Rule #1: Don't Talk About Food!!!

So the first day of my journey was a success! Christine and I walked to the Vineyard Haven Holistic Center yesterday morning with excitement and anticipation. We were greeted, ushered into a cozy room with a warm fireplace and filled out our paperwork. Within the hour we were getting an ionic foot bath to begin releasing toxins while getting "the skinny" from the other "detoxers" who were leaving that day. Naturally, I was starving. So as we were waiting for our first "antioxidant berry drink" of the day, I began telling these women who hadn't chewed food for a week about my tapas "last supper" with David on Saturday night. I described the whole spread: cheese fondue, assorted grilled marinated meats, chocolate fondue with strawberries and pieces of bundt cake, a wonderful bottle of red, and some port wine to go with our dessert. Yummy!!! I think I almost got kicked out of the Center right then and there. The response I got was 4 angry women telling me "Listen! Rule #1 is you don't talk about food!" By 4 p.m. I could totally understand how they felt. I was grumpy, had a headache, and wanted to go find some good food. But I held strong and kept to the program. The culinary highlights of the day was the wonderful soup Linda, our housemother, made of squash, carrots, some fresh herbs and a little nutmeg on top. Needless to say, we were drained from the day and headed to bed quite early! One day down, 20 more to go!