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Cleanse Day 1
Jun. 24th, 2009 07:22 pmI made it thru day 1 of the 28 day cleanse I'm doing. Man, a month is a long time but it's time. I've really been feeling low energy, low motivation, fuzzy headed and just generally not my energetic, happy self. I had gastric bypass surgery 6 1/2 years ago and eventually got a handle on eating fairly balanced meals. I lost about 135 lbs and maintained that for about 3 years. But then last winter I just started eating way too much sugar which then lead to constant high carb, little nutritional value snacking and gained about 20 lbs.
So my goal with this cleanse is to not only clean out my system of many years of built up gunk but also to detox and kick the sugar habit and get into a much healthier way of eating. This should also help with weight loss and will ultimately help me feel sooo good.
My brother has done this cleanse a few times over the years and I actually did it maybe 10 years ago but don't really remember how long I lasted. Maybe a week? Failure is not an option this time. I'm doing the whole damn month if it kills me.
The basics of the cleanse are that I have to take a buttload of various nutrients in the form of pills plus drink a couple of shakes with some psyllium husk and some clay. And to eat - fruits and veggies. (details here http://www.ariseandshine.com/cleanse28.aspx)
Anyway, day one went well. I feel fine. I didn't have any problems taking everything although I'm still working on my water intake. I drink a lot of water anyway but need to suck down even more.
So my goal with this cleanse is to not only clean out my system of many years of built up gunk but also to detox and kick the sugar habit and get into a much healthier way of eating. This should also help with weight loss and will ultimately help me feel sooo good.
My brother has done this cleanse a few times over the years and I actually did it maybe 10 years ago but don't really remember how long I lasted. Maybe a week? Failure is not an option this time. I'm doing the whole damn month if it kills me.
The basics of the cleanse are that I have to take a buttload of various nutrients in the form of pills plus drink a couple of shakes with some psyllium husk and some clay. And to eat - fruits and veggies. (details here http://www.ariseandshine.com/cleanse28.aspx)
Anyway, day one went well. I feel fine. I didn't have any problems taking everything although I'm still working on my water intake. I drink a lot of water anyway but need to suck down even more.
