Word to the wise, if
you're going to take on doing the Master Cleanse... make sure the left over
pasta dish is disposed of.
First day of
cleansing and I cheated on my cleanse. This is hard. What I've learned today
about cleansing is that my stomach feels happy for only 25% of the day, the
rest of the day it's hungry! Other learned wisdom from today... don't ever let
myself get hungry and drink a lot more water. I was doing okay all things
considered through most of today, however I don't think I drank enough lemonade
earlier in the day or water for that matter, and I'm thinking this has
partially contributed to my mind locking in and fixating on the left over pasta
container when I opened the fridge earlier this evening. It's like my brain
obsessed about it until I finally talked myself into eating it. I could
actually envision how it was going to taste. NOT GOOD!!!
Well... at least it
was the first day of the cleanse and not day two or three, the bad news is that
I now am going to have to start over tomorrow. Still, working on not
beating myself up hardcore over this, and realize that I've learned some good
things about this cleanse today and I will handle it differently tomorrow.
I'm dreading the
salt water flush tomorrow morning, but we'll see how that goes! The other thing
I am not enjoying is the aftertaste of cayenne pepper that is emanating up from
my stomach and can taste in the back of my throat every time I exhale.
Also if you decide
to cleanse make sure you read up on what you should do to prep for the cleanse,
I didn't do this and for the past 5 days my friend and I had the attitude that
we would eat whatever we wanted to before starting our cleanse, that's a big
no-no and not smart, you need to ease yourself into this 3 days before beginning
your cleanse. Lesson learned!
Starting weight of
cleanse: 390
Another lesson
learned... pasta carbs are NOT my friend in any way shape or form EVER!!! I put
4 pounds back on eating the pasta dishes I wanted this past week. And I did not
feel well in my body at all. I've learned that I really love juicing, it's
amazing how much better I feel when I juice every morning.
Tomorrow's a new day
and, WOW I really take my hat off to others who can do this cleanse, I will
NOT give up.
