I'm almost done, and I bet you are about as excited to not hear about it anymore as I am to not be doing it! That's right, it's time for the update on my Big Fat Giant Master Cleanse. Wow, for someone who really hates the idea of anyone even hearing her pee in the bathroom, I sure have picked a strange task to tell you all about this past week. But soon it will all be puppies! and food! and photos! and ranting! and music! and makeup! and post-holiday blahs! Can you handle the excitement once this is all over? You might need to pace yourself. Don't feel bad.
The Master Cleanse, Day 9:
- Today has been not as bad as yesterday in terms of making it through without wanting tear through the kitchen. The hardest hours are from about 5:30-9:00pm, when I am thinking DinnerDinnerDinnerDinner! But knowing that tomorrow is the end feels really satisfying and is helping me get through the day.
- Some have asked about how much weight I've lost. Obviously, that's a perk to doing this cleanse, though wasn't the reason I made the decision during a very rough weekend when I felt the nudge to do something exactly like this to pull myself from the depths and renew myself. I really feel in that way it has helped tremendously. Everyone needs that in one form or another once in a while. But in terms of weight...I really can't tell you exactly. I haven't owned a scale for about two years or so. I also didn't take any measurements beforehand or anything. But I can tell you this - I am fitting better into all of my jeans, my face looks a little thinner, and my stomach is flatter (though no abs-of-steel miracle happened, I still need to work out). I would estimate that I may have lost anywhere from 8 to 12 pounds, give or take? Though I'm not sure. I know usually about 1/2 of what is lost comes back after resuming normal eating, so I don't want to get too attached to those results, but this brings me to the next point...
- I have a renewed desire to work out and try to stay as healthy as possible. Obviously, when you put yourself through something this drastic it only makes sense that you should come out of it prepared to take better care of your body than you did before you began. I am hoping that I will maintain this state of mind in the long run, but maybe if I feel myself slipping I can come back here and read through what I went through and it will kick my butt back into focus.
- I will have final thoughts and tips tomorrow, hopefully answering some of the questions I've gotten over the course of the past few days that I haven't had a chance to answer personally. If you have any more, go ahead and ask me before tomorrow night and I'll try to include them in the wrapup.
Thanks for all the support and special emails you've sent me during this process. I don't care what anyone says about you, you're the Cat's Meow.
