#52 - Clean up while you watch television.

Week 6 of Lily’s challenge, and this time she has to skip all evening snacks. No chips, no chocolate, no cookies—only water. “Let your body do the cleanup,” she sighs and settles onto the couch with her glass of water, while she turns on the television.

As the movie starts, Lily suddenly feels something strange. As if tiny cleaning crews are working inside her stomach. With miniature brooms and vacuum cleaners, they zip through her body.

“All right, team, we’ve got work to do!” shouts Captain Liver as he puts on a yellow vest. “Yesterday’s snack leftovers need to go!”

The Intestine Brigade starts scrubbing furiously, while the Water Transport Team flushes out every nook and cranny. The fat cells try to hide lazily, but they are caught by the blood cells, who patrol like police officers blowing their whistles.

Lily feels her stomach gurgle and giggle. “Nice job in there, guys,” she mumbles.

Her daughter Ella looks at her: “who are you talking to?!”

When the movie ends, cheers erupt inside her body. “Mission accomplished!” Captain Liver declares as he switches off the vacuum and dusts off his hands with satisfaction.

Lily smiles and takes her last sip of water. The evening is over, her body has done a deep clean, and she? She has simply watched TV while her inner cleaning crew did all the hard work.

One day down, onto the next!