So the big day has arrived. Today is the first day of the master cleanse.
Let me back up and say that yesterday for dinner I had a spicy salmon hand roll and an oshiko roll. Healthy right.....
I don't think my body liked the spicy salmon.
Anyway, so this morning I weighed myself - 129.5 pounds - let see if I lose any of that. I think I will, because whenever I go to India, and I eat only vegetarian food I lose weight in shorter periods of time.
I got up and made myself a salt water flush. 32oz of saltwater. The salt water itself was not bad, except I just can't drink 32 oz. So I had 12 oz. of salt water and a cup of laxative tea.
Then at 9:30am I had my first glass of lemonade and I have had 4 of my 6 glasses so far. Six 8oz of lemonade...that is all I am having for the next 10 days.....Me who barely drinks 8oz of water in one day.
So needless to say I have been going to the bathroom quite a bit. I have gone to the bathroom to eliminate 3 times today - which is less than I was expecting. And of there are other sumptoms such as dryness of the mouth.
It actually feels like the back of my tongue is swollen. I did have to lay down at 1:30 b/c i was feeling a general sense of tiredness and overall unwellness. I actually currently do have this pressure around my head as if I was wearing a hat. It's not a headache.- it just feels strange. I do feel "lighter" like my body is bogged down with digesting.
It has been very difficult for me not to eat. In the morning I wasn't craving breakfast, but once 12:00pm rolled around I could "taste" and "smell" a Subway veggie delight with all the veggies and my favorite sweet onion sauce. Then I started really crave some spicy lamb vindaloo, daal, and rice around 5:00pm. It is driving me crazy.
I was downstairs, and there was open bag of oreos.....it took all my will power not to eat them. Then I told Akom to take them I away. But...I didn't eat anyway...yeah!
It is interesting, I have this craving to eat something but I'm not hungry. I guess you really do figure out how badly you are addicted to food. I actually prided myself on not being addicted to food at all, because I'm not a snacker and usually only eat when I'm hungry. I guess I was wrong. I wonder if that's how I gained part of my 20 lbs in the last year.
I am hoping that my cravings for food subside tomorrow.
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