Day 5 - 9/24/2009
Starting weight: 138.5
Today's weight: 132.0 (down 1 pound)
Starting waist meas: 31.25 inches
Tody's waist meas: 30.0
Goal weight: ~110 to 120
Pounds lost: 6.5
Pounds to go: 12.0 +
Exercise: none
Day 5 almost done. I'm almost on my way to bed so can't imagine I won't make it through
I am getting more tempted by food - this is when I can start hearing my brain try to justify having some food. So I have to refocus and stay strong. I haven't really had many eliminations over the past days so I need to do the SWF again to make sure I'm getting the toxins out. I won't be able to do tomorrow, but I can on Sat. and Sun.
I'm going to post to the questions section of the forum, but I was wondering if anyone has seen acne improvement with the MC. I have been using prescription medications for quite a while and suddenly wondered what my skin would do now, after all this time, if I didn't use them. They are topical stuff for the most part, but I've taken pills for really bad flare ups. I figured since I am cleansing the inside of my body, why would I put chemicals on my skin? It's only been a couple of days since I stopped the meds and at first my skin was super oily. I imagine the meds were drying too - causing my skin to produce extra oil or something. My skin was broken out when I stopped the meds so it's hard to compare - but I'm wondering if the all-natural products I bought will be able to get my skin back in balance and allow it to heal/clear up. If it doesn't start to clear up pretty quickly, I'm afraid I'll go back to meds - I just hate having acne all over my face.
I've heard different view points on acne. One is that it is hormonal and this causes clogging of the hair folicles. This seems like something that would be hard to solve - I mean, how do you control hormones? I know that birth control pills are said to be effective, but I don't like taking medications unless really necessary. And I don't want to take birth control pills for the primary reason of controlling hormones to clear up my skin.
The other view point on acne that I have read is that it is caused by toxins and build up in the colon, etc. Acne is the skin pushing toxins out of the body. I'm not sure I buy this one. I mean, of course your skin will look better if you are healthy on the inside. But I grew up with a sister - we ate basically the same stuff, lived in the same environment - and I had acne and she didn't. So I do kind of lean toward the hereditary thing - like the genes I got happen to cause my hormones to be out of whack and cause me to have acne.
Anyway - I know this isn't really cleanse related per se. It is one step for me to become as natural as possible inside and out. And using natural skin care products and stopping with the meds/chemicals seems like something that I want. But if it turns out that the only way to control my acne is with meds, I will do it. Life is too short to say "I want to be natural so I'm just going to be embarrassed by my face." Not worth it...
Okay, I really rambled on here - sorry! Thank you for taking the time to read and wish you much peace.
Mood definitely improved as well. End of day 6, hooray for us!
I have seen this before and it is usually due to the SWF or my period coming up. So double whammy today! I did a SWF yesterday - so think I am retaining water from that. And I also got my period today - which I wasn't expecting for another week! So I'm sure I'm retaining some water there, too. The good news is that I'm sure to see a big drop in the next day or so.
lol. Though I'm a little nervous about how I'm going to measure out the 1/10 tsp of cayenne pepper since I have nothing that measures that small. It's nice cuz my bf and I are doing it together, so we'll be able to support each other.