This morning begins day 2! I wasn't going to write one of these journey threads because I'm not particularly creative nor as interesting a writer as Kari (Karijo) whose thread about her 40 day juice/MC fast was so inspirational that it actually got me to take the plunge. However, I decided that even if nobody reads this I'll do it as on online diary for myself...
Day 1 - was much easier than I expected. The most fasting I have ever done was a few 1-3 day juice fasts so I have a lot of trepidation about this but my goal is a minimum of 14 days and hopefully longer. I took it easy all day after my morning workout and wasn't hungry. I'm lucky that I work from a home office so I don't have the holiday food temptations in a typical office environment and can make each lemonade fresh before I drink it. I'm 80/20 on the MC for weight loss so I only used 1 tbls of maple syrup in each lemonade but I still had no cravings for food. I did spend a lot of the day peeing! Towards the end of the day I felt a little light headed (almost a head ache) and a little bloated. I bought a tongue scraper before I started and found myself using it 3-4 times during the day/night as well as brushing at the same time. My mouth felt really yucky all day so my new girlfriend will not be getting any serious kissing action for the next few days, at a minimum
It was not easy to fall asleep and I woke up 2-3 times during the night which I never do. So, I made it though and all-in-all it was a really good first day!
Some thoughts...I'm lucky because I live less than 5min. from a Whole Foods which is where I shopped even before starting the MC. They were out of Smooth Move regular but had 2 boxes of Smooth Move Chocolate left. I guess there are a lot of people here on the MC! <grin> I was a little reluctant to try the Chocolate version but after reading the contents (it has no chocolate in it) and realizing that it's just a tea (caffine free) I decided to try it. Surprise! it tasted pretty good and definitely worked. I plan to be 70% raw (thanks to Keri's raw un-cook book recomendations) when this is over and 95% vegetarian with some occasional fish. I'm a sushi lover and I'll probably not be able to resist that as I miss it already!
Day 2 - Woke up early (5:45am) and did my first SWF. I felt pretty nausous after I chugged it but managed to keep it down and 45 min. later had my first "butt pee". When my trips to the toilet are over it's off to the gym for 45mins. on the elliptical.
Tonight should be really interesting. I discussed my MC plan with my girlfriend before starting and she is really supportive. I was so worried that she would think I was a total wierdo! She is one of those people who has a perfect body and yet eats way more than I do! I'm 5' 11" and 223 she's 5'7" and 120 and I'm always saying "would you like to finish this?" as I offer her my plate. How's that for a switch in dating ettiquite? Of course she spends a lot of time in the gym but it's also GOT to be genetic. Anyway I did not want this MC to "interfere" with our time together and wanted our relationship to be as normal as possible so we are going out to dinner tonight but only one of us will be eating (guess who)! I'm not at all worried about the food temptation aspect of it only the wierdness of 2 people in a restaurant with one drinking mineral water/lemon while the other eats a big dinner!!!
So that's it for now...more tomorrow morning!
I'm amazed at the fact that I'm not hungry but I have started thinking about my favorite foods a lot. I hope I can make it to day 14!!!