the master cleanse. days 6 and 7.
Thoughts from Note
Day 6: Very standard and laid back Sunday. Did the salt water wash. Did some Wii Fit. Felt good. Nothing much to report except that I was clearly too tired to write about it.
Day 7: Today, I had a very good amount of energy. It probably helps that it was a beautiful day. I find myself eating (I mean drinking) less and less each day. I started by taking in 2 liters each day but quickly found it too much. I cut it down to 1.5 liters of the drink each day and I sometimes find myself struggling to finish the last bit.
Classes started again today. I was worried that with very little time between classes and increased activity/standing for 50 minutes at a time, that I would get both hungry and cranky. Not so. I found myself with a great amount of energy and never really got hungry. My back pains were more intense than usual at the end of the day. I don't know if this is brought on by my increase in standing or the end of being hunched over my desk for 8 hours at a time. Either way, it's still very pinpointed and kinda sucks.
The only other thing to mention is that I've noticed that the senna tea is linked to the intense stomach aches that wake me up at 5 o'clock each (about) morning. If I drink the tea the night before, I pretty much always am rudely awoken. Quick trip to the bathroom fixes that though. Oh, for the record, I skipped the salt water rinse today. I use the bathroom whether or not I do the rinse so I feel like every other day is all the torture I should put my stomach through. She's a gentle flower and the salt water rinse is simply too violent a procedure. And I don't like all that salt inside me.
Day 7 is over. We're in the homestretch and I'm getting pretty excited for it to be over. I miss food. I miss flavors. I'm done with lemons. We started planning our ease-out 'cause were so excited to be almost finished. We also may or may not have spent about a hundred bucks at the wine and beer store to stock up on celebratory beverages. Day 8 here we come!
Thoughts from Meghan
Day 6 was Sunday, and a lazy Sunday at that. We hung around the house, went for a walk, did some cleaning up, played some Zelda and watched some TV. It felt nice to just totally chill out and not do anything with our day. Did the cleanse (at different times) and drank a big glass of Senna tea at night. I had been making a pot of it to split with Christophe- using one bag. But while this got him to the toilet it had minimal effect on me. So last night I made a strong glass just for me, and this morning it had its desired effect.
Day 7 was the first day of classes at my school. I didn’t have to be in until 12pm, so I woke, did the salt water rinse, and then did a solid hour of Wii Fit. We have a pair of strap on weights that I attach to my wrists or ankles to up the level of the exercises. After I did a bit of gardening then biked into work. This evening we decided to go to an onsen and splurge on the deluxe family- a private bath with privet mini sauna ($18 for the hour). It felt nice to soak in the hot tube and hang out in the Sauna, but it definitely made me light headed faster then usual, as I had expected it would. Then we went to the wine shop and bought some really nice wines and beers to slowly enjoy over the next couple weeks.
Thought I would take a minute to talk about three interesting things happening to my head during this cleanse- namely to my face, hair and nose.
First my face. I mentioned before that people talk about the cleanse clearing their skin, but my face has broken out in hives. You cant see them from looking at me, but run a finger down my face and neck and you will feel tons of little bumps. I’m pretty bummed about this, and every time I touch my face I get a little sad. I’ve always had very smooth skin on my face, so I really hope it settles back down when I am back to normal food. The bumps work their way down my neck and around my ears, so Christophe has dubbed them hives. I’ve look around online but seen no mention of a reaction like this. Either my body is freaking out via my face, or it is in fact detoxing and the bumpies are because things are getting pushed out of my pores (I keep telling myself it's the latter).
My hair. I have notices that my head is producing significantly less oil then it was, meaning my hair is not getting oily. I recently cut my hair shorter, and shorter hair tends to get oily and gross a lot faster. But I noticed for example this morning, that after going all weekend without washing it, it felt dry and clean when I woke up (I washed it anyway out of principle). I wonder if the cut in fats and oils from my diet is causing a cut in oils coming out of me.
My nose, or more to the point my allergies. As you know my Spring allergies picked up about 5 days before we started the cleanse- very bad timing. And at first they were really messing with me. But over the last two days they seem to have mostly gone away. My nose is not running nearly like it was and I feel a lot less congested. My throat is still a little off, but I am hoping this will pass too. I don't think that the time of my allergy season is over, I feel like that was too short, so maybe a result of the cleanse? All I know is I no longer wake up feeling like I downed a bottle of night quil the night before.
Okay, that’s all to report for now. We are happily entering the home stretch. It isn’t difficult to not eat, but I am starting to get very excited about cooking and eating delicious things again. Frankly, Im just starting to get bored with lemonade every day! I’ve already started planning out ease-out menu, and look forward to putting together some delicious, easily digestible meals.
-meghan
Day 6: Very standard and laid back Sunday. Did the salt water wash. Did some Wii Fit. Felt good. Nothing much to report except that I was clearly too tired to write about it.
Day 7: Today, I had a very good amount of energy. It probably helps that it was a beautiful day. I find myself eating (I mean drinking) less and less each day. I started by taking in 2 liters each day but quickly found it too much. I cut it down to 1.5 liters of the drink each day and I sometimes find myself struggling to finish the last bit.
Classes started again today. I was worried that with very little time between classes and increased activity/standing for 50 minutes at a time, that I would get both hungry and cranky. Not so. I found myself with a great amount of energy and never really got hungry. My back pains were more intense than usual at the end of the day. I don't know if this is brought on by my increase in standing or the end of being hunched over my desk for 8 hours at a time. Either way, it's still very pinpointed and kinda sucks.
The only other thing to mention is that I've noticed that the senna tea is linked to the intense stomach aches that wake me up at 5 o'clock each (about) morning. If I drink the tea the night before, I pretty much always am rudely awoken. Quick trip to the bathroom fixes that though. Oh, for the record, I skipped the salt water rinse today. I use the bathroom whether or not I do the rinse so I feel like every other day is all the torture I should put my stomach through. She's a gentle flower and the salt water rinse is simply too violent a procedure. And I don't like all that salt inside me.
Day 7 is over. We're in the homestretch and I'm getting pretty excited for it to be over. I miss food. I miss flavors. I'm done with lemons. We started planning our ease-out 'cause were so excited to be almost finished. We also may or may not have spent about a hundred bucks at the wine and beer store to stock up on celebratory beverages. Day 8 here we come!
Thoughts from Meghan
Day 6 was Sunday, and a lazy Sunday at that. We hung around the house, went for a walk, did some cleaning up, played some Zelda and watched some TV. It felt nice to just totally chill out and not do anything with our day. Did the cleanse (at different times) and drank a big glass of Senna tea at night. I had been making a pot of it to split with Christophe- using one bag. But while this got him to the toilet it had minimal effect on me. So last night I made a strong glass just for me, and this morning it had its desired effect.
Day 7 was the first day of classes at my school. I didn’t have to be in until 12pm, so I woke, did the salt water rinse, and then did a solid hour of Wii Fit. We have a pair of strap on weights that I attach to my wrists or ankles to up the level of the exercises. After I did a bit of gardening then biked into work. This evening we decided to go to an onsen and splurge on the deluxe family- a private bath with privet mini sauna ($18 for the hour). It felt nice to soak in the hot tube and hang out in the Sauna, but it definitely made me light headed faster then usual, as I had expected it would. Then we went to the wine shop and bought some really nice wines and beers to slowly enjoy over the next couple weeks.
Thought I would take a minute to talk about three interesting things happening to my head during this cleanse- namely to my face, hair and nose.
First my face. I mentioned before that people talk about the cleanse clearing their skin, but my face has broken out in hives. You cant see them from looking at me, but run a finger down my face and neck and you will feel tons of little bumps. I’m pretty bummed about this, and every time I touch my face I get a little sad. I’ve always had very smooth skin on my face, so I really hope it settles back down when I am back to normal food. The bumps work their way down my neck and around my ears, so Christophe has dubbed them hives. I’ve look around online but seen no mention of a reaction like this. Either my body is freaking out via my face, or it is in fact detoxing and the bumpies are because things are getting pushed out of my pores (I keep telling myself it's the latter).
My hair. I have notices that my head is producing significantly less oil then it was, meaning my hair is not getting oily. I recently cut my hair shorter, and shorter hair tends to get oily and gross a lot faster. But I noticed for example this morning, that after going all weekend without washing it, it felt dry and clean when I woke up (I washed it anyway out of principle). I wonder if the cut in fats and oils from my diet is causing a cut in oils coming out of me.
My nose, or more to the point my allergies. As you know my Spring allergies picked up about 5 days before we started the cleanse- very bad timing. And at first they were really messing with me. But over the last two days they seem to have mostly gone away. My nose is not running nearly like it was and I feel a lot less congested. My throat is still a little off, but I am hoping this will pass too. I don't think that the time of my allergy season is over, I feel like that was too short, so maybe a result of the cleanse? All I know is I no longer wake up feeling like I downed a bottle of night quil the night before.
Okay, that’s all to report for now. We are happily entering the home stretch. It isn’t difficult to not eat, but I am starting to get very excited about cooking and eating delicious things again. Frankly, Im just starting to get bored with lemonade every day! I’ve already started planning out ease-out menu, and look forward to putting together some delicious, easily digestible meals.
-meghan
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