After an abysmal start last week - a 'non-start' if you will - I woke up this weekend determined to start the 12-day Chris James Mind and Body Cleanse. I've been preparing all week; I signed up to the Chris James website and posted on the forums asking for advice.

What I didn't do was buy any food, so I woke up Sunday morning after a night out, starving, with the realisation there wasn't a single thing in the house I could eat. Waiting until day one to shop is a bad idea - Chris James advises against it and I wish I'd listened. The supermarket shelves were bursting with delicious things I couldn't have as I wandered around looking for organic carrots and lentils and pumpkin seeds. Never has a packet of uncooked pasta looked so inviting. And you can't imagine the carnage in the biscuit aisle.

Still, by the end of the day I wasn't feeling so bad. I'd enjoyed the variety of fruit I'd eaten, dinner was a tasty vegetable stir-fry - which I often eat anyway - and I had a couple of oat cakes with hummus as a treat before bed. I'd livened up the stir-fry with a squeeze of lemon juice some sea salt - mercifully there is sea salt on the 'allowed' list, and it turns out to be much nicer than table salt anyway. Easy!

If you're encouraged by this nice easy start and want to find out more about the diet, visit the Chris James Mind & Body Cleanse website to find out more

If you still think cake is a better option, have a look at this fantastic recipe for the 'best chocolate cake in the world'

Read part 1: Starting a detox diet

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