Day 11

Well I had some bad days after I last posted. Day 7 was a hard one. It was the first time I wanted food. Not really hungry, I just wanted to eat different foods. I was getting a bit tired and perhaps a bit cranky with the restriction of not eating. Everything else seemed the same and I worked the day and had a normal evening. My tongue had a thick white coating. Really thick.

Day 8 went along better and seemed like I was back on track. Except I may have made a mistake going to Whole foods to get some fresh veggies for next week. I bought kale and swiss chard for smoothies and this got me looking forward to finishing up again. I think I need to think of it as a 15 day cleanse so I add in the first few prep days and 3 to finish. I was saying I can eat on Sunday, but I can't really. It is all what you are set up for.

Day 9 I was really tired for the first time and  I had things to do, but not working with the crew. I picked up a little, but basically should have spent the day on the couch with a book and a video. That evening the food around me was very apparent. I was wavering.I was making doubles of my lemonade to be a bigger hit.  I started to tell myself that it would be a better transition to  have the first day coming off on a Saturday so I could have a general easy diet for Monday work. That night we had friends over and I was very interested in the snacks they were eating. I sort of decided to come off the next day then. The Mrs. Vickies salt and vinegar were tough to watch. The tongue was showing spots that look like crop circles

Day  10. Coming off early. My tongue was tough with bad spots that I took pictures of. I can't find a map to the tongue online, but I will take pictures to a naturopath or chinese dr when I find someone. I was so tired I thought I should finish up. I had a few glasses of fresh oj and was not getting any energy. I didn't really notice anything different than drinking the lemonade. I had some of Nathan's smoothie which was a mistake. I knew better, but could rationalize it somehow to myself.  I wanted toast and peanut butter, trail mix etc. I have been doing alot of research into super foods while on the cleanse and am keen to get started with some new ones I have picked up. Like the tree mushroom capsules. I already had some in a raw trail mix and I am really looking forward to getting that going again too. I need to live in the moment, not a few days ahead! I made a veg broth in the morning and had a bit. It tasted good, but I feel my tastebuds were coated and I wasn't really tasting. I was having a bit of a frustrating morning getting Nathan going and by 10:30 I was getting mad and loosing it. I was crying and sad. I went for a nap and told Nathan he would have to entertain himself for a bit. 1?2 hour later he woke me up to play lego, but Ithink it was enough to get me a bit more normal. I started texting friends for support. I needed to hear how it worked for them to come off. I felt so tired I didn't know what to do. I made myself a double lemonade and we finally made it out of the house about noon. I felt much better fairly soon and knew I needed to stay on the cleanse. My tongue was showing me to be in full on detox and time was needed. When I talked to a friend who has done many I felt better and decided to for sure take advantage of the fact I am 9 days in and do a few more days. I was still fairly tired and went for a nap around 5. I basically dozed and read for the rest of the night, barely getting out of bed. I did do an oil pull to help the detox. This was described to my by a gal who works at Whole Foods this week and it worked to clear my tongue a bit. I used 1 tbls coconut oil and swished it in my mouth for 15 min. It sounds discusting, but it is not once I got the oil in my mouth. It comes out white from all the toxins it takes out of your tongue.

Day 11 I woke up a bit unsure of my energy and took it easy for the morning. Another oil pull and my tongue looked better today. The crop circles are starting to join together giving more pink area. I had 4 lemonades by 10:30 and was feeling better and ready to go for a small hike with a friend. We went for a good one in the forest for a couple of hours. I was finding mushrooms everywhere! I am intuned now I guess. I felt really good. I did take a double lemonade with me and made one as soon as I got back, but I felt good. Not long later I was overtaken with tired and went for a nap! I woke up feeling good and went on with  my day. I had the day to myself because Tom and Nathabn went to the city. I really needed a day to myself! Tonight I feel revitalized and back on track. My tongue is looking so much better and I think tomorrow will be my last day. I will assess in the morning.

127 lbs
9 hrs sleep
12 lemonades
1 bm
1 enzyme
1 probiotic
0 benonite clay and psyilluim
0 doses of 3 parisite cleanse
1/2 hr  nap
fairly good energy all day