Day 10! I never thought I would get to this day! I feel quieted and a bit serene, not bursting with energy, just peaceful. Hubby thinks it has damaged my brain. Perhaps it has because I plan on doing this Cleanse every 3 months, making that 4 times a year.
I have lost 4 kgs in weight, 2" off each of my chest, tummy and each thigh.
On waking this morning, I blearily stared down the bottle of Salt Water Flush, chugged it down in 3 phases then bade it a fond farewell! I have found that by taking a big deep breath, drinking deeply to the count of 10 big gulps, stopping for a breather, then repeating this twice more broke it down into manageable portions and helped me to empty the litre bottle. Making the stuff stay down was a mission for me but the strange nauseous feeling passes quite quickly as it works its way down through the colon.
Within a half hour I am desperately thirsty and the freshly made Lemonade is very welcoming indeed. Today I will drink the Lemonade to the last drop and then bid that goodbye too because I can. Tonight will be my first bit of sustenance other than the Lemonade and I will juice some orange and grapefruit diluted with a bit of mineral water. Tomorrow morning, the first day off the Cleanse will start out with the diluted orange and grapefruit juice, a simple vegetable (maybe just cucumber, tomato, celery and carrot) juice for lunch and by suppertime I will be able, I am sure to tolerate a bigger selection of veggies in my juice and then a salad. (I am desperate for something to chew on! Not hungry at all, I just want/need to chew!)
The Salt Water Flush is not a step to be missed out because it is such an important part of the whole Cleanse. Remember I said that the Herbal Senna Tea was like the agitator of your washing machine, with the Salt Water being the Rinse Cycle. This morning, with the Salt Water Flush behind me (pun), I was reminded of a funny little incident involving my 4 year old grandson Joshua:
One day, just before his 4Th birthday, I asked him (the way Nanas do) who he would be inviting to his upcoming birthday party. His reply was an emphatic "NO girls!"
Prompting him a bit, and reminding him that his favourite cousin Hannah was a girl, and his good friend Mackenzie was a girl, and even pointed out that Nana was a girl. Did that mean we all couldn't come to his party as well?
He capitulated and his little face softened - of course we could come, but just not Lucy (named changed because they have since made friends).
Pushing him further, I tried to find out why not Lucy?
He was absolutely adamant and his chest enfolded itself inside his arms as they folded nearly halfway round his little body, thus clutched, his eyes closed for dramatic effect and he articulated slowly as if I was a little slow to catch on:
"Because I just don't like her! She is not pleasant to me (pleasant? where does a 4 years old get words like that?), so she is NOT coming to my party." And for emphasis added: "NO, she's NOT!"
I felt like saying that to the bottle of salt water this morning but I knew that even though it wasn't pleasant to me, the effects were that I was 4kg shy of my normal weight and I couldn't fault that. Nor could I fault the 2 inch loss around various strategic parts of my body!
I must say that I have been thinking about those Vietnamese Raw Spring Rolls with dipping sauce, a lot. Maybe that's what I'll make for supper tomorrow night. But I will keep the posts going, especially since this is to be a predominently Raw Food experience.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Master Cleanse - Day 8
With the end in sight, okay through a telescope, but in sight just the same, I type triumphantly knowing that I am not going to fall through the cracks! I am not going to be on the side of the "couldn't do its". Rather, as I approach the final days, I can hear that flag song playing in my ears, waving me on...
Talking about the Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet/Fast. I won't tell lies, it wasn't easy, but then, it wasn't that difficult either. You actually don't need skills, you can do it. The next one I do will be with Maple Syrup I have managed to import by the gallon! Going through those little bottles at the rate of 1 bottle every 2 days makes it an expensive local purchase but I will share a little secret with you..Pick n Pay sells the exact same thing as the Health Shop for half the price! Only bought one bottle right at the end, because Wednesday will be the last day - DAY 10!
The weekend breezed by with Hubby and me taking a trip to Uvongo where we visited a very nicely stocked Bonsai Nursery. He settled on a Baobab (so cute, but immature and needing a bit of work and obviously a lot of time), a Karoo Boer Boon tree and a sweeping Juniper. He bagged some clever ideas on how to bonsai a bougainvillea (but purchasing that was Sunday's excursion). On the way home he decided he was feeling hungry and wouldn't make it home to fire up the braai in time to fortify himself, so we forced an emergency pitstop, making an unhealthy detour and stocked up on some Steers 'burgers and chips. I, on the other hand, tried hard to keep the self-righteous expression from my face as I downed the last of my packed "lemonade" and chased it down with a mineral water, stoutly refusing kind offers my way. I sauntered casually away from the outside table while Hubby scoffed his 'burger and chips to explore the usual basket ware, bead work and tablecloths on offer, alongside butter avos and bananas.
Did you know you can freeze bananas and then blend them into smoothies once you have run them under water just to get the white frost off to facilitate easy peeling. A blender or smoothie maker is a wonderful gadget, especially if you haven't the time to "juice" fruits in the morning. I like to plonk paw paw or papaya into the jug, add a couple of frozen bananas, a handful of strawberries and a pear, then whizz that up to creamy consistency. A little added cold filtered water makes it very drinkable! Fruit, fruit juice or fruit smoothies are imperative first thing in the morning up to lunchtime (not recommended after lunch because the fruit on a tummy filled with proteins or even salads will just sit there and putrefy). Why? Well in the early hours of the morning, and up to midday, your body is in elimination mode. Fruit aids elimination. Thereafter, you need to fortify and supplement with FOOD or veggie juices. But then, I'm sure you know this.
It's been so wonderful to cut up little morsels of organic veg which my garden offers up every now and then. Not in vast quantities, mind, but enough for salads, cut up and attractively arranged, a snippet of some chard, some frilly red lettuce, tiny slivers of spring onions, my own little tomatoes (yellow rosa and red ones), garnished with fresh herbs such as oregano, basil and artistically finished with thin spikes of garlic chive. Add some olives, some pickled mushrooms (I sliced up a punnet of ordinary mushrooms last week and crammed them into a jar, mixed up some vinegar, a dash of olive oil, mustard seeds, salt and honey to taste and poured this dressing over before tightly closing the lid and replacing in the 'fridge). Pickled mushrooms are quick to make and make a lovely salad enhancement. Leftover braaied chicken from the weekend will be sliced over the top of this salad and Voila! Tonight's repast for Hubby and Mom.
Me? I'm just drinking Lemonade and when that's finished, then herbal laxative tea - through my teeth, because it isn't pleasant. Not by a long shot. Tomorrow..tomorrow is Tuesday - Day 9 but I am still waiting for that 'Walkin' on Sunshine' feeling. Hasn't happened yet, but I am poised in anticipation.
Talking about the Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet/Fast. I won't tell lies, it wasn't easy, but then, it wasn't that difficult either. You actually don't need skills, you can do it. The next one I do will be with Maple Syrup I have managed to import by the gallon! Going through those little bottles at the rate of 1 bottle every 2 days makes it an expensive local purchase but I will share a little secret with you..Pick n Pay sells the exact same thing as the Health Shop for half the price! Only bought one bottle right at the end, because Wednesday will be the last day - DAY 10!
The weekend breezed by with Hubby and me taking a trip to Uvongo where we visited a very nicely stocked Bonsai Nursery. He settled on a Baobab (so cute, but immature and needing a bit of work and obviously a lot of time), a Karoo Boer Boon tree and a sweeping Juniper. He bagged some clever ideas on how to bonsai a bougainvillea (but purchasing that was Sunday's excursion). On the way home he decided he was feeling hungry and wouldn't make it home to fire up the braai in time to fortify himself, so we forced an emergency pitstop, making an unhealthy detour and stocked up on some Steers 'burgers and chips. I, on the other hand, tried hard to keep the self-righteous expression from my face as I downed the last of my packed "lemonade" and chased it down with a mineral water, stoutly refusing kind offers my way. I sauntered casually away from the outside table while Hubby scoffed his 'burger and chips to explore the usual basket ware, bead work and tablecloths on offer, alongside butter avos and bananas.
Did you know you can freeze bananas and then blend them into smoothies once you have run them under water just to get the white frost off to facilitate easy peeling. A blender or smoothie maker is a wonderful gadget, especially if you haven't the time to "juice" fruits in the morning. I like to plonk paw paw or papaya into the jug, add a couple of frozen bananas, a handful of strawberries and a pear, then whizz that up to creamy consistency. A little added cold filtered water makes it very drinkable! Fruit, fruit juice or fruit smoothies are imperative first thing in the morning up to lunchtime (not recommended after lunch because the fruit on a tummy filled with proteins or even salads will just sit there and putrefy). Why? Well in the early hours of the morning, and up to midday, your body is in elimination mode. Fruit aids elimination. Thereafter, you need to fortify and supplement with FOOD or veggie juices. But then, I'm sure you know this.
It's been so wonderful to cut up little morsels of organic veg which my garden offers up every now and then. Not in vast quantities, mind, but enough for salads, cut up and attractively arranged, a snippet of some chard, some frilly red lettuce, tiny slivers of spring onions, my own little tomatoes (yellow rosa and red ones), garnished with fresh herbs such as oregano, basil and artistically finished with thin spikes of garlic chive. Add some olives, some pickled mushrooms (I sliced up a punnet of ordinary mushrooms last week and crammed them into a jar, mixed up some vinegar, a dash of olive oil, mustard seeds, salt and honey to taste and poured this dressing over before tightly closing the lid and replacing in the 'fridge). Pickled mushrooms are quick to make and make a lovely salad enhancement. Leftover braaied chicken from the weekend will be sliced over the top of this salad and Voila! Tonight's repast for Hubby and Mom.
Me? I'm just drinking Lemonade and when that's finished, then herbal laxative tea - through my teeth, because it isn't pleasant. Not by a long shot. Tomorrow..tomorrow is Tuesday - Day 9 but I am still waiting for that 'Walkin' on Sunshine' feeling. Hasn't happened yet, but I am poised in anticipation.
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