carol rustin

I didnt sleep very well last night so when I awoke this morning I didnt feel too good. Plus I had some pretty bad cramps. They have since gone away once I started drinking my juice. Loren and I are thinking of switching from lemons to limes for a couple days. Maybe it will boost our spirits a little. It seems like 6 pm is the time when I want to eat food. Going through this process has made me realize how often I eat. The times when I would usually have a snack, my body is still expecting it…sometimes I find myself in the kitchen just looking at food imaging all the things I could eat. Luckily, when I went grocery shopping last week I planned out the meals so we dont have much of anything in the house.

To avoid any kind of confusion you may have, we are still drinking as much water as we usually do. I put down about 2-3 liters of water a day…its the only thing I drink for the most part. I used to think of lemonade as a treat…something tells me I may grow to hate it after this.

My eliminations were short last night…should I be worried? I think because there was so much on Day 2, Day 3 was light. I also didnt chug a full liter of salt water last night–I drank about 3/4 liter. Tonight we’re going to have laxative tea and have our eliminations in the morning–hopefully we’ll see some change.

oh, as of this morning ive lost 6 pounds since saturday.

Almost to the end of Day 4:

this evening I got a sudden burst of energy! i swept the house, did dishes, cleaned walls and baseboards and started laundry! im impressed because ive been without energy this whole time. getting all of that done while being on the cleanse AND menstruating officially makes me a badass.

im really excited to start eating again with my newly cleaned insides. i found a recipe online from a girls blog who did the cleanse. she made this soup during her ease out process–its full of veggies and beans and i cant wait to eat it!! one of my favorite things to do is look at menus online for restaurants. before i go out to eat, ill look at the menu and decide what im going to eat so i can go in knowing exactly what to expect. this evening i researched a menu that i know fairly well but looked for just vegetarian items. the restaurant im talking about is ru sans (sushi). usually when we go we order fish and some veggie items. next time we go, its all veggies!! they have an excellent selection of things for us to eat and its one of our favorite restaurants. we go weekly. ok, time to get back to suckin down juice! i gotta keep my energy up! tonight we try laxative tea for the first time! we’re going to have to wake up early so we have enough time for our eliminations before work! ill report back tomorrow.