Filed under: The Lemonade Diet | Tags: day eight, day nine, The Lemonade Diet, the master cleanse
I have a lot of energy, I’ve gotten a lot of positive responses (“You look thin!” “You look healthy!” “You are absolutely glowing!”), and the general hunger has gone away. Though, Day Eight (yesterday) and now Day Nine are moving at a snail’s pace. I want food. I just want to get back to a normal lifestyle! Jordan and I are both feeling like it wouldn’t hurt to start on Orange Juice a day early, would it? But I want to make it the full ten days… it just seems like such a long time now that we’re so close.
I skipped my Salt Water Flush on Day Eight because I just wasn’t feeling up to it. Not sure how that will affect my overall outcome, but I will say that my general lukewarm attitude toward the end of this cleanse is affecting my enthusiasm toward all the ‘rules’. I haven’t been able to finish all my lemonade mixture the past couple of days, drinking about 3/4 of the 2 liters you’re supposed to finish. This could be because I’m not as hungry, or could be because I’m just getting used to not having actual meals and it’s not a ‘horrible’ thing if I don’t have something to comfort me.
I definitely feel thinner, which although it’s not the intent of the cleanse, is a positive secondary effect of the cleanse. I would never advise this cleanse to someone who strictly wants to lose weight – because I feel without the abnormally large desire to rid your body of unwanted waste and toxins and learning how to be ‘healthy’ again, then you wouldn’t have the stamina to finish the entire cleanse. It’s definitely not a quick fix to weight, because you do in fact gain most of it back through water retension in your body.
What I’m desperate to eat again… deli sandwiches, Chipotle, home-made sweet potato fries, turkey burger, any type of creamy dip with chips, pizza… AHHH this is bad! And, after seriously thinking about it, I’m going to either give up red meat or only eat on occasion. It’s lean meats and fish for me, now!
Now, excuse me while I go do my Salt Water Flush. Ugh.
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