Detox or Retox?

So January is in full swing and god, what a depressing month!

Everyone is miserable because they've either
a) Quit smoking
b) Given up the drink to go on detox
c) Started a diet
d) Got no money
e) Dumped boyfriend/girlfriend coz they bought you a sh*t present for Christmas
f) Fallen out with the family over a heated game of Pictionary on New Years Day and not yet made up

Or all of the above.

Plus the weather is crap - and no one looks their best wrapped in 4 layers with chapped lips and a bunged up nose!

Now January telly is usually quite good and alleviates the boredom but even that's not hitting the spot this year - I can just about tolerate Big Brother but the Celebrity version is just cringe worthy. I have no idea who half of them are! The soaps are full of doom and gloom too and on every ad break there's another 'so-called' celebrity prancing around in a leotard promoting their fitness DVDs. Its enough to make me hide under my duvet for the whole 31 days!

So I get to New Years Resolutions. How many of them have you broken already?
I'm proud to say I've stuck to mine - as long as you don't count the resolution of 'I'm never texting 'the ex' ever ever again' - I broke that one last night but before you all shout at me through the power of your computers, it was only to tell him about my new car - I'd literally run out of people to tell! And I'm only human after all and I do miss him - But as people tell me, that along with the pining, will pass!!!!!

But back to resolutions. My colleague at work has decided to fully detox - no more caffeine, he's quit the fags, he's been bringing healthy sandwiches to work (I haven't the heart to tell him detox means no bread so we'll let that one slide!) and he's not touching alcohol until the month is over. Now all I can say is good on him - I have neither the willpower or the inclination. To be honest I'm one of the only people I know that actually drunk LESS than I normally do over Christmas. Saying that though I did go to a lot of Christmas parties and experienced some of the worst hangovers I've ever had (that no amount of bacon sandwiches could fix) so maybe that put me off this year.

So this weekend I plan to go out and partake in a few alcoholic beverages, maybe have a kebab on the way home and do absolutely no exercise at all since I figured everyone will be back to their usual bad habits in a few weeks anyway!

So raise your glasses and join me.....for Retox!