The moon is big and clear tonight and oh-my-god I’m hungry.
I awoke late in the afternoon, which meant a late start for the diet. I had promised a friend to eat lunch as sort of a last meal type event.
Last meal: veggie wrap with sweet potato fries from Galaxy Cafe (that place is awesome by the way–north on Lamar, right on Enfield, left on West Lynn–it’s to your right). I savored every last bite and ventured to the land of groceries to collect my supplies.
Good purified water (empty bottles recycled), maple syrup (the pamphlet suggests pure and dark), a bag of fresh lemons, and some cayenne pepper accompanied me home for my adventure to starve-land. My large lunch of deliciousness prevented me from doing the salt water internal cleanse, since it must be done on an empty stomach.
My partner in crime: a juicer my mom bought for me at a garage sale when I went to college. I squeezed six lemons and found it made 3/4 cup lemon juice. I adjusted the recipe for that measurement…
There she is.
The biggest diet so far has been completely mental. It’s amazing to realize how much food becomes ingrained into thoughts and actions. Advertisements stand out. And then comes out the fact that food plays such a large role in socialization… Eat dinner with some friends? Negative. Movie? No snacks. Night at the bar? No alcohol allowed. I actually don’t even know what my money will be spent on this week at all.
Otherwise, I’m pretty irritable, tired, and I’d be an amateur at a hunger strike.
I wish I had a huge piece of ice cream cake.
Tags: diet, food, hunger, master cleanse diet
April 21st, 2008 at 10:13 am
good luck! the first three days are the hardest. stick through it and you’ll do fine.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:50 am
A couple of suggestions:
You can get freshly squeezed, unpasteurized lemon and lime juice at Central Market. They also have organic grade-b maple syrup (the dark stuff) in the bulk section.
My only problem with pursuing this was getting sick of the taste of the lemonade after a couple of days.
I ended up getting a few different kinds of mineral water to have change things up. That really helped.
Good luck!