Day 6: Master Cleanse (AM)

I woke up with a bit more energy this morning. I'm actually looking forward to my lemonade mixture...not so much for the syrup/cayenne shot...but I feel pretty great this morning. I'm not craving anything for breakfast, and I'm ready to start my day.

I'm down 1.8 pounds from yesterday...with a total loss of 7 pounds since Day1. I look forward every morning to jumping on the scale now. I LOVE seeing the numbers go down. I'm now only 14 pounds from my goal weight. A lot of people and research says that once this thing is over, I could gain back about half the weight I lost, but I'm still holding high hopes that I don't. I think that if I ease back into a normal...albeit healthier diet mixed with my exercise routine I had been doing before the Anchorage trip, I will just simply continue to lose weight...slower for sure...but continue nonetheless.

I've gotten many questions over these 5 days including, "Aren't you hungry?" "Don't you get headaches from the lack of food?" "How can you do it?" First, I DO get hungry in the evening time when I have gone all day without solid foods and my body has used up the energy from the lemonade, but I am taking psyllium husk and wheat grass supplements which aide in the feeling of fullness as well as the cleanse itself. I have not yet gotten one headache from lack of food, though I did get a short-lived painful hunger pang that lasted maybe 5 seconds last night after I posted my PM update. It was more than a stomach growl...it was more like a pinch of hunger, but again it only lasted 5 seconds...then I was fine. Last question answered...I can do it because I WANT to, I have support from friends, my hubby is doing it as well so I don't have to see him eat, I am determined to finish, I'm seeing results which keep me motivated, and I have ALL THESE LEMONS-if I didn't finish it, what would I do with ALL THESE LEMONS? Plus, I'm over halfway done now, I may as well finish. Besides, it's really getting easier. I'm surprised because I'm a MAJOR food addict. I could be full and still want to snack on junk. At meals, I clean my plate even if I'm full. I go back for seconds just for the flavor of my favorites...even if I'm content and not stuffed.

I'm also starting to feel "cleaned out" from the tea and psyllium husk. I won't go any further than saying that, but I'll just say that the tea mixed with the supplements...it's working like a charm.

Until mid day...