Day 5 - SUCKS!

I never cared much for the 4th of July until I realized I couldn't eat anything. No BBQ's, no meat, no beer, no fun. I stayed inside all day today and was SO sick of that damn lemonade, I only had about 2 today. I also had 16 oz of mint tea.

By the end of the day, I was SO hungry I couldn't take it anymore. I did some research online for the liver cleanse b/c I want this to be over. Plus I have a last minute looming trip to DC for work (for a whole week!) which means I have to speed up the process so I'm not a big poopin' mess while I'm traveling. Plus it's so hard to eat healthy while on trips.

Anyway, for the liver cleanse you have to drink organic apple juice for 2 days before starting. So I went to the supermarket and bought a bunch of ingredients I needed for the liver cleanse. I also did some detox research while I was online and found out that fresh fruits blended into smoothies are also acceptable detox foods to eat! The lemonade cleanse is the #1 fastest way to detox, followed by consuming fresh fruits and veggies as another way to detox. I guess as long as you are having 2-3 bowel movements per day, you can move on to the liver cleanse. So therefore, I am compromising this detox. I cut up an apple with 4 strawberries and blended it into a delicious smoothie. Yes! I cheated! I decided to cut the detox to 7 days followed by a two day liver cleanse due to my DC trip coming up. As I write this I am drinking my smooth move tea which will be followed by the wonderful salt water drink in the morning.

Total number of lemonade consumed today: 2 8 oz glasses
Total number of bowel movements today: 4
Number of mint tea consumed today: 2 8 oz glasses
Fruit: 1 apple and 4 strawberries blended together
In between: drank 4 glasses of water (I'm sick of peeing all the time! I know I should drink more though!)