DAY 2

So i was awoken this morning by the strong need to use the restroom. I feel like i was having some dream about it somehow to get me to wake up. It was 5:30. So i make it to the bathroom and have a painful experience. Gotta say, those laxative teas work! It was weird because i remember thinking how awake i felt, like as soon as I opened my eyes, which is strange for me because I am not a 5:30 am type of girl (unless I am flying somewhere). But despite this great awake feeling I went back to bed :) Anyhow, no super hunger pains early this morning, which is good because i usually wake up starving. And i don't really get hungry per se until right around lunchtime. It doesn't help that I sit next to the kitchen at work and have to smell everyone's french fries (my favorite, by the way, def on my list of what to have when this is over). But the lemonade is actually good today. Less cayenne pepper made a huge difference. Now it is actually a good lemonade 'cept for this spicy aftertaste. And there is still a good amount in there, i can see the specks floating about, so I am still getting what I need. To be honest, I don't feel much different then normal! I think this may be because I am pretty healthy as it is and in pretty good shape so these two days haven't shocked my system too much i don't think. I am interested to see what the days ahead bring. I also have already started saying I am not going to make it the 10 days. I think i am saying this because i miss food and was thinking of getting sushi on sunday night and calling it a wrap. This of course probably not the best way to come off the cleanse! but we will see. I want to feel some changes to be honest. Or i just won't get it.

DAY 1

Ok. well. I am going to do this! I woke up with the clear vision of me starting and finishing the cleanse and I was ready! I bought all the ingredients at whole foods yesterday and made myself a gallon of lemonade last night. Although, I definitely should have tasted as i was making it! The cayenne was wayyy too strong. I discovered this on the way to work as i took my first sips and just about burned my throat. Oops! So as I drink I am adding water to the mixture so I can at least get it down. Thats problem number one. Problem number two is that I am super hungry! I am one of those people who announces that I am hungry a good three or four times a day. I love food and I love eating and I am hungry. But what is a few days without food? I have run marathons, I can do this! I told Lauren I have already started thinking about what I want to eat at the finish line (something i do at, oh, mile 2 of a marathon!) The hunger comes and goes. I stay late at work and by the time i get home and plop down on the couch I am thinking I am over my last hunger pain of the day. But, no. I see a bag of tostidos over by the catfood and that makes me hungry. So I have the tea I am supposed to have at night, and this is as close to dessert as I am going to get. So i enjoy it. So thats that. End of Day 1. P.S. I am doing this for the cleansing purposes, not the weight loss. Everyone is gasping, "You don't need to lose any weight!!" I know this people! There are other benefits I am attempting to realize. How bout a little interest in those?!