Day 4

Oh, the weekend. Unfortunately the cleanse did not let me sleep in so much. I was up at 6:30 with more eliminations. Like last time this had …substance. A little mucus. Otherwise, it was pretty spectacular how much stuff was still inside me. No metallic smell, so hopefully that has passed. The best part, though, was me going back to bed. I slept until about 9:00 when I again had to go, and then went back to sleep for about an hour. I turns out that my boyfriend’s friend was having birthday brunch that morning at 11:00, so we had to get up and get out quickly, so there was no SWF. I’d meant to do it everyday, but it seems from other people’s accounts that this doesn’t always work. I couldn’t down the laxative tea in time, either, as instructed, which was pretty disappointing. We went out to this amazing New Orleans cuisine restaurant and had peppermint tea. I’d been there before so it wasn’t too bad, but my boyfriend hadn’t and really wanted to try some of the foods. We’ll definitely be back. Yes, be back to eat food from New Orleans, like gumbo, fried okra, creamy grits, etc. I know a bunch of people end the cleanse and then go on really strict diets, but we aren’t going to be able to do that. You’ll see why below.

The rest of the day was easy, it was nice out so I went to a park for a while, then to a café for some more peppermint tea. I had no problems with energy like some of our friends seem to on day 4 & 5. We planned for those to be weekend days in case it was the case, but it didn’t really bother us. I don’t think the caloric intake is so restricted that we become sluggish, so maybe that’s why. We are drinking enough to satisfy our systems. It really wasn’t until late, though, around 6:00 that I started drinking the juice again. I was only drinking it when I got hungry, so by the end of the day there was about ¼ left. I just didn’t feel like drinking it. I think it had a lot to do with wanting to have something with a different texture in my mouth. We thought about baking some maple syrup like candies so there was some crunch without cheating…We didn’t do it, but squirreled that idea away for later if needed. We stayed up late, around 2am or so, and drank the tea and hit the hay.

Total lbs lost: 3.5