Day 33 of 40

Hey everyone...just an update. I've lost 18lbs now, my weight goal was 135 on this cleanse and I'm at 133. I don't know at this point if I'm actually going to reach 40 days. I've started to have progressively more upper back/kidney pain each day, to the point where I couldn't get comfortable when I was falling asleep the other night. It's never been a hard-core "must reach 40 days" for me - more like if I feel my body is doing well, I will.

I've never fasted this long, so this is unknown territory to me (last fast was 30 days). I even had a dream last night where I started getting confused and disoriented and wasn't able to function well at work to complete simple tasks. My boss was getting upset at me and I went to talk to a lady at the health food store who told me that if I continued I was at high risk to have a blood vessel burst in my brain. (LOL!)

I freaked out and immediately bought some oranges to start OJ'ing myself off of the cleanse, then started to cram the oranges into my mouth like a starving person, I ate like 3 wedges before I realized OMG I can't just EAT something right off the bat of a 33 day cleanse!

It was a weird dream and I woke up kind of wondering if that was a sign that I should stop, maybe? Everything else is COMPLETELY the same as, say, day 15 - my tongue is still nice & white, I'm still breaking out in some Acne like I did before & during the cleanse. I do have good energy, and the thought of cleaning my house (kiddos 7,5,4,2,9mo make LOTS of messes!) isn't as daunting as it was before the cleanse.

I've continued to do the SWF (Salt-Water-Flush) every day except for a few sprinkled here & there when I had an early morning to go somewhere. Two days ago I skipped 2 days in a row, and on the 3rd day there the lovely "butt pee" was dark brown with chunks still. I remember my last cleanse, days 25-30 were fairly clear as far as BP goes. I have never done the tea, though.

I plan to go 100% raw after my OJ day...and have already started to make some potato chips in the dehydrator - wow they smell sooo good! So we'll see - I'll pop in later!