More about the cleanse

Yesterday was day day 3 of the cleanse. As everyone said after day 3 you should feel better. It is true.Today is day 4 and I feel really good. No headache yesterday and my energy level was up. Hallelujah! Not having any energy was diffacult. Everything took more effort. I just kept telling myself that I was doing this to help myself and everything that I thought was so pressing could wait for just a couple of days. That in it's self was probably good for me.

I did notice yesterday that going every 2 hours eating was a little harder. When the 2 hours had gone I was really hungry. I never new that a salad with a little lemon and balsamic vinegar could taste so good. And the tomatoes wow......they were awesome.
What did I eat yesterday......steel cut oats, blueberries, nectarines, cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, bannanas and carrots and cucumbers. I am not using salt and still no sugar just stevia.

Newsbreak.......I made my green tea again this morning. And today it was not so bad. I actually didn't notice the taste again like I have the last couple of days.
You know I started thinking about how I don't remember liking alot of things that I eat immediatly. Don't remember feeling that way about coffee and I do remember that when I was 18 and started smoking I didn't think that it was so great either. I am sure that I continued because I thought it made me cool and then continued because I was addicted to cigarretes.

This morning my energy level is even better. I do love the fact that I don't have the brain fog anymore. Not just the kind I have had since the cleanse. Even before the cleanse I felt foggy in the morning and still tired even when I had just slept.
I might contribute some of this to the fact that I have not been on the run for the last several days like I have for the last month or more it seems.

However projects are inching closer to the point where I need to tackle them now. Small bites are always better than big ones and feeling like your choking.

I had better go...It's time to eat again and I might just have another cup of green tea.

Day 2 of cleanse

Today is day 2 of the cleanse. I woke up this morning and I feel good. Different than I have before I started the cleanse. Different in that I don't feel so bloated. A more feminine way to say it would be that I don't feel so puffy. I can tell that my fingers and feet are also not as puffy. I really haven't had much salt for the last 3 days and I am drinking alot of water which I do anyway so I am sure that is a contributing factor. This morning I had my green tea again. Tried two bags instead of one thougth that might make a difference. And...not so much. Last night at church 3 of us who are doing the cleanse saw each other and asked how it was going. I mentioned that I was not loving the green tea thing and they all looked at me and said in unison "You don't like green tea" well now I can't believe that they all think it is so great. This morning I had made my tea and was letting it brew when one of our boys came over and said "Is that your green tea" I said yes. He leaned over and smelled it and said ughhhh.... it smells like fish. Yup!!! Like mother like son. I am probably not going to be contacted to be a spokesperson for the green tea industry. Ha! Ya think.
Last night at church they were making some coffee in the kitchen and I just left that room. It smelled good. However with all of this carrying on about the tea. I am considering not going back to coffee and letting it be an occasional treat. Still thinking about that one.

Let's talk about yesterday. I had my steelcut oats again yesterday. Once with blueberries and second with a bannana. They are delicious. I do like them and after just two days of eating no sugar I can say that the oatmeal is really delicious. A great nutty warm oaty treat. I actually made a batch and have been eating that for a couple of days and since I am not able to have dairy I make it less chunky with just some extra water. Had it again this morning and it's great.

Yesterday I did deal with the headache. Actually thought I might not have to go through that but alas I was wrong. It hit yesterday afternoon. Hit is a good word to describe what it felt like. My head was throbbing all afternoon and night . I didn't even take my usual ibuprofens since I figured no supplements no ibuprofen either. I was so glad to go to bed last night and hope that it would not be there when I woke up in the morning. And this morning it was gone-yaaaa

I actually was hungry when I woke up this morning to. I am hoping that is a sign that my metabolism is picking up. That is something that I had hoped would come out of this. Still so far not much trouble following the plan. Found myself craving salt last night. Also last night was the first time that I was going to be away from the house for more than 2 hours since I started so I had to plan my eating times better. I ate ate 5:30 P.M. so that meant that at 6:30 it was time to eat again which wouldn't work so I ate at 7:30 (I sing on our church's praise and worship team so I was warming up at 6:30. So when we got done I went to the kitchen and ate what I had brought) I packed a bannana and some carrots. Then ate again when I got home it was at 9:00 but that is the best I could do. Never thought about how long it would take to get home. I had some peas when I got home. I was hungry so they tasted delicious.

A cleanse about day 1

I am doing a 2 week cleanse. Today is actually day 2 but I will talk about day 1. Dr. Tyler Molstre told me about it several weeks ago and I thought about it alot since then. I was intrigued. As the time aproached I started thinking that this could be just what I was looking for. I was out of control with my carbs and sweets. It was nuts. Also, wanted something to give me a big boost in the start to weight loss. I am not going to lie. That was a big pull to the cleanse for me. So Monday night I went to the meeting about the cleanse. We took our weight....(yuk). Not fun and then Dr. Tyler went over the do's and don'ts of the cleanse. I was to start the next morning when I woke up.
One of the things that is not allowed is coffee. I am a morning coffee drinker so I looked at the list and saw that organic green tea is allowed and encouraged since it helps with the cleanse. No sweetner but Stevia or xylitol. So I went over to the store to the health section and purchased my organic green tea and some stevia. I had fresh fruits and vegetables enough to start me out.

Tuesday morning came day 1 of the 2 week cleanse and I had my first cup of organic green tea. If you would have asked me yesterday I would have said that I was not a fan. I mean compared to coffee with creamer and spenda it tasted like fish oil. Uhg.......
But this morning I thought it was alittle better. I mean from fish oil there is no where to go but up. Yesterday I tended to go towards the eating every 2 hours instead of every hour. It is hard to eat every hour. I liked the 2 hours and was suprised that I was not majorly hungry. A portion the size of your fist of veg and fruit is quite a bit especially if you know that you are going to be eating again in an hour or two.
Yesterday my menu consisted of the green beans, watermelon, steel cut oats, bannanas, carrots, tomatoes, apples and more green beans. Our family meal was green beans that I steamed, potatoes and chicken. I had the green beans and an apple.
I don't neccasarily feel deprived.

I was expecting a headache but never really had a full blown headache. I am tired and by last night at 9:00 P.M. I was dragging and fell asleep ont he couch. When I got up this morning I was down 3 lbs according to my scale.

Let's see how today goes.

Love

I just got a phone call from our 5 year old granddaughter saying that she was going to the dentist. She was crying and saying she didn't want to go. I told her a story about me when I was youner and wished that I could go to the dentist to have my teeth fixed and my parents couldn't afford it and how blessed she was that her parents wanted to make sure that she had healthy and pretty teeth.

Now the great part.........she asked me to pray for her. I can't describe the feeling that I had when she asked me. Such a privlidge to pray with her and encourage her in how much she can trust Jesus to be with her and how she can tell him that she is afraid and that he cares that she is afraid. I love that girl and hope I never forget how tender her voice was when she said "Nana, will you pray with me."