T minus 16 days before Master Cleanse

Why not sooner? Well the Cleanse lasts 10 days and there are things I need to prepare for before beginning the cleanse. First, I must get rid of the junk in the house...eliminate the temptations of chips and candy, right? Well I HATE the thought of throwing perfectly good food away. Tomorrow, we're planning a BBQ with friends, and we'll probably have leftovers as well, so the soonest we could probably start would be Monday, except for the fact that we don't have the proper ingredients.

No doubt we could find these ingredients in Anchorage...BTW, we're going to Anchorage on the 15th to get our new car! A 2011 Toyota Rav4! Super Excited about that. So while we're there, we can get the ingredients...also eat out at restaurants. Kodiak has no real good restaurants. Big City living in Anchorage (har har) is exactly what we need right now. So anyway, we're coming back to Kodiak on the 19th. So we can start this Master Cleanse on Sunday the 20th.

My insights on it right now:

I have studied up on this Detox Diet and I like what it can do for a person, I understand the negative side effects of hunger and grumpiness and frequent bathroom trips, and I also understand that these negative experiences are only temporary; that the end result will be worth 10 days of major sacrifice and discipline.

I know exactly what I'm getting into by studying what others have gone through and consulting the blog of an unofficial expert on the Detox.

I know it will be tough. Here's a little insight into that which is ME.

~I am addicted to food. I know food is necessary to sustain life, but with the amount of food I consume, it's enough to sustain several lives. I know I live in a country where overeating is the norm, but my willpower against junk food is very hard for me to control. I believe this is a problem. I'm not obese or anything, but according to the "charts", I am overweight and I want to change that.

Health experts put it in a great light...do you "eat to live?" Or do you "live to eat?"

Some have compared to the Master Cleanse as the feeling of quitting smoking cold turkey...and though I've never smoked, the feeling is oddly comparable with quitting food.

The Master Cleanse will give me proper nutrition to sustain what my body needs to live...in fact it will give me more nutrition than if I eat burgers and fries and chips all day.

Right now, I'm very excited to start this Cleanse and a little nervous. Working at a Pizza Parlor will be no easy task during this 10 days. 4 of those 10 will be spent at the Pizza Parlor and it will be hard to keep my fingers off the ice cream sample spoons.

But I plan to make daily entries here throughout the entire process.

This Detox effects everyone differently, so if you read this and think this is how it will be for you, chances are, that it won't. But you're welcome to follow along! I apologize ahead of time for any obscenities I may type during peak times of hunger...some have sworn the cookie jar has called out their name in the middle of the night. We shall see.

So for me...a junk food-loving...somewhat overweight...mid-20's...5'5"...big-boned...outdoor-loving...rough and tumble girl...stay tuned to see how this plays out for me.