I didn't think I'd ever get here!!

OK so it's day nine and I'm sort of upset that I'm not looking forward to a cheeseburger and chocolate cake for tomorrow night!! To think about how I was feeling one week ago is such a turn around from how I feel right now, wow!! I'll probably have a salad and maybe that avocado I've been thinking about tomorrow....but I'm so NOT hungry that it doesn't even sound appealing.

Dan is doing really well also. He's so dedicated when he does something like this, he never complains or gives up or backs down. He's much stronger than me...but that's how I think it should be.

I don't really have much to report....I still have my whooshing ear but it is much quieter and I don't even know if it has anything to do with this....Dan has lost 7 pounds!! Last time I checked i was down 6 but now I have to wait until Monday because I've been using the scale at work so I don't know how much the difference is.....my tongue is almost completely pink again except for the very back of it....

Well, I wish I could be more zen and ponder life but I have to get in the shower.....later!!!!

Day 6

Ok so it's the moddle of day 6 for me and Dan is on Day 3!!

I think I might have decided to stay on it two extra days so that Dan isn't sad when I'm eating....I'll think about it a little bit more though......

Things are going well, hunger doesn't even exist anymore but last night I was just sort of sad thinking about the fact that if I did want one single cracker I couldn't...my mom gave me a hug instead and I can tell you that it honestly helped!! I drank my tea and snuggled up in bed and went on the computer to read other people's posts and blogs. I find that it helps to know there are so many people doing this at the same time...and I feel good when someone is only on day 1 or 2 and I'm ahead of them.....yes, I still am a bitch just not a huge one!!

Up twice in the middle of the night with cramps but ....stop reading if you are grossed out......there is "stuff" in the toilet now instead of just liquid....so the years of buildup are coming out and things are much darker now....

Ummmm I think that's about all for now, just wanted to check in incase anyone thought we chickened out!! Nope!! Officially 137.5 hours since I ate anything!!!!!!!!!!  

Day 4......

Well, here we are in the middle of day FOUR!!! I have to say, this is getting easier and easier. This morning I put soy sauce in my salt water flush and that was soooo much easier to swallow....to day was Dan's first salt water flush and he is finding it rather comical that he was in the bathroom 10 times before I even woke up. So, it's day two for him and yesterday he was definatley not loving it but it seems as though he's getting used to it.

I'm really starting to see some great results of what is being cleansed and I feel really light and clean?!? We are watching less TV and doing stuff more already too. My skin is clear, my nails look healthy, my stomach is getting flatter, my joints don't ache, no headaches....and I also noticed that I don't have gook in my eyes ever....my tongue is officially white so the process is in full swing.

Yesterday we spent the entire day looking for grade B syrup and it seems that most places are out but we drove all the way to Little Falls and we must have gone in about 10 food stores yesterday so that was a strange feeling...the most important thing to remember is that when this is all over there will still be food in the world so I can wait. Some things I thought seemed super delicious yesterday....asparagus, artichokes, avocados.....HOLY CRAP I just noticed the top 3 things all start with "A"???? OK what's going on here?? Is this some sort of weird alphabet consiracy? I have to ask Dan what he wants before I call someone who cares.....hmmmm I also told Dan this morning that I wanted a burger, it must be "B" day!!!.........Anyway we were calling stores and co-ops and maple farms, etc...we started pretending we were drug addicts looking to score and that made it fun...in the end we went into the ephratah store and the nice lady behind the counter called someone and we went to her house and she brought out a jug to us....I stayed in the car to make it seem more like a drug buy and we laughed about that.....I can most definatley say that we are laughing soooo much the past couple days, we aren't being snotty to each other like we sometimes do without even noticing it and I think that's because it's a funny situation and we're doing this together. I'm catching myself before making snyde comments and he isn't trying to be in control so much. Yesterday over and over I kept saying to myself "he is just a good man"...and then later on I told him that and I made sure that he knew that that was really something rare and special to be.

When we got home we decided to start canning....I made black bean and corn salsa and whatever that stuff is called when you pickle cauliflower, carrots, celery, peppers, etc....Dan made pickled hot peppers, like 5 varieties and they look colorful and beautiful....today I'm doing strawberry jam. Strangely enough it isn't even weird to be around all that food, I just wasn't interested...like I said, at the end of ten days it'll still be there so oh well.

Well, I guess I have to go make myself a potion....my appetitite is so small that I don't even feel like drinking it but I don't really feel like dropping dead either so I've weighed the decision and here I go......!!!!! Bye and thanks for reading!!

Day 2 and still alive!!

Well, here I am.....it's 8:13 pm so I've actually gone more than 50 hours without food....am I hungry? Nope. You really do realize on this that your body needs the calories from food but not the actual food itself. I feel really good, I feel kind of fresh and my skin is clearing up really quickly. It's "that time of the month" and I'm only telling you this because that's usually when my face breaks out really bad but right now the little breakouts that started midweek are already gone and sometimes it takes a couple weeks...by the time my face clears it's time to break out again usually!!

OK the salt water flush...gaggghhhh!! That was nasty, it made me do the "headshake" that I do when I do shots and I'm not drunk enough hahaha!! For the next hour and a half I was on the toilet and if you want to know just ask but Ill spare the details other than to say it wasn't that bad at all. I read that you can put some soy sauce in it and you can pretend it's soup haha, I'll do that tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, Dan starts Tomorrow!! I'm already out of syrup so in the morning we have enough for one drink for me and two for him-cuz he's a breakfast guy-and then we're off to Peaceful Valley because that's the only place I can find Grade B. Tonight will be his first tea....I really love the tea, it has licorice root in it yummmmm....

OHHHH and speaking of licorice root....I was just reading all about parasites that are in our body and have you seen these things???? Sooooooo gross....one of the ingredients that are in the cleanses that get rid of them is licorice root....If I EVERRRRR see something like that come out of my ass I hope I die of shock  right then and there because that memory would haunt me for life.

The bouncy bounce at Ian's party was an adventure, I was more than a little nervous that it would shake things up if ya know what I mean, but it was humorous knowing that Julie was watching me wondering the same exact thing!!! I was really proud of myself for being around so much at the party....provolone, salami, taco dip, sausage and peppers, cake, ice cream....those are all my favorite things.....I can honestly say that I was staring at the cake and thinking about how much I would love to eat some romaine lettuce and radishes.....it's crazy that not having sugar or meat or dairy for just two days can make you crave only raw things and healthy stuff.....and then you go home and have your drink and all hunger and cravings vanish because you just drank your calories and your body and mind are satisfied.

Anyway, it's easier than I anticipated and it will be all worth it as more benefits keep happening. If I can do this anyone can.

The only thing I can say that really sucks so far is hearing everyone say how they wouldn't be able to do it or "oh that can't be good for you" while I am standing there knowing how good and healthy it feels. There's really just so much that we don't need to be putting in our stomachs....I would suggest to anyone just to try this for a couple of days to see how much your perspective changes when you realize that what you eat is about CRAVINGS and not about HUNGER. We don't have to eat it just because it's there.....HOLY CRAP I can't believe that was ME talking....this must be working a bit....well, it's tea time......

well well well

It's hot because I was using 1/10 TABLEspoon and I was only supposed to use 1/10 TEAspoon!!!!!!! Well, you can't say I don't have enough pepper in my system.

Full-blown day 1!!!!!

Well, here I am....it's Friday at 5:35pm so it's been 24 hours with no solid food....the tea didn't really do anything for me last night but tonight when I take it I have to do my first salt water flush in the a.m. and I'm scarrreeddddd!! The tea is really tasty and I would absolutely drink it when this is all over. The actual master cleanse drink......holy crap that cayenne is HOT!!!! It's almost unbearable so I remembered that I actually have cayenne pills in the medicine cabinet so I took one of them with my last drink.....(ooops, FYI -if you type in "dink" by accident spell check doesn't pick it up...). The drink is really good without the pepper though and I used limes in one of them to switch it up so that was good. Oh and another delicious note....licking the spoon from the syrup is like heaven!! Two more drinks tonight and onto the tea.

I'm not really hungry...I have thought about stuff that would be tasty but my actual stomach is not hungry, it's definitely a psychological thing, my mind thinks it wants something and then I think about it for a minute and realize I don't NEED anything and the feeling fades rather quickly. Quitting smoking was definately harder because the cravings lasted 10 minutes each whereas the hunger cravings are gone in less than a minute.

I am going pee-pee a LOT.

My energy level is the same as it always is. I'll probably go to sleep early tonight anyway because late at night is when I always think about crackers.

Anyway, I think that's all I have to report, nothing special yet. I'm looking forward to Dan starting on Sunday, I think having a buddie will be really good....no telling what I'll be like by then (day 3)!!!! And I'm looking forward to seeing things actually happen!!

Day 2 Ease-in

So, today as been pretty good so far. I decided a few weeks ago that I was going to save the calories from my flavored coffee creamer and switch over to tea....which was making me sick to my stomach every morning....anywayyyy this morning I drank beef broth hahahah!! I swear to you, it was delicious and I think that may have been because I haven't had soup in awhile?? Anyway I drank some more of it about an hour later and that cup was tasty too. During lunch I went home to check on jake and I stoppped at Leonzo's and bought him 2 slices of pizza and a half an half cookie. I found out that smelling the stuff is almost as good as easting it and I was SHOCKED that it didn't bother me not having any for myself. When I dropped it off to him I tore off a bite of the crust and ate that...what??? I don't really start until tomorrow!! Well, I wanted to make sure I wasn't too hungry because I had to stop at Price Chopper where I could not find Grade B organic syrup so I got some Grade A Dark Amber Organic which will get me through until the Peaceful Valley Farms lady feels like answering her damn phone....I grabbed 28 lemons and that's it, I have all my ingredients. Tonight I may go get some little containers....they say that you should always make your drink fresh....you can make the lemon juice and syrup in the morning if need be because the syrup will act as a preservative for the enzymes in the lemon but you definatly have to wait to add the pepper because you don't want that to stew!! So, this the challenge is packing Dan's "lunches" with his 12 hour shifts....I'll fingure it out because I'll have all this extra time on my hands whilst not shoving cheese in my face....

I must say it's also been really relaxing with my schoolwork since I am able to do some of it here at work on my lunch hour since I am not walking. The cleanse suggests that you don't exercise, and contrary to what you may think, it's not because you will be weak- actually you get MORE energy- but it's because you want your energy to be devoted to the process....however, I am going to stop at Laura's tonight and grab her yoga video and I am kayaking on Sunday...I might not be able to paddle as fast away from the beavers though! Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Tonight is the first night on the Senna Leaf Tea...it's called "Smooth Move" hahahahaa....hopefully I'm not up at 3am updating this blog with only the word "WHY??????!!!!"