My Weight - 123.5 pounds - 6 pounds less than day one and holding steady
Akom's weight - 133.5 - 4 pounds less than day one and holding steady
So today was the first day for me to break the fast. I bought 12 oranges, thinking that would hold me over till tomorrow. 12 oranges cost me $11 and they are not even organic!!!
3 oranges gave me 10oz, I think I will have to run out and get some more oranges.
So I drank the orange juice at 8:00am. It is now 10am and I am hungry again. However, as soon as I drank the orange juice, my stomach started to gurgle and I had to go to the bathroom. Success!!!!
Why did I end the fast early? Well I think there were several reasons. One was, I couldn't find why 10 days was chosen as the number of days to do the fast, nor could I find a rationale behind the measurements of 2T + 2T + 8oz of water, or the 32oz of saltwater. Second, my body did not want to eliminate on its own and any sort of help ended up in diarrhea. I was willing to deal with that for 1 or 2 days, but for 3.5 was too much for me. Third, I had reached a taste change with the lemonade. I actually no longer enjoyed drinking it and was starting to dread it. It made my mouth dry and sticky. Finally, my tongue had returned to its pink color. Also yesterday, I felt very weak. Today as well. If I just sit in my chair, then it is not a problem. But if I exert myself I get dizzy and my heart starts to race as if I just did a 30 min cardio workout. I know that I may be out of shape, but this is a new one for me, and not one that I am comfortable with.
I don't feel like a quitter. I truly feel that I did the cleanse to the extent that it was good for my body. People may think that I am making excuses and so be it. I didn't do this to impress people. I did it start eating on a "clean slate."
Akom is still going through with it, but I think only till Saturday. I think he would have stopped with me today, if it was easy for him to make fresh squeezed orange juice at work, which it's not.
