love coffee – the taste of it, the warmth of it, the connotations of talks with friends and productivity. Coffee reminds me of home, of my mother and her endless pots of “crack coffee” as we’ve termed it for being so potent. There is just something about sitting with a latte at a bustling coffee shop that gets me so excited. So why, then, did I give up coffee for 21 days? …
