This evening after work David and I went grocery shopping at one of the local health food stores. I wanted to get the necessary items for the lemon juice fast and he had some things he wanted to get as well. We ended up getting into an argument over the prices of maple syrup which lead to him saying this whole thing seemed unrealistic and a waste of money. So in defeat I nearly gave up on the idea of the lemon juice fast and was going to go back to simply doing the juice fast. But I guess some power of the Divine had other plans. As I wandered down an isle to get away from the heated conversation with David I came across a section of books. Low and behold someone had pulled out the book “Master Cleanse” and it was lying face up on the shelf. The Master Cleanse is actually the name given to the lemon juice diet. So I opened it up and started reading it. This let to me being reminded of why I wanted to do this fast in the first place and why I had thought the lemon juice fast was very intriguing.
I flipped to the page that talked about maple syrup. At that point David found me and I read to him all the vitamins and minerals that are in maple syrup. I had convinced him at best, but we compromised on the fact that we would go to another slightly cheaper place and see if they carried the maple syrup as well. Yay!
So here I am the night before my fast. I’m pretty zonked from all the eating I did today, which really was not much. But after a few days of not eating at all it seems to have stolen all my energy. As well as the fact that I think I stopped the fast right as I started to detox somewhat which I think has had negative effect on my energy.
I bought the book I came across today as well. It says I must take an herbal laxative tea with this diet and I also have to do a salt water flush every morning, yuck! Worst of ll I have to start by drinking the tea tonight. Which actually tastes good, but after the food I ate today I have a feeling things are going to get a little runny hear in a few hours.
By the way if you get grossed out easily this might not be the best journal to read. You might have already noticed by my openly talking about my period and I really don’t feel a need to shy away from details on my bowels either. After all that is a part of this whole thing. What goes in must come out, and even though not a lot is going in there is a lot of cleaning up shop going on inside, and as the book says, just because you sweep your floor doesn’t mean you get rid of the mess unless you sweep it into a dust bin and remove it. Thus, I will be discussing my poo. =) *snickers* (besides I find it somewhat amusing, as I am a little kid at heart)
Now its time to drink my tea and hope it doesn’t wake me in the middle of the night.
