my cleanse, day four
Day four...
Day Four, Friday 9/14/07
I wrote most of this post throughout the day as it was happening and then accidentally deleted it. Urgh. Anyway, day four was good. Back was killing me, clearly unrelated to the cleanse, and my head started hurting again as soon as I sat down at the computer, which happens anytime I have been spending a lot of time working, so also unrelated to the cleanse then.
I woke the first time the alarm went off and hopped out of bed, all awake and chipper. Even woke my ds up early to come outside and see a cool bug I'd noticed while letting out the cats. Same routine as the other mornings: rid myself of the tea, took the kids to school, drank the salt water by 9, flushed it out, made some lemonade...didn't even miss the coffee ritual.
Feeling pretty good today. Plenty of energy, no discomforts. I was very aware this morning though that my teeth are hurting when I brush them--likely a combo of the acidic lemons and the lack of calcium as my teeth are really sensitive to that sort of thing. This concerns me a bit, but not a ton.
I made an effort to drink more lemonade earlier in the day to see if it affected the timing of any symptoms I may have later. But today I really had no symptoms, so I guess it didn't make a difference. Had that same burst of energy in the late afternoon as the day before which was cool since that is normally a time when I drag ass a bit more. Day four was more hectic though with lots of errands to run and things to get done so I didn't get a chance to really enjoy the energy or think much about what was going on.
Also, I realized in the morning that part of the whole feeling introspective aspect of this is that I'm feeling like it is taking so much effort for me to focus on this cleanse that I don't feel like I can handle more than the basic necessities outside of my own needs. No, your friend can't spend the night. No, I don't want to go to your coworker's wedding. I just want to be able to pay attention to what's going on now and make sure I am getting what I need here.
Anyway, today was largely uneventful and the cleanse is going very well. I have clearly got more energy and aside from that hellish period on day two, I have had little trouble with it overall. Still, I am considering doing the shorter 5 day cleanse and then easing back into food more slowly than I otherwise would. I have no doubt that I could handle the 10 days just fine now, but my greatest hope with this cleanse is that I can train my body to want to eat properly (and be able to tolerate it when I do) by starting over. Sort of a system reset if you will. To that end, I am debating on if it would benefit me more to do the full cleansing part for just the 5 days and then wean myself back onto food starting with day 6 but considerably slower. I'm going to think about this more throughout day five.
Also, as a side note, I figured out yesterday that calorically speaking, from the maple syrup alone, I am actually getting about 800 calories a day, which is at least 3/4 of the calories I usually take in on a daily basis (and sometimes more than I do) except that I am getting them spread throughout the day as opposed to in just my coffee and one meal. Interesting to note.
Anyway, I drank my tea as I wrote most of this at the end of day four. Same lemonade, water and tea intake overall, and I feel great. Day four, complete.
Day Four, Friday 9/14/07
I wrote most of this post throughout the day as it was happening and then accidentally deleted it. Urgh. Anyway, day four was good. Back was killing me, clearly unrelated to the cleanse, and my head started hurting again as soon as I sat down at the computer, which happens anytime I have been spending a lot of time working, so also unrelated to the cleanse then.
I woke the first time the alarm went off and hopped out of bed, all awake and chipper. Even woke my ds up early to come outside and see a cool bug I'd noticed while letting out the cats. Same routine as the other mornings: rid myself of the tea, took the kids to school, drank the salt water by 9, flushed it out, made some lemonade...didn't even miss the coffee ritual.
Feeling pretty good today. Plenty of energy, no discomforts. I was very aware this morning though that my teeth are hurting when I brush them--likely a combo of the acidic lemons and the lack of calcium as my teeth are really sensitive to that sort of thing. This concerns me a bit, but not a ton.
I made an effort to drink more lemonade earlier in the day to see if it affected the timing of any symptoms I may have later. But today I really had no symptoms, so I guess it didn't make a difference. Had that same burst of energy in the late afternoon as the day before which was cool since that is normally a time when I drag ass a bit more. Day four was more hectic though with lots of errands to run and things to get done so I didn't get a chance to really enjoy the energy or think much about what was going on.
Also, I realized in the morning that part of the whole feeling introspective aspect of this is that I'm feeling like it is taking so much effort for me to focus on this cleanse that I don't feel like I can handle more than the basic necessities outside of my own needs. No, your friend can't spend the night. No, I don't want to go to your coworker's wedding. I just want to be able to pay attention to what's going on now and make sure I am getting what I need here.
Anyway, today was largely uneventful and the cleanse is going very well. I have clearly got more energy and aside from that hellish period on day two, I have had little trouble with it overall. Still, I am considering doing the shorter 5 day cleanse and then easing back into food more slowly than I otherwise would. I have no doubt that I could handle the 10 days just fine now, but my greatest hope with this cleanse is that I can train my body to want to eat properly (and be able to tolerate it when I do) by starting over. Sort of a system reset if you will. To that end, I am debating on if it would benefit me more to do the full cleansing part for just the 5 days and then wean myself back onto food starting with day 6 but considerably slower. I'm going to think about this more throughout day five.
Also, as a side note, I figured out yesterday that calorically speaking, from the maple syrup alone, I am actually getting about 800 calories a day, which is at least 3/4 of the calories I usually take in on a daily basis (and sometimes more than I do) except that I am getting them spread throughout the day as opposed to in just my coffee and one meal. Interesting to note.
Anyway, I drank my tea as I wrote most of this at the end of day four. Same lemonade, water and tea intake overall, and I feel great. Day four, complete.