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Day 15
Less than a week to go. Had a rough patch, but am feeling better!
Date: 6/17/2007 1:57:03 PM ( 17 y ) ... viewed 1987 times Friday evening into Saturday I had a bit of an emotional dump. Was feeling down on Friday. I read some inspirational information about fasting, to reassure myself that I am doing something wonderful for my health. The heavy feeling carried over into Saturday morning and I ended up breaking down in tears over something miniscule. I had felt it building though, and knew that I just needed to let it out. I felt a lot better afterwards.
I didn't get as many lemonades down as I should have. I got a late start in the morning to begin with, then ran around for a few errands that ended up taking a lot longer than I expected. And then in the evening I was out for a few hours at a movie. I got in as many lemonades as I could in the interim though.
The low feeling has not returned, thankfully. Friday and Saturday I just felt so tired of doing the fast, and really missed eating. And there are some days that I could really go for a drink, but surprisingly, those have been few and far between. I feel like today my faith is reaffirmed.
I found out the hard way that 1/4 tsp. of cayenne per glass is too much for me. Friday night my stomach was cramping up really badly and when I went to the bathroom, I passed what looked like pure cayenne pepper. My poor little butt was on fire for a bit after that! So I've taken it down a notch - I'm putting in more than 1/8 tsp., but less than 1/4.
It amazes me that every day I am still passing somewhat solid material, before I even drink the SWF. That tells me that I really needed this cleanse. My tongue is still coated only down the middle. It seems that after 2 weeks my weight has finally started to drop a little bit as well. The way I look at it, it took my body 2 whole weeks of concentrating on cleanup in other areas before it could even get around to using up the fatty tissue.
As I'm in my last week, I've really turned my attention on how I'm going to maintain my health after the fast. I've been collecting healthy recipes to add to my arsenal. I've sent away for some kefir grains so that I can make my own kefir (so excited about that!). I have really not had any energy for exercise since being on the cleanse. Walking up 3 flights of stairs to my b/f's apt. makes my legs ache as though I spent an hour in the gym. Overall, I can feel that I am very weak. This week I'm going to start adding in walks every day to try and start bringing my metabolism back up. I've read up on green smoothies and am planning on giving them a try. I think I'll just add my normal Greens + serving right to the smoothie.
I'm excited about the new course my life is taking. I'm not sure if I can give up coffee for good, as I really do enjoy it, and I also don't think it's all that bad. But it's nice to know that I can go without it and feel just fine too.
With how much I've been focused on food lately, there is that worry that I'll just go nuts after the fast and eat everything in sight. But I think that once I slowly start eating again, that desire to eat everything that I see will pass. I'm curious how everything is going to taste now, I imagine that all of the flavors are going to be so much more intense to me than they used to be. I know that when I was juice fasting, honeydew tasted like it was pure sugar, even though I had always thought it was bland before.
Hope everyone is doing well!
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