Time is really flying by. I'm continually waking up before my alarm clock and have lots of energy throughout the day. But come 9:00pm, I am WIPED OUT!
Jan 23rd - up a pound. Enjoyed my smoothies and especially my salad at lunch. But have been dreading tonight's 'bonus' treat - a full cup of olive oil. That's right! The huge amounts of apples we've been eating are meant to break down kidney stones and the olive oil is supposed to flush it out. We'll see.
I stopped by the store to stock up on foods for the upcoming last phase of the detox, got home and started cooking. It was good to stay busy as I was trying to keep the olive oil out of my mind. But by 8:00 I could't take it anymore. I poured the lovely green oil into a cup and mixed with the prescribed amount of lemon juice. I stood near the sink in cased it bounced and came right back up. The taste by itself wasn't so bad but my body protested trying to drink it. My plan was to do it all at once but that was impossible. It's so thick that I ran out of breath before I got to the end. When I started the last 1/4 of it, I felt my throat and stomach clench up. With a bit of coaxing I was finally able to get it all down.
Fortunately, the lemon juice removed any filmy/oily residue from my mouth as it went down. Had that not been the case and my teeth and mouth had been left with any evidence of the oil, I'm pretty sure it would've done me in. Instead, I went, as directed, to go lay on my side for 30 minutes and pray I don't barf. Detox buddy had originally thought she'd postpone this step until the weekend in case the nausea lasted into the next day. But she ended up doing it at about the same time so we texted back and forth about how were were doing. Neither of us barfed! Yay! But I ended up sleeping on the couch with amazing heartburn and lots of olive oil burps.
I'm impressed she and I did it - but I can honestly say I think my body will reject it immediately if I ever try that stunt again!
Jan 22nd - up a pound. Pretty boring day as far as detox goes. Big salad for lunch was delicious though!
Jan 21st - down a pound. Smoothie for breakfast, another one for luch plus a huge and delicious salad, smoothie for dinner. Repeat for the next two days.
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