CLEANSE- DAY 3

Hey there folks,

Well, it's day 3 and I feel extremely lighter. Last night I ended up not having to work at the restaurant. I'll admit I was feeling a little more hungry for more than just fruit when I first got to JJ's house last night. I kept craving Pad see ew (my favorite Thai dish). Anyway, I was just going to relax for the evening and do my workout this morning. JJ convinced me to work out last night instead. JJ is still holding strong on his cleanse as well. I was under the impression that doing so would only make me more hungry. He convinced me the opposite would happen, so I took his word for it and joined him downstairs in his building's workout room to walk on the treadmill while he hit up the elliptical. We went for forty minutes and I must admit he was dead on! I didn't feel hungry even for fruit when we finished. We ended up having to go to Trader Joe's and I went in there, got two oranges and had no desire to have them last night. I drank water and went to bed!

In my research I discovered that they say doing a fruit cleanse can be even more difficult than a liquid cleanse because your body is still in eating mode. I think I have to agree with that finding. I'm holding on though. However, I did make a decision this morning. My whole reason for doing a cleanse was to get back to eating more of my whole foods instead of so much processed foods to make sure I'm getting my nutrients. To give my system a much needed break, not for weight loss though that happens regardless, I can already tell the difference there. So, I have decided to continue on with what I'm doing through Friday. The main reason I was doing ten days initially was due to the directions of The Master Cleanse. So, I believe I will stop after Friday. Allow myself some nutritous cooked food over the weekend and then go back to doing raw food only during the week starting Monday. I think I will do this for the next month or so and see how it works for me. Again, that is my goal, but it is subject to change just as everything else has since Monday, so we'll see. I do however believe I have benefitted tremendously so far by doing a cleanse and will even more so feel that way come Friday.

The main thing is that I don't want to be an unhealthy vegan as I mentioned in an earlier post. I don't want the majority of my diet to consist of processed vegan food and that has been what's been happening lately, so I had to stop and get some things in check.

So, I will keep you updated periodically on how everything goes. I will definitely blog again on Friday as I wrap up this first week and embark upon my new project.

Until next time!

C