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Fiction, flash fiction, short stories, short story, story, writing
She had started out with excellent intentions. Her heart was set on a trimmer figure; she wanted to get back into her favourite jeans and still be able to both breathe and sit down.
She had tried all sorts of diets in the past; the Atkins diet, the grapefruit diet, calorie counting, food grouping – none of it had worked. Still, when her friend told her about the seven day juice diet, she was ready to give it a go.
The first few days went well. Despite the unappetising colour of some of the drinks, and the disturbing way some of them separated, she stuck to it.
By the third day, her work colleagues were calling her “Juicy Lucy”, and they constantly quizzed her on what exactly went into the drinks that she brought in. They all seemed to think that drinking juices that included spinach, beetroot and broccoli was just strange.
She answered their questions in a good natured way, and even put up with the cartoons of terrified carrots that appeared on her desktop, but there was only so much that she could put up with.
When, on day five, her manager decided to treat the entire office to fish and chips for lunch, the stress was too much. She never used her juicer again.
© Kari Fay
(Author’s Note: Three Word Wednesday this week gives the words “Figure, Juicy, Stress” – and coincidentally, some of the girls I work with are planning to do the seven day juice diet next month. I know I couldn’t do it. Aside from anything else, I’m just not a diet-y girl. So, in place of trying and failing, I just write about failing!)
Kim Nelson said:
I guess all of us who tend toward weighty have experienced moments like this.
Here’s mine for the week:
http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/02/23/beautiful-man/
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Kari Fay said:
Fish and chips gets me every time!
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Old Egg said:
That one lapse shouldn’t have been enough to stop the diet. I think she must have been wavering before then. Perhaps she can sit back now and enjoy life. Enjoyed the visit.
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Sheilagh Lee said:
I’m with her a liquid diet is for the birds and you always fall off the wagon.Great story.
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Kari Fay said:
The girls in the office who’ve tried it so far have done pretty well at sticking to it.
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Kari Fay said:
If she had strong resolve, one of the other diets might have worked! Thanks for stopping by.
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Jae Rose said:
I don’t blame her – unless you can juice fish and chips that is! Jae
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Kari Fay said:
It might even look tastier than some of the diet shakes!
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screen_scribbla said:
Ah, to try and fail makes for such a better story than trying and succeeding. Thanks for that.
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Kari Fay said:
Thanks for reading!
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ms pie said:
oh man fish n chips…. who could pass that up….
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Kari Fay said:
I certainly couldn’t!
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trisha said:
dont blame her even the least. smart girl.
trisha
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