Because I am boring and super self-absorbed...

...I'm going to blog about my detox.

Actually, I ran into this website called Curezone which is a support forum for people who are on the Master Cleanse aka, the lemonade diet. I was lurking on Kate's Tribe page and noticed that her camping buddy was hot so I surfed to his page and he had a post about being on the MC and I was all, DUDE! I am on the MC, too! Well I didn't actually talk to him, I just said it out loud to my monitor. Believe it or not, Tribe has a Master Cleanse Tribe so I checked that out and found the curezone link....annnneeeewayyyyy.

Day One
I decided to do the detox again because I ate and drank so much crap over the holidays and, I won't lie, I want some weight reduction. Lot's of people say they can't tell that I look like jabba the hut, but really. My clothes aren't fitting as they once were and I am hoping this will jump start my metabolism. I know, lame reason but I don't really care. Also, what I like about this program is it really opens my eyes to how addicted to food I am. I don't just use food as nourishment, I use it to self medicate. I eat to keep me happy. When I am bored. When I am sad. When I am excited. And then sometimes, I don't know when to stop eating. Something interesting, while I was visiting my mom, I was eating something and I decided that I was full when there was only one bite left. So I set my fork down and said, "i'm full." And my mom looked at what was left and said, oh just finish it.

(insert blinky-eye emoticon here)

That said, Day one was rough! The day before I bought all my supplies and this time around I decided to splurge on an electric citrus juicer, which is really. just. awesome. I make my drinks in a 24oz nalgene bottle so I use 40z lemon juice, 30z grade B maple syrup, hot water to the top and a couple of dashes of cayenne powder. Most people think it sounds gross, but it's actually pretty good. Whenever you are hungry you just drink this mixture and voila! You're not hungry anymore. In between I can drink mint tea, which I just love, and lot's of water. To help with elimination of toxins I drink smooth move tea (senna leaf) at night. The book suggests drinking the tea in the morning too or alternating it with salt water flushes but 1) the last time I tried a SWF I drank half of the QUART and then yacked in my kitchen sink and 2) I have almost an hour commute so I might want to stay away from any laxatives. You get the point.

Luckily, this time around I am not really addicted to caffeine so today was a breeze "focus-wise." But, since I am not eating food, lunch time is a bit challanging. I don't really want to spend money and there really isn't a good place to walk around here (or that I have found yet). So I hopped in my car and drove around Menlo Park and Palo Alto. Man, there are some nice houses down here! During my drive I started to get hungry and I didn't have a drink with me so I was having all these fantasies about stopping off at Andronico's and getting a salad. I can't even tell you the push and pull struggle I had with myself. I got back to the office and discovered some raw almonds in my desk and I ATE THEM. And then I went home and ate dinner and promptly fell asleep at 8pm because I was so exhausted. HAHAHA. Oh well. So much for day one.

Day Two
I acutally woke up and made oatmeal because I was gonna quit...but then got some willpower and prepared my lemonade for the day. Today was ten times easier even though I am feeling like ass. I got sick the day before I left Buffalo and tho I felt crappy, the full blown illness never emerged. Now I am wondering if it is working its way out of my system. I can feel the congestion moving around in my head and its sitting right in my ears and behind my face. This morning was a bagel welcome breakfast for a new employee (yeah...I didn't get one of those) and I was dreading it for more reasons than just the food. But! I was triumphant as I went up there with my mint tea and avoided the bagels and yummy looking croissants. Unfortunately, I couldn't hear anyone so I had to keep saying "what?" and stepping closer. Then I snuck out.

I am definitely not as tired as yesterday and really think I will be able to make the CAHMS show at Mezzanine tonight! The strange thing about this detox is that, I am rarely hungry but I crave certain foods. Number one craved food is FRENCH FRIES. Number two is POTATO CHIPS. It must have something to do with the salt? I don't know. Also I have been fantasizing about eating soybeans with olive oil, garlic salt and lemon. Weird. I am also noticing some aches in my body. Mostly my back and my teeth are starting to feel sensitive in places. I am generally feeling indifferent to food (eventho I just told you about those cravings).

Day Three
Woohoo! Days 3 and 4 are supposed to be the hardest. I went to the show last night but snuck out early. I wanted to make sure I slept enought. This having to get up at 6:30am to go to work is KILLING me. I can't even imagine what it wll be like when June and I start running again...we'll have to start at 5:50am. When I got home from the Mezz I wasn't really tired so I watched the last hour of the special edition Biggest Loser. I LOVE that show. I am so inspired by it and need to hire a personal trainer IMMEDIATELY. Of course the other big news is that probalby soon I WILL have a coach as I think I am going to start training for a triathlon this Spring.

I went to sleep around Midnight and woke up before my alarm at 6am! Woohoo! BUT! I felt like total crap. Its probably a combination of toxins being released and this cold thing leaving my body (same thing I guess). Even tho I feel like an elephant is sitting on my chest and back, I am pretty energized. I am just so achey.

Today there is a luncheon for our whole division and I am not sure how I am gonna handle that. I already feel like I don't fit in here so it'll be awesome for everyone to see the freakazoid not eating a free lunch. There will be 500 people in attendance so maybe I can just loiter in the back and then sneak out after the speech? If there is one?

Tomorrow morning June and I get back to running. We've been off four weeks due to her being sick and then the holidays. I can't wait! I just love running.

P.S. Is anyone else not able to see the time fields on the posting page anymore? You used to be able to select what time you wanted to show the post was posted and I don't have those fields anymore? Maybe I accidentally rearranged some settings? Sometimes, when I go to publish or when I bring a new post box up I see a flash of it! Like its still there but I not for me!