Morning #2

I'm feeling more confident this morning than I did last night. Last night, I was ready to succumb and give in. It had only been one day, though, and that gave me cause to pause. I was like, "seriously?!? I can't even make it through a couple of days?". So I decided to see how I feel tomorrow, which is today.

I've just woken up and done the SWF. It worked so quickly that I had to stop drinking it midway through and go to the restroom. My headache seems to be gone, for the time being. I seemed to have gotten enough sleep, but I'd love to just lay around today and not worry about work. Alas, a couple more days.

I got on the scale first thing this morning. Even though this is more about health than weight, I was delighted with the results. After my first attempt at the MC, I lost 8 pounds. I lost another 5 pounds while I was eating raw. I had maintained that loss of 13 pounds for the last couple of weeks. AND I AM BACK TO THAT INITIAL 13 POUNDS DOWN!

I was sort of disappointed that I didn't lose anymore weight while eating raw. Particularly, since I really need to lose about 65 pounds. My weight stayed where it was and didn't move for a couple of weeks. I was disappointed, but not devastated because there could have been different reasons for this - I had just gotten off of the medication that typically makes you lose weight. I was eating too many fats/oils and needed to modify once I adjusted more to the raw food lifestyle. I needed to get back to the gym. Whatever the reasons, I was still down about 47 pounds from where I was at my heaviest a couple of years ago. I still felt ok...

After eating cooked food last week, especially the mexican food and pizza I ate on Monday, I had gained 5 pounds. I weighed myself Tuesday morning and I was up 5 pounds. Weight does fluctuate, but I tend to weigh myself at the same time and have the same variables. I don't find that my weight changes that much. I'm back to where I was before the cooked food, you've calculated correctly - I've lost 5 pounds in two days. My belief is that if I continue the raw lifestyle after the cleanse, I will maintain my weight loss, for the most part.

While it would be great to lose more weight and, of course, it's a more encouraging reason to stay on the cleanse - I want to stay focused. This is about the effects of cleansing, not weight loss.