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<\/a>\nDry January – (dryish) is over and so the onslaught of booze, red meat, cheese can start again.<\/p>\n
Veganuary – which sounded so like vaginuary to me that it took quite some time to realise people weren\u2019t openly discussing their genitals. <\/span><\/p>\n A few of my pals tried it – going vegan for the month <\/span>not chatting about their fandangos – and said they felt great. They certainly looked great. Clear skin, bright eyes, more energy.<\/p>\n Who’s to say talking about your vagina and giving it lots of attention wouldn’t have a similar effect ? Still.<\/p>\n So being a living breathing cliche, I did go mainly vegetarian and dry <\/span>for January – bar a few days in London during which all bets were off. Booze flowed, red meat was consumed and I returned to Scotland with a liver like pate and the complexion of a potato. So maybe there is something in it.<\/p>\n Quite a few of my lot are sticking with it – not least because Gregs bakery<\/a> have launched a – thundering of hooves – Vegan Sausage Roll!<\/a><\/p>\n Though I am writing this from a horizontal position, as I have fallen prey to the nasty fluy thing that is doing the rounds\u2026.so I\u2019m not sure about my immune system but as for the rest of it\u2026<\/p>\n I am no supermodel but I can say without any bullshit.<\/p>\n My nails grew. <\/span><\/p>\n My skin is clearer and has a better palor\u2026.<\/p>\n My energy levels much better<\/p>\n My urge to consume vast bags of crisps did not diminish – though I fought it for Jan – had a 4 bags – 1 a week not bad!<\/p>\n No change in the urge to stuff handfuls of chocolate into my mouth down my throat – and as I lie here there is a Tunnock’s Teacake<\/a> on my pillow which will be consumed with second I publish this. POP. In a oner. (By the way below you will see the Dark Chocolate Tunnock Teacake which if you haven’t tried I recommend you do so – God thy are GREAT! I digress….)<\/p>\n But here\u2019s the shocker I <\/span>don\u2019t miss the booze. Not one iota.<\/p>\n I did have a glass or 5 in London but the aftermath wasn\u2019t pretty.<\/p>\n Cannoning out of a restaurant earlier than everyone else to go face down as my tolerance is non existent.<\/p>\n And the inevitable aftermath – a day spent shuffling, dry, puffed up faced, <\/span>fighting the desire to curl up on the couch, drink hot chocolate and watch 3 series of First Dates back to back.<\/p>\n So unexpectedly Dry January – slips into Dry February – OK its only the first week but – well let\u2019s wait and see\u2026.after decades and decades of decadence and boozing could this really be it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dry January – (dryish) is over and so the onslaught of booze, red meat, cheese can start again. Veganuary – which sounded so like…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,104],"tags":[1704,424,1705,368,1711,1702,4,1706,1712,1707,1703,1710,1708,1701,1709,373],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Unknown.jpeg\")
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\nAnyway at the end of a months of good behaviour I have detected my hair is in better condition ( when I say \u2018my hair\u2019 – it is all mine it\u2019s just the colour is someone else\u2019s. Aveda\u2019s to be precise – but despite that it looks healthier).<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/teacake-large-new-300x300.png\")
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<\/a> Head like a bag of bolts<\/figure>\n