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Yesterday was definitely easier on the cleanse.  The cleansing drink wasn’t nearly as bad.  In fact, by last night, it was starting to taste kind of good.  I didn’t seem nearly as hungry and I was kind of in the groove of it.  But yes, I was hungry and food looked very yummy.  But I guess I’m saying it wasn’t as hard as I thought.

This morning I was not tired but I was very shaky and weak.  I almost didn’t have the energy to get ready.  Even after I sit here 30 minutes after drinking my shake my hands are still shaky.  But I get like that normally when I don’t eat so I’m not surprised.  And really, I haven’t had a real meal for almost 36 hours so I’m surprised it’s taken this long to feel that way.

Results surprised me today.  I was down another 1.5lbs from yesterday which puts me a whole pound under my “magic number”.  Also I’ve lost (with conservative measurements) 1″ in my waist in the past week.

I’m sure once I start eating actual food it will go back up.  My plans are to go out for lunch and eat a nice, big (balanced) meal.  I can’t wait!

I talked to my rep last night and we agreed if my weight stayed down where I like, that I would go ahead and switch to one milkshake a day instead of two like I planned and I’ll officially be on their maintenance program.  It feels good to know my body is supposedly cleansed and I’m getting all the right vitamins every day!

So yesterday was my first ever cleanse day.  Here’s basically what happens…you drink 4 oz of their fruit/veggie cleansing juice 4 times a day.  I drank it at 8:30, 12, 3 and 7.  In between, you can have one of their little chocolate “morsels” or a handful of almonds to keep your sugar levels up. Oh, and you also have to down the water like crazy.  Some because you are hungry but they do tell you to drink more than your normal amount.

How I Feel

First off, that cleansing drink is nasty.  Not as nasty as their “ionic” drink you have to take every day but at least that is only 1 oz.  I figured out though that it is easier to chug the 4oz of cleansing drink rather than try to mix it with 8 oz of water like it suggests.  That was pure torture.  The almonds and chocolates helped a bunch.  I found I didn’t get too hungry at all until my normal snack time around 2:30.  The rest of the evening I found myself on the light side of hungry.  It was hard to fix dinner for everyone and not eat.  But I wasn’t to the point where my stomach was growling and I was just about to faint with hunger…which literally happens with me even normally.  It’s just that feeling…I really could eat something right now but not starving feeling.  I wasn’t tired though. I thought without a good meal I’d be really tired but I wasn’t.  I even went to bed a little late last night and easily woke up this morning.

The Results

The numbers are looking good…I’ve lost a total of 2 lbs since last Wednesday when I started.  I went down 1/2 lbs over yesterday.  As I’ve said, I’m not really doing this for the weight loss but if I get down another 1/2 lbs, I’ll be at that “magic number” I’ve always had for myself and I haven’t been at in about three years.  I can DEFINITELY tell a difference that I’ve lost.  Scott has definitely noticed which if you read this, that means a lot.  And according to another rough measurement by my iPhone cord, I’ve lost at least 3/4″ in my waist–which is where all my weight gain always goes!

TMI

Most people want to know about what’s coming out….besides running to the bathroom a lot because of the water, nothing else was out of the ordinary which means for me, going 1 time a day.  I thought for sure I’d be in the bathroom all day. I don’t know if this has something to do with the fact that I had switched to all natural products for a month before doing this or it’s common or what but I always assumed you’d be going a lot during a cleansing.

Anyway, that’s about it.  Today I feel more hungry than yesterday.  Technically I haven’t had a meal since Sunday at lunch since I chose to do my second shake at dinner on Sunday instead of lunch.  Not really good planning there on my part.  I’m already planning my meal for tomorrow.

I do wish there was a way to tell if this has helped clear out the toxins in my body.  Honestly, I do like seeing the numbers on the scale changing but my ultimate goal was to get cleansed and unfortunately I don’t know!  Anyone have a clue?

BTW, Isagenix’s site has a bunch of info on what I’m doing.  Let me know if you are interested though b/c I think I do get credits or something if someone uses my referral.  NOT why I’m posting this though.