Well, the rest of the day has gone pretty good. That salt water flush really flushed me out though - for most of the morning in fact. Good thing I didn't add that extra teaspoon yesterday... And I experienced one of the famous 'hot eliminations' :} You will have to excuse my -- um--graphic descriptions... ;)
I felt pretty alert all morning though, little tired throughout the early afternoon. I didn't know how much I should do today, so I just mostly sat on the couch watching anime and reading the Master Cleanse forum and learning all about fasting. Then I got up and decided to go to Barnes & Noble again and read another manga named High School Debew or something like that. I was there for three hours!! So I guess I can concentrate a bit more than I could yesterday. Or maybe this time I just picked up a manga that was actually good. That could have a lot to do with it. I read two books of it, was thinking about going for another, but forced myself leave.
Haven't really been hungry or thinking about cheating or quiting all day. And they said this was supposed to be the hardest day! Liars! Hehe. If I had to choose one - I would say that day two was definantly my hardest day. I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that I started on orange juice the day before and didn't actually 'eat' anything so to say.
I keep thinking about panini sandwiches though and how I had bought myself this new panini maker. I remember thinking when I got it home -- what did you buy this for! It's just going to make next week all the worse!! SO! I am thinking about paninis...chicken breast with melted provolone cheese all over it, I've been thinking about that all day. Mummmm.... Just thinking about it -- but not craving it enough to break down and make one like I wanted to yesterday. They say that whatever your body is detoxing and breaking down - that is what you're going to be hungry for. I had panini's every day last week - lunch/supper! SO....no wonder I want a panini! :)
During the first couple of days your body will crave all those bad processed foods, but by the end of it your body will want all those good foods instead! :)
By the way, while I was at B&N I got a bit rosey in the face and hot - all I was doing was sitting in a comfy chair reading, so I don't know why. I was wearing a sweatshirt though, (cause it's usually an icebox in there) so that could be why. That still hasn't gone away, so I am sitting in front of the fan now. I even checked if I had a fever, but I don't. That's also not uncommon with fasting though, for your body to react as if you have the flu or a cold, get a slight fever or the chills. bundle up! :) Well, I would sit in front of a fan anyway. Even when I was chilly this morning. Cause I'm crazy I guess.
Oh my gosh -- As I was sitting in B&N I could smell chocolate something. Man did it smell delicious!! :) Oddly it didn't make me hungry or anything, I was completely satisfied just smelling it from across the room! They say that your sense of smell gets really good after day two and you will begin to notice those things more.
Mood: feeling pretty good at the moment! Optimistic. Can concentrate and feel alert. Not overly tired like I was yesterday.
Symtoms: um, aside from the killer runs to the bathroom all morning?.... :) Hot or chilly during the day. Thirsty all day! Mucus in the throat is very thick, coughing gunk up from my throat periodically. Extremely annoyed that I don't have kleenexes!
Hunger Cravings: pretty low, but they flare up from time to time, mostly when I'm bored. I'm starting to wonder if my body has adjusted already and it is embracing this fast. There has been a marked difference in my thinking compared to yesterday.
Uhh... Let me find the next stage of that detox thing...
This is the stage where the body stops pulling glycogen from the muscles and instead pulls it from the fats---
Fats, composed of transformed fatty acids, are broken down to release glycerol from the gliceride molecules and are converted to glucose. The skin may become oily as rancid oils are purged from the body. People with problem-free skin may have a few days of pimples or even a boil. A pallid complexion is also a sign of waste in the blood. Ketones are formed by the incomplete oxidation of fats. It is suspected that the ketones in the blood suppress the appetite by affecting the food-satiety center in the hypothalamus. You may feel hungry for the first few days of the fast. This effect is temporary. The desire to eat will disappear. Lack of hunger may last 40 to 60 days, depending on whether you are on water or juice.
The body embraces the fast and the digestive system is able to take a much-needed rest, focusing all of its energies on cleansing and healing. White blood cell and immune system activity increases. You may feel pain in your lungs. The cleansing organs and the lungs are in the process of being repaired. Periodically, the lymphatic system expels mucoid matter through the nose or throat. The volume excreted of this yellow-colored mucus can be shocking. The sinuses go through periods of being clogged, then will totally clear. The breath is still foul and the tongue coated. Within the intestine, the colon is being repaired and impacted feces on the intestinal wall start to loosen.
That's lovely. :)
I wanna watch anime now!!! Goodnight! :)
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Day Three -- Morning
Thank God I got through last night!! My mind was telling me to quit and my stomach was rumbling around 10pm. I went to bed at 11:00, only to be waken up at midnight because the girl who lives above me was knocking on her walls. I don't know what she was doing, hammering nails in or something? And I don't know why she felt she had to do it at 12:00 at night.... I was getting so mad that I just wanted to pound back, but I put my earplugs in and went to sleep instead. So I didn't sleep as well last night as I did the first two nights. It seems whenever I am woken up from REM sleep I never sleep well the rest of the night.
But anyway, I think I made it through the morning... :) I slept in till 8:15am, and only got out of bed because I was feeling the effects of that Sienna tea.
I decided to up the salt in the SWF to 3 tsp, I didn't think that I was expelling it all, but retaining some and I definately don't want to retain all that salt! And even though it was hardly drinkable by then, I was still able to keep it down, thank God! I did lick the lemon, then take a swig of the salt water. That seemed easier to get down, but only a little. Anyway, it's 10am now and I have been dashing back and forth to the bathroom for an hour now, so I definately agree that the extra teaspoon of salt helped. My bm's are still bright yellow, I suspect this must be bile?
Anyway, I am extremely thirsty today!!! And my throat feels coated and I keep hacking stuff up from my lungs as if I have a cold, and yet I don't. Guess it's clearing out my lungs. My tongue - I don't know about it yet - I scrubbed it with a toothbrush last night because it was nasty and white from detox. So it just has a film of white on it right now.
Day three is called Hump Day, cravings will likely be the worst today, detox is starting. If I can get past day three it's supposed to be a little easier as far as the hunger - it will go away. Then the detox will start though and I'm not sure where that will take me, I hear mixed reviews.
I opened a new bottle of maple syrup today, one that didn't say Grade A on it, but I decided to try it out. It has that strong flavor, but I think I either put too much in or something because the lemonade was really sweet. I'll have to measure more carefully for the next one I make.
Let's see -- the first day I had 7 glasses of the lemonade, and the second day I had 10 glasses. I did make a glass of peppermint tea last night and added a bit of maple syrup to it. It was good for the first few sips then it was way too sweet for my tastes. I had it about an hour before I drank the sienna tea too, so I think that the sienna kicked in faster, I had to go to the bathroom before I went to bed. Normally the sienna tea brings it in the morning. No cramping by the way, not like yesterday morning. I think I shall continue to take the tea around 10:45pm or so, that seems to work best.
I'm so glad that I planned it so that days 3 & 4 (the hardest days) would be on the weekend. That will help. I'm not feeling hungry right now anyway, that will probably hit me around 5-7 tonight. I am bound and determined to make it through this day without eating!!!!! :)
I did run to the store last night and picked up a cheap $15 citress juicer. Who knew how much easier it would make my life! :) hehe. I think on the Ease-out phase I will just buy a bag of oranges and squeeze my own juice, it will probably be better and healthier than orange juice from the store. They say that the enzemes in fruit start to die about 10 minutes after you cut it open. I am seriously thinking about revamping my eating lifestyle after this -- to vegetarian at least - but I will probably keep eating turkey and chicken and dairy. But no red meat at all. Or just listen to my body and see what it likes the best. I also want to kick the sugar highs. :) I want to go back to the dark chocolate only and nothing else is allowed! Dark chocolate gives me the fix, but the bitterness of it also keeps me from eating the entire bar!
Also, when Dana oftered me a dark chocolate candy yesterday, I had to decline her. And everyone looked at me - "what! melia turning down dark chocolate???? What's wrong?" And I told them, 'I'm giving up chocolate and suguars for the next 20 days.' And then Sue heard about it as she was walking through our cell and said, 'oh, you poor thing.' I'm like - no! No woe is me! 'It's by my own choice!' It just makes you stop and think - that as a society - how we view eating sugar and processed foods as a great thing - when in fact we don't recognize that it is bad for us and our health and we don't recognize the things that it does to our body. In fact- I have not had even the slightest headache for three days now - and I have not had any sugar for three days now (asisde from the maple syrup - but that is a natural sugar and not a processed sugar)-- so it would probably be fair to consider that maybe it was the sugar addiction that is giving me those bad side effects. My back hasn't hurt in the last three days either, it feels great. I am surprized that I haven't had worse withdrawl symptoms from not eating sugar, other than being tired - or just 'craving' it now. I guess it helped that I have weaned myself off of pop at least three years ago - that helps a bunch. And the past week I hadn't been eating too much sugar, other than maybe a handful of chocolate chips. Ok - I do recall eating 1/2 a package of oreos during the course of 5 days. But normally I would have been eating reeses peanut butter cups or M&M's or something as a snack every night and I haven't done that the past two weeks. So that could have helped lessen the withdrawl symptoms a bit. But it's only day three of course...
Friday, June 11, 2010
Day Two
Okay, this morning I just chugged the entire SWF as fast as I could! and took a nice long hot shower while waiting for it to go through my system. -- well -- until my neighbor desided to get up at 6:15am and take a shower too and my hot shower turned into an ice COLD shower!!!! It doesn't matter what time I get up in the morning, she's always taking a shower! ANyway...
I woke up about 5:30am with some bad cramps from the sienna tea, that only got worse the longer I lay there. But as soon as I was up and about they started to go away. My side is just really tender and sore today and as the day progressed it has travled from my side up below the chest - like the diaphram or something. Anyway -- I just ache.Got the 'glazed-over-eyes' most of the day, my body is trying to adjust to this low blood sugar I suppose.
I didn't crave any food yet, but I got hungry around 9:30am. Not a craving - but the actual hunger pangs and rumbling, so I guess that's my body's natural 'feed me breakfast' time. :) I drank the lemonade around 7am this morning and not again until 10:30, then again at 12:15 and 3:00 -- those were the times I noticed I was actually hungry.
And oh man -- 5 o'clock hit and I just wanted to sit down and eat a big sandwhich - or cereal -- or SOMETHING!!! I was thinking about food and quiting this cleanse from 5-7! :) I had gone to Barnes and Noble to sit and read a manga and couldn't concentrate - I was literally hungry again and hadn't brought any lemonade to tide me over - I feel really tired this afternoon. So I decided to come home again and spend the rest of the night here. This achy-muscley pain is just killing me though. But I know it's a detox symptom -- probably that thing I read about the body pulling glycogen out of the muscles to convert to fuel. I am determined to make it to tomorrow!! One day at a time.
They have rightfully named Day Two as - The Wall - Because so far your body hasn't adjusted to what you're doing yet. It takes at least three or four days for your body to embrace the fast and use it to heal your body. Your digestive track takes up almost 25% of your energy - so when you make it so it doesn't have to digest these terrible things we put into our bodies, it concentrates on other things - your immune system is boosted - especialy with all the vitamins and nutrience that is from the lemons and maple syrup and the cayenne. But I'll write about that stuff in a later post. :) I never knew anything about fasts and how they were acutally beneficial before I started researching this. I always thought that people who fasted did it for religious reasons - though I've heard that your spiritual side becomes more active - you tend to pray more - think of God more... I had always pondered how Jesus fasted in the desert for those 40 days - to think that he might have done it for more reasons than I had suspected. I suppose it is a time where you're more aware of what you're doing to yourself - you rely more on God to be your strength. I'll have to look into that stuff.
But anyway, I haven't quite figured out the cayenne pepper measurement yet. It's either too hot and burns my tongue off (ok not nearly as bad as when I took a whole teaspoon of it!) or it's not hot enough. Either way -- I don't think I will ever be able to drink Lemonade without cayenne pepper again! It just gives it this kick. WHOA!! hehe :) The guy who wrote this book -- it's called The Master Cleanse, by Tom Woloshyn -- says that the first time he did this cleanse he did it to prove his friend wrong - that it didn't work! He became healthier afterwards, and hasn't been to a doctor since his first cleanse 25 years ago. That would be amazing. I really do not believe in the current medical establishment - other than for extreme emergencies. I don't like going to the doctor and I don't like putting their chemicals into my body to make me 'feel' better and not treat the ailment itself. I know that most of my ailments probably stem from my weight issues.
Anyway-- I'm glad I've been writing this - it takes my mind off of food for the moment. I drank some lemonade and have been fine though anyway. I left some sitting in the bottom of my glass for about half and hour and decided to drink the rest of it - little did I know that by that time it had turned into Cayenne pepper tea! :) HOT!!
I woke up about 5:30am with some bad cramps from the sienna tea, that only got worse the longer I lay there. But as soon as I was up and about they started to go away. My side is just really tender and sore today and as the day progressed it has travled from my side up below the chest - like the diaphram or something. Anyway -- I just ache.Got the 'glazed-over-eyes' most of the day, my body is trying to adjust to this low blood sugar I suppose.
I didn't crave any food yet, but I got hungry around 9:30am. Not a craving - but the actual hunger pangs and rumbling, so I guess that's my body's natural 'feed me breakfast' time. :) I drank the lemonade around 7am this morning and not again until 10:30, then again at 12:15 and 3:00 -- those were the times I noticed I was actually hungry.
And oh man -- 5 o'clock hit and I just wanted to sit down and eat a big sandwhich - or cereal -- or SOMETHING!!! I was thinking about food and quiting this cleanse from 5-7! :) I had gone to Barnes and Noble to sit and read a manga and couldn't concentrate - I was literally hungry again and hadn't brought any lemonade to tide me over - I feel really tired this afternoon. So I decided to come home again and spend the rest of the night here. This achy-muscley pain is just killing me though. But I know it's a detox symptom -- probably that thing I read about the body pulling glycogen out of the muscles to convert to fuel. I am determined to make it to tomorrow!! One day at a time.
They have rightfully named Day Two as - The Wall - Because so far your body hasn't adjusted to what you're doing yet. It takes at least three or four days for your body to embrace the fast and use it to heal your body. Your digestive track takes up almost 25% of your energy - so when you make it so it doesn't have to digest these terrible things we put into our bodies, it concentrates on other things - your immune system is boosted - especialy with all the vitamins and nutrience that is from the lemons and maple syrup and the cayenne. But I'll write about that stuff in a later post. :) I never knew anything about fasts and how they were acutally beneficial before I started researching this. I always thought that people who fasted did it for religious reasons - though I've heard that your spiritual side becomes more active - you tend to pray more - think of God more... I had always pondered how Jesus fasted in the desert for those 40 days - to think that he might have done it for more reasons than I had suspected. I suppose it is a time where you're more aware of what you're doing to yourself - you rely more on God to be your strength. I'll have to look into that stuff.
But anyway, I haven't quite figured out the cayenne pepper measurement yet. It's either too hot and burns my tongue off (ok not nearly as bad as when I took a whole teaspoon of it!) or it's not hot enough. Either way -- I don't think I will ever be able to drink Lemonade without cayenne pepper again! It just gives it this kick. WHOA!! hehe :) The guy who wrote this book -- it's called The Master Cleanse, by Tom Woloshyn -- says that the first time he did this cleanse he did it to prove his friend wrong - that it didn't work! He became healthier afterwards, and hasn't been to a doctor since his first cleanse 25 years ago. That would be amazing. I really do not believe in the current medical establishment - other than for extreme emergencies. I don't like going to the doctor and I don't like putting their chemicals into my body to make me 'feel' better and not treat the ailment itself. I know that most of my ailments probably stem from my weight issues.
Anyway-- I'm glad I've been writing this - it takes my mind off of food for the moment. I drank some lemonade and have been fine though anyway. I left some sitting in the bottom of my glass for about half and hour and decided to drink the rest of it - little did I know that by that time it had turned into Cayenne pepper tea! :) HOT!!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Day One -- Afternoong & Evening
From around 1-2pm I was very tired and felt like I just wanted to cry!! But that was mostly because I was upset -- I found out that I was being moved (yet again) to sit by a girl that I can't stand sitting by! I cannot contend with the constant negging and whining... Maybe I need to invest in an MP3 Player or something! :) I feel like I'm being punished!! Anyway- just had to get that out, don't want it to boil away at me. I have noticed that Joshua always notices when I'm down and he is always bound and determined to make me laugh and smile when I get that way- no matter how long it takes. His mood is kind of infectious, so I eventually just gave in and then my day went a lot better. Still extremely relaxed and not speaking to people much either. Focused on my work. But that just shows you how powerful your mind is, and how smiling and laughter can change it so quickly.
Maybe my bloodsugar is a bit low - maybe that's what is going on. I am not feeding it a million sugary things - I'm probably going through sugar withdrawl!!! (which would not surprise me!) I have had five drinks so far today (around 3pm) (seven by 5pm)
But all in all, day one is going pretty good. Besides having to pee every five seconds! I haven't been hungery at all. I did go through a little craving around 4:30-5 because I was getting hungry and thinking about food. A panini would be so nice right now! I was thinking. You just started - you could cheat once. QUIT IT! Went home and made more lemonade and I'm just fine now.
So far here is my drinking schedule -- (that sounds kind of funny, hehe)
2 in the morning
2 at break
2 at lunch
2 at break
2 for supper
and if I'm still hungery -- 1 more for a snack or tea
People have been writing that they use peppermint tea and add a bit of maple syrup to it and it tastes just like a candy cane! :) I might have to try that instead. I found that I am not drinking as much plain water.
Yesterday I noted that I got really hungry during 3-6pm, after I got over that kick I was pretty much fine the rest of the day and that night. This lemonade seems to tide me over better than the orange juice though.
Mood – Relaxed, calm, mellow
Symptoms – tired, tongue becoming coated, but nothing else yet, not even a headache (which is quite a relief after yesterday)
Hey – this it describes what’s going on in the body during the cleanse--
(Days 1-2)
On the first day of fasting, the blood sugar level drops below 70 mg/dl. To restore the blood to the normal glucose level, glycogen is converted to glucose and released into the blood. This reserve is enough for half a day. The body then reduces the basal metabolic rate (BMR). The rate of internal chemical activity in resting tissue is lowered to conserve energy. The heart slows and blood pressure is reduced. Glycogen is pulled from the muscle causing some weakness. The first wave of cleansing is usually the worst.
Headaches, dizziness, nausea, bad breath, glazed eyes and a heavily coated tongue are signs of the first stage of cleansing. Hunger can be the most intense in this period.
Maybe my bloodsugar is a bit low - maybe that's what is going on. I am not feeding it a million sugary things - I'm probably going through sugar withdrawl!!! (which would not surprise me!) I have had five drinks so far today (around 3pm) (seven by 5pm)
But all in all, day one is going pretty good. Besides having to pee every five seconds! I haven't been hungery at all. I did go through a little craving around 4:30-5 because I was getting hungry and thinking about food. A panini would be so nice right now! I was thinking. You just started - you could cheat once. QUIT IT! Went home and made more lemonade and I'm just fine now.
So far here is my drinking schedule -- (that sounds kind of funny, hehe)
2 in the morning
2 at break
2 at lunch
2 at break
2 for supper
and if I'm still hungery -- 1 more for a snack or tea
People have been writing that they use peppermint tea and add a bit of maple syrup to it and it tastes just like a candy cane! :) I might have to try that instead. I found that I am not drinking as much plain water.
Yesterday I noted that I got really hungry during 3-6pm, after I got over that kick I was pretty much fine the rest of the day and that night. This lemonade seems to tide me over better than the orange juice though.
Mood – Relaxed, calm, mellow
Symptoms – tired, tongue becoming coated, but nothing else yet, not even a headache (which is quite a relief after yesterday)
Hey – this it describes what’s going on in the body during the cleanse--
(Days 1-2)
On the first day of fasting, the blood sugar level drops below 70 mg/dl. To restore the blood to the normal glucose level, glycogen is converted to glucose and released into the blood. This reserve is enough for half a day. The body then reduces the basal metabolic rate (BMR). The rate of internal chemical activity in resting tissue is lowered to conserve energy. The heart slows and blood pressure is reduced. Glycogen is pulled from the muscle causing some weakness. The first wave of cleansing is usually the worst.
Headaches, dizziness, nausea, bad breath, glazed eyes and a heavily coated tongue are signs of the first stage of cleansing. Hunger can be the most intense in this period.
Day One -- Morning
Okay...so the Salt Water Flush...hehe... It is surely something you just have to experience! The book says "Think of it as broth, drink it slowly and after awhile you will get used to it..."
When in fact, he really means, "The first two seconds you will be able to think of it as broth, but the slower you drink it, the more disgusting it tastes, and the more you'll just want to dump the rest of it down the drain!"
:)
After I drank it all, it made my stomach gurgle. :O It took about an hour before the first of it went through my system and then another hour until the last of it went through.
But boy -- my bm's are bright neon yellow!!! I have no idea why other than the galleon of OJ I drank yesterday! :)
And by the way, the Sienna Tea tastes terrible (well, not as bad as the SWF) I think tonight after it is brewed I will put some ice in it to cool it down a bit and see what it tastes like then.
I have drank 2 10-ounce glasses of the lemonade already, started getting hungry around 9:30-10:00, just drank it at 10:30. With I had drank more this morning before leaving the house, will double the mixure from now on. Otherwise, right now I feel pretty good. I am extremely relaxed. I don't know - maybe a bit tired, but I did get up at 6am!! And my body was screaming sleep until 7:30! Please!! But I rolled out of bed and got up anyway. It's amazing how much longer my morning seemed before I had to get out the door and go to work.
I noticed my tongue is already changing - little more coated than usual.
By the way -- 3 1/2 lemons makes about 3/4 cup of juice! Which makes about four or five glasses I think. So I figure I'll need about 8 lemons a day. That's a lot of lemons! :)
Also -- I need an electric juicer!!!!!!
Mood: Calm and peaceful.
When in fact, he really means, "The first two seconds you will be able to think of it as broth, but the slower you drink it, the more disgusting it tastes, and the more you'll just want to dump the rest of it down the drain!"
:)
After I drank it all, it made my stomach gurgle. :O It took about an hour before the first of it went through my system and then another hour until the last of it went through.
But boy -- my bm's are bright neon yellow!!! I have no idea why other than the galleon of OJ I drank yesterday! :)
And by the way, the Sienna Tea tastes terrible (well, not as bad as the SWF) I think tonight after it is brewed I will put some ice in it to cool it down a bit and see what it tastes like then.
I have drank 2 10-ounce glasses of the lemonade already, started getting hungry around 9:30-10:00, just drank it at 10:30. With I had drank more this morning before leaving the house, will double the mixure from now on. Otherwise, right now I feel pretty good. I am extremely relaxed. I don't know - maybe a bit tired, but I did get up at 6am!! And my body was screaming sleep until 7:30! Please!! But I rolled out of bed and got up anyway. It's amazing how much longer my morning seemed before I had to get out the door and go to work.
I noticed my tongue is already changing - little more coated than usual.
By the way -- 3 1/2 lemons makes about 3/4 cup of juice! Which makes about four or five glasses I think. So I figure I'll need about 8 lemons a day. That's a lot of lemons! :)
Also -- I need an electric juicer!!!!!!
Mood: Calm and peaceful.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
The night before
Since I do not have a scale or a tape measure, I have no way to really know if I'm losing weight. I guess that's all right, it shouldn't be my focus anyway. If I did I know that I would be checking it every hour! :) I do have a pair of pants that are a little tight in the belly area. I will wear those during the cleanse and use that as a judge.
But I did take some 'before' pictures standing in a swim suit.
The more I read about this cleanse the more I want to do a raw vegan lifestyle afterwards, people keep commenting that they lose their taste for meats and processed/sugary foods. They begin to realize what kind of foods make their body feel good and what makes it feel slow and sluggish. I suppose for one -- they get all those addictives out of their system through the cleanse so their body is no longer craving it. This is supposed to be good for those who are addicted to substances or cigerettes. I figured - I am addicted to sugar - maybe it will help me. Wow- that's the first time I've ever admitted that! I am addicted to sugar. It's so plain and obvious! hehe.
I do like me some fruit! And I am starting to come around as far as veggies. Not my favorite -- well -- I like carrots, brocolli, califlower, cabbage, I can tolerate sweet onions for flavor, potatoes... That's all for now. I absolutely hate tomatoes and no amount of pursuading on my mom's part will change that! :) And fruit! Mummm....pinapple --delicous. And CHERRIES!!! Apples, Oranges, strawberries, bananas... And you know what - these things are sweet and they hit my sweet tooth just right it seems.
I suppose I'll give it until 10:30 or so and then I'll go make me some of The Tea.
Waking up at 6am tomorrow to do my first salt water flush ASAP.
Hey -- this journaling will probably help me. Abundantly.
I was wondering what effects this will have on my spiritual life, but that is a topic for another day!
But I did take some 'before' pictures standing in a swim suit.
The more I read about this cleanse the more I want to do a raw vegan lifestyle afterwards, people keep commenting that they lose their taste for meats and processed/sugary foods. They begin to realize what kind of foods make their body feel good and what makes it feel slow and sluggish. I suppose for one -- they get all those addictives out of their system through the cleanse so their body is no longer craving it. This is supposed to be good for those who are addicted to substances or cigerettes. I figured - I am addicted to sugar - maybe it will help me. Wow- that's the first time I've ever admitted that! I am addicted to sugar. It's so plain and obvious! hehe.
I do like me some fruit! And I am starting to come around as far as veggies. Not my favorite -- well -- I like carrots, brocolli, califlower, cabbage, I can tolerate sweet onions for flavor, potatoes... That's all for now. I absolutely hate tomatoes and no amount of pursuading on my mom's part will change that! :) And fruit! Mummm....pinapple --delicous. And CHERRIES!!! Apples, Oranges, strawberries, bananas... And you know what - these things are sweet and they hit my sweet tooth just right it seems.
I suppose I'll give it until 10:30 or so and then I'll go make me some of The Tea.
Waking up at 6am tomorrow to do my first salt water flush ASAP.
Hey -- this journaling will probably help me. Abundantly.
I was wondering what effects this will have on my spiritual life, but that is a topic for another day!
One day before -- afternoon
Well, I can see that I am going to have to clean my house, expressly for the purpose of not being able to see any food! I am eyeing the package of oreos that are still sitting under my table and thinking about quiting already -- before I have even started! :D
Nah, I got through work without needing to eat any chocolate chips -- without munching... I was thinking about them for a while though, I even contemplated giving the tin to my coworker and tell him not to give them back to me for 15 days at least! I know that he would have some fun with this and tease me with them the entire time. Now I'm glad I didn't! :)
Well -- my stomach is rumbling. I guess I better get up and get some OJ. I did eat a banana at lunch. I am wondering if maybe the OJ is too sugary for me? I have drank about half a gallon and I have tell-tale migrane symptoms. Mostly splitting pain on the right side of my face and head -- my cheekbone feels like someone hit me -- it feels bruised or something, but I know I didn't do anything to it last night or this morning. I don't remember waking up with it. I think it is a migraine... :( All I can think is that it was the OJ - maybe way too sugary, let's see----- about 250grams of sugar for the entire bottle (that's like a cup!)
but granted it is natural sugars from the fruit - not preservatives or additives in this stuff.
--- I see that the maple syrup has around the same for the entire day. Must just be the oranges (as I am sucking down another glass of if it...) I do remember while reading 'Eating for your BloodType) that I should stay away from oranges. I can't remember why. Maybe cause they give me migraines!!
Anyway -- starting to seriously contemplate how stupid I am for not having bought myself a juicer before all this! :) My little hand squeezer sucks. Maybe I'll run to the store tonight and pick up one that fits over your glass. I'll see how far I get with this little one before it annoys the crap out of me.
One thing that I am worried about tomorrow -- i did try the lemonade last friday just to try it out -- Man I had cramps and the runs and gas the entire day.
Ok -- I must confess -- when I first tried it - I put in a whole teaspoon of cayanne pepper!! And not once while I was gulping it down (and screaming, oh my god this is hot) did I think to go back to the website and reread the directions to make sure i had it right. I did that AFTER I drank it! I am a loon. THen I discovered it was only supposed to be 1/10 of a teaspoon. So it gave me a bit of heartburn in the AM and that could be why I wasn't feeling good the entire day. Also I had eaten a burritto the night before which probably wasn't good. :) SO that was my very first experience with the drink. It was quite a bit more - um - managable with only a dash of cayenne pepper instead. :) Hopefully tomorrow will be better. So I am hoping that if I take the tea tonight and do the salt water flush in the morning that will help so that I am not running to the potty every five minutes. I will need to get up around 6AM too, I hear that the SWF goes through you pretty fast, but I don't want to take any chances! :) I guess it is an experience that can't be described until you try it yourself. The book says to think of it as broth -- and that you're not supposed to drink it really fast -- drink it over 10 minutes otherwise you will get nausea and it will flush the wrong way!
I also think I might mix up enough lemon juice and maple syrup and take it to work for an afternoon tide-me-over. THat's when I start to get hungry and reach for the chocolate chips. But you're not supposed to mix it with the water or the cayenne pepper until you drink it -- the syrup acts as a preservative. Still -- it's better just to drink it as fresh as possible - within ten minutes of squeezing the lemon juice.
ALso found out that you're supposed to store your lemons out on the counter for at least two days before using them -- if they're refigerated the enzyemes in the citress go dorment and it doesn't work as well.
Well, better quit writing or I will never stop! I guess I sat down to do this now because it kept my mind off of eating. Maybe this week I will get more writing done -- I tend to eat more when I watch TV so maybe I should just not watch TV huh?
See ya.
Nah, I got through work without needing to eat any chocolate chips -- without munching... I was thinking about them for a while though, I even contemplated giving the tin to my coworker and tell him not to give them back to me for 15 days at least! I know that he would have some fun with this and tease me with them the entire time. Now I'm glad I didn't! :)
Well -- my stomach is rumbling. I guess I better get up and get some OJ. I did eat a banana at lunch. I am wondering if maybe the OJ is too sugary for me? I have drank about half a gallon and I have tell-tale migrane symptoms. Mostly splitting pain on the right side of my face and head -- my cheekbone feels like someone hit me -- it feels bruised or something, but I know I didn't do anything to it last night or this morning. I don't remember waking up with it. I think it is a migraine... :( All I can think is that it was the OJ - maybe way too sugary, let's see----- about 250grams of sugar for the entire bottle (that's like a cup!)
but granted it is natural sugars from the fruit - not preservatives or additives in this stuff.
--- I see that the maple syrup has around the same for the entire day. Must just be the oranges (as I am sucking down another glass of if it...) I do remember while reading 'Eating for your BloodType) that I should stay away from oranges. I can't remember why. Maybe cause they give me migraines!!
Anyway -- starting to seriously contemplate how stupid I am for not having bought myself a juicer before all this! :) My little hand squeezer sucks. Maybe I'll run to the store tonight and pick up one that fits over your glass. I'll see how far I get with this little one before it annoys the crap out of me.
One thing that I am worried about tomorrow -- i did try the lemonade last friday just to try it out -- Man I had cramps and the runs and gas the entire day.
Ok -- I must confess -- when I first tried it - I put in a whole teaspoon of cayanne pepper!! And not once while I was gulping it down (and screaming, oh my god this is hot) did I think to go back to the website and reread the directions to make sure i had it right. I did that AFTER I drank it! I am a loon. THen I discovered it was only supposed to be 1/10 of a teaspoon. So it gave me a bit of heartburn in the AM and that could be why I wasn't feeling good the entire day. Also I had eaten a burritto the night before which probably wasn't good. :) SO that was my very first experience with the drink. It was quite a bit more - um - managable with only a dash of cayenne pepper instead. :) Hopefully tomorrow will be better. So I am hoping that if I take the tea tonight and do the salt water flush in the morning that will help so that I am not running to the potty every five minutes. I will need to get up around 6AM too, I hear that the SWF goes through you pretty fast, but I don't want to take any chances! :) I guess it is an experience that can't be described until you try it yourself. The book says to think of it as broth -- and that you're not supposed to drink it really fast -- drink it over 10 minutes otherwise you will get nausea and it will flush the wrong way!
I also think I might mix up enough lemon juice and maple syrup and take it to work for an afternoon tide-me-over. THat's when I start to get hungry and reach for the chocolate chips. But you're not supposed to mix it with the water or the cayenne pepper until you drink it -- the syrup acts as a preservative. Still -- it's better just to drink it as fresh as possible - within ten minutes of squeezing the lemon juice.
ALso found out that you're supposed to store your lemons out on the counter for at least two days before using them -- if they're refigerated the enzyemes in the citress go dorment and it doesn't work as well.
Well, better quit writing or I will never stop! I guess I sat down to do this now because it kept my mind off of eating. Maybe this week I will get more writing done -- I tend to eat more when I watch TV so maybe I should just not watch TV huh?
See ya.
One Day Before
Well, for once I got a better night sleep than I have all week long... I've been having back problems - I think I twisted the left side or slept on it wrong or did something to it -- it really hurts to turn and move and stuff like that. Joshua thought I was dying a few times at work this week because I would turn the wrong way and suddenly gasp in pain. :) Hope that's clearing up -- it almost feels like the ribs are cracked or bruised badly, I know what that feels like! But my ribs are not on my back, which makes me think i pulled the muscle a bit. That is a chronic pain that never goes away -- I have always had back problems.
Anyway -- One Day Before -- I am on a juice diet today. ;) I wish that I could just fast on OJ the whole time! I love it. A lot of people say that by the time you get to the end of your Lemonade fast and you have to switch back to OJ that you won't be able to drink it without cutting it down with water first becuase it will just be too sweet for your taste by then. I also read that after you have rid your body of all the toxins and buildup from eating so poorly for so many years your body will not want or crave those kinds of foods anymore - it will crave healthy foods like fruits and veggies. Alot of people experience that when they do the diet right. That's what I hope to accomplish.
I AM NOT GOING TO EAT CHOCOLATE FOR THE NEXT 20 DAYS!!!!!! AGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!
I think I will have to ask Joshua at work to confinscate my tin of chocolate chips that I munch on throughout the day. I can't have ANYTHING that will trigger the digestive track to start digesting-- The only thing you can have on this diet is the Lemonade - (which is made from fresh squeezed lemons, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and water.) the salt water flush in the mornings (yck) and herbal teas. Basically you drink the lemonade whenever you are hungry (at least 6-12 glasses) and water whenever you crave food (but aren't hungry). Eventually you'll learn to tell the difference... :) This diet also helps tremendously because 90% of american's are dehydrated. This used water to flush out your system. I have been going away from drinking my daily amount of water - and I can tell!!
Anyhow -- OJ fast -- Going great! :) But it's only the morning, and usually I am ok until evening before I get hungry. Better save the rest of my OJ for then.
Mood -- tired (it is morning). And excited to start the master cleanse! And yet so apprehensive about it too! :)
Anyway -- One Day Before -- I am on a juice diet today. ;) I wish that I could just fast on OJ the whole time! I love it. A lot of people say that by the time you get to the end of your Lemonade fast and you have to switch back to OJ that you won't be able to drink it without cutting it down with water first becuase it will just be too sweet for your taste by then. I also read that after you have rid your body of all the toxins and buildup from eating so poorly for so many years your body will not want or crave those kinds of foods anymore - it will crave healthy foods like fruits and veggies. Alot of people experience that when they do the diet right. That's what I hope to accomplish.
I AM NOT GOING TO EAT CHOCOLATE FOR THE NEXT 20 DAYS!!!!!! AGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!
I think I will have to ask Joshua at work to confinscate my tin of chocolate chips that I munch on throughout the day. I can't have ANYTHING that will trigger the digestive track to start digesting-- The only thing you can have on this diet is the Lemonade - (which is made from fresh squeezed lemons, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and water.) the salt water flush in the mornings (yck) and herbal teas. Basically you drink the lemonade whenever you are hungry (at least 6-12 glasses) and water whenever you crave food (but aren't hungry). Eventually you'll learn to tell the difference... :) This diet also helps tremendously because 90% of american's are dehydrated. This used water to flush out your system. I have been going away from drinking my daily amount of water - and I can tell!!
Anyhow -- OJ fast -- Going great! :) But it's only the morning, and usually I am ok until evening before I get hungry. Better save the rest of my OJ for then.
Mood -- tired (it is morning). And excited to start the master cleanse! And yet so apprehensive about it too! :)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Two Days Before
Well, I have decided I'm going to do this master cleanse -- or the Lemonade diet. For a number of reasons -- weight issues - and all the issues that go with that! :) But I am very interested in the whole detox and am considering using this cleanse as a way to plow into a vegan or vegetarian diet.
ALso - ever since I was little I have always associated food with comfort, I used to have huge problems with Binge-eating when I was a teen-college. I don't do it so much anymore, right now I have a problem of starving myself during the day (not intentially, but more because I am...um...to lazy to fix breakfast and lunch...) and then when I get home at night I will have a big supper - sometimes as late as 9pm--which is also not good for me. I am rather fond of pizza and I have no reservations of eating a whole pizza by myself.... Another habit I probably should NOT have!
The year that I gave up sweets and sugars and traded them for dark chocolate -- i think that I lost 30 pounds during that year of my life. I have let myself slide since then - and although I no longer really 'like' milk chocolate candies of any kind (and they now make me sick) I still eat them anyway... Because I also associate eating with what I do when I am bored!!! Terrible habit.
The months that I spent in London ENgland were probably the most amazing thing that opened my eyes to what I put into my body. While i was there I rather noticed that any kind of meet in england tastes like they scraped it out of a garbage can! I was having major withdrawl and wanted a big juicey serloin steak or something!! Instaed - for three months I became a vegetarian (mostly against my will!) I ate a lot of pasta and bread. I also was more active then I had ever been, so I was feeling pretty good while I was there. When I got back home I demanded my parents (who picked me up at the airport) take me to a steakhouse so I could have that big juicey surloin steak that I had been fantazising about for three months. Within 20 minutes of eating it -- man oh man was I sick. IBS symptoms flaired up really bad -- which i had not had for a year. I realized it was because of the meat. ANd i began to wonder - if it was healthy to eat meat - and I also was wondering why US steak tastes so much better than England steaks!! Probably -- I concluded -- because of all the hormones we put into our livestock to fatten them up for slaughter.
So since 2003 I have not been able to eat red meat, aside from ground beef, it just makes me too sick and makes me feel sloggish and -- well, like I'm going to puke. So I eat a lot of chicken and occasionally some ground beef when I can handle it. Since then I have come to realize why my body reacted in such a way - and what the consequences of our 'American Diet' have on our bodies.
And starving yourself for half the day and eating a big dinner just puts your body into starvation mode -- if you eat too late into the night your body doesn't digest it as well, it's not converted to energy-- it is stored as fat. Of which I have an abundance.
So that brings me to the master cleanse diet -- using natural things to help your body correct itself. I have been doing a lot of research over the past week as well and I'm very impressed with all the people who have stuck with it and who post their results for people like me -- so I know that it really is beneficial. I hope to do 10 days at least. Perhaps -- 40 days would be best for a deep cleansing -- but I don't know about that right now! I think i will take it one step at a time. THe book I am reading suggested to go on and off -- 10 days on, 3 days off eating fruits/veggies-then 10 days on. He did this for a whole year for a total of 100 days on the cleanse. It cleared up his major problems. I can see that this will help me. I do not think it is a coincedence that -- when I was NOT looking for anything like this -- it is suddenly dropped into my lap for some reason. I figure by now that it is God pushing me to look into this - for over the past year he has been slowly teaching me about the benefits of a better diet - the poor side effects of our current diets --- as well as teaching me about juice fasting. Finally I found the MC and know that this is something I can try. When I first read about it I thought it kind of sounded like these people are starving themselves! Then I realized that - in fact- they were not! They are just making it as easy as possible to digest- by using the lemonaide - so that their body can shut that function down and focus on repairs. I'm glad I found out about all the 'cleansing effects' ahead of time so that I can know what to expect and not give up on it. I think the biggest problem i will probably have is the urge to eat for comfort.-- well ok, I haven't really done that for years -- but maybe the urge to eat out of boredom. I am bad -- really bad at that!
SO -- I have decided I will just do a juice fast of orange juice all day tomorrow.
ALso - ever since I was little I have always associated food with comfort, I used to have huge problems with Binge-eating when I was a teen-college. I don't do it so much anymore, right now I have a problem of starving myself during the day (not intentially, but more because I am...um...to lazy to fix breakfast and lunch...) and then when I get home at night I will have a big supper - sometimes as late as 9pm--which is also not good for me. I am rather fond of pizza and I have no reservations of eating a whole pizza by myself.... Another habit I probably should NOT have!
The year that I gave up sweets and sugars and traded them for dark chocolate -- i think that I lost 30 pounds during that year of my life. I have let myself slide since then - and although I no longer really 'like' milk chocolate candies of any kind (and they now make me sick) I still eat them anyway... Because I also associate eating with what I do when I am bored!!! Terrible habit.
The months that I spent in London ENgland were probably the most amazing thing that opened my eyes to what I put into my body. While i was there I rather noticed that any kind of meet in england tastes like they scraped it out of a garbage can! I was having major withdrawl and wanted a big juicey serloin steak or something!! Instaed - for three months I became a vegetarian (mostly against my will!) I ate a lot of pasta and bread. I also was more active then I had ever been, so I was feeling pretty good while I was there. When I got back home I demanded my parents (who picked me up at the airport) take me to a steakhouse so I could have that big juicey surloin steak that I had been fantazising about for three months. Within 20 minutes of eating it -- man oh man was I sick. IBS symptoms flaired up really bad -- which i had not had for a year. I realized it was because of the meat. ANd i began to wonder - if it was healthy to eat meat - and I also was wondering why US steak tastes so much better than England steaks!! Probably -- I concluded -- because of all the hormones we put into our livestock to fatten them up for slaughter.
So since 2003 I have not been able to eat red meat, aside from ground beef, it just makes me too sick and makes me feel sloggish and -- well, like I'm going to puke. So I eat a lot of chicken and occasionally some ground beef when I can handle it. Since then I have come to realize why my body reacted in such a way - and what the consequences of our 'American Diet' have on our bodies.
And starving yourself for half the day and eating a big dinner just puts your body into starvation mode -- if you eat too late into the night your body doesn't digest it as well, it's not converted to energy-- it is stored as fat. Of which I have an abundance.
So that brings me to the master cleanse diet -- using natural things to help your body correct itself. I have been doing a lot of research over the past week as well and I'm very impressed with all the people who have stuck with it and who post their results for people like me -- so I know that it really is beneficial. I hope to do 10 days at least. Perhaps -- 40 days would be best for a deep cleansing -- but I don't know about that right now! I think i will take it one step at a time. THe book I am reading suggested to go on and off -- 10 days on, 3 days off eating fruits/veggies-then 10 days on. He did this for a whole year for a total of 100 days on the cleanse. It cleared up his major problems. I can see that this will help me. I do not think it is a coincedence that -- when I was NOT looking for anything like this -- it is suddenly dropped into my lap for some reason. I figure by now that it is God pushing me to look into this - for over the past year he has been slowly teaching me about the benefits of a better diet - the poor side effects of our current diets --- as well as teaching me about juice fasting. Finally I found the MC and know that this is something I can try. When I first read about it I thought it kind of sounded like these people are starving themselves! Then I realized that - in fact- they were not! They are just making it as easy as possible to digest- by using the lemonaide - so that their body can shut that function down and focus on repairs. I'm glad I found out about all the 'cleansing effects' ahead of time so that I can know what to expect and not give up on it. I think the biggest problem i will probably have is the urge to eat for comfort.-- well ok, I haven't really done that for years -- but maybe the urge to eat out of boredom. I am bad -- really bad at that!
SO -- I have decided I will just do a juice fast of orange juice all day tomorrow.
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