Cleanse – Day 1 of 10

I am through my first full day of the cleanse. It has been an interesting day. To kick things off, I made my liquid meal concoction and it is absolutely awful. I’m supposed to drink 6-12 glasses of that stuff each day, and I don’t think I made it through 4. I think I’m going to modify it tomorrow so that it is a little easier to drink. The recipe calls for some Cayenne Pepper and that stuff just burns. So I’m going to try cutting that amount in 1/2 and seeing if that makes it easier to swallow.

I have wanted to eat everything today. I was watching Conan and remembered the Chicken Sandwich that was on his “Christmas Stage” and I couldn’t stop thinking about what it would taste like. At this point, I feel like I could even eat Indian food (which I absolutely abhor).

But I don’t feel tired or weak at all. My energy is normal and I physically feel fine, my mouth just becomes an ocean of saliva every time I see a fast food commercial.

I think it’s interesting how much I crave food for satisfaction. It’s not that I crave food for nourishment because if that was it, I would be a lot healthier. I really do crave it as a part of some physical satisfaction and I think that is going to be the most difficult thing to overcome.

The kicker for tonight was the second part of my cleanse, which is the Salt Water Cleanse. This is the element that is really supposed to clean everything out. Talk about disgusting. It’s 1 Liter of warm water with 1 teaspoon of unrefined sea salt. My gag reflex has never worked harder. You have to take it down all at once or you can’t finish it. I’ll admit that for about every gulp I took, I spilled almost as much down the sides of my mouth. My plan is to do the Salt Water Cleanse 2 more times on Day 4 and Day 8.

I hope this gets easier. I’m looking forward to seeing how I feel tomorrow and if I can figure out a better form of the recipe. Nevertheless, 1 down and 9 to go!

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