Day 10 - More Than Made It

Sorry for being so late in my blog writing. I have been in Los Angeles on a business trip and have not had the opportunity to write in my blog much less breath. I am sure you are wondering how my last day went. I want to use this last day to go over some of my conclusions.

Spiritual
God is our provider. That is the most powerful lesson I could learn from all of this. Not only does he provide our jobs, food, clothes, and shelter but also our personal strength and the ability to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.

I pray I will take that into my work, my relationships and the rest of my life and love like God loves me.

Mental
I have learned a lot on this cleanse about my relationship to food. I think many times I eat all that is on my plate or gorge on food - not because i am hungry - but because I feel that if I don't eat it somehow it is being taken away from me. And because of this, I need to hoard it, or a.k.a eat it all. I am hoping that in the future my view on this will change and that I can realize that I can eat 1/2 of the food and feel fine with that.

I also realize that the body is very resilient. Look at me! Surviving and thriving on lemonade drink for 10 days. Why have any fear? Forget the negative self-talk.

Physical
I made it past security in the airport and was able to make my pre-mixed drinks to last me until lunchtime. I had a very nice lunch date with an good friend of mine who lives in LA and I choose this moment 2pm to break my fast with a tall glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. I was sipping along the juice from the straw and didn't even realize that I was drinking something different. I guess that's because it is very similar in a way to lemonade and I have gotten very used to drinking. Drinking period. Which was one of my goals to help me start drinking water - since I am so adverse to the intake of liquids. Who knows why. But it usually takes a good headache before I pick up a glass.

I haven't talked about my tongue this whole time. Yes it was coated at the beginning and progressively got worse. I wondered if it would ever be "pink with a thin white film". Well today I looked at my tongue and it was. I had this vision of a bright pink tongue - which it wasn't. But was so satisfied with the difference that I realized I have reached the end of the cleansing process.

My skin is soft and much better and I haven't had any sniffles or any other allergy symptoms since I started the cleanse (except for one day). I don't have my thigh measuring tape with me so I can't give results on that reading. However, since yesterday I went to the doctor I got weighed, granted with my clothes on. If I subtract 2 pounds for clothes then I believe I have probably lost 7 to 10 pounds. I was not sure on my starting weight that is why I have the range.

I look slender but healthy and my cellulite is dramatically less visible. I have been this weight before with horrible cellulite so I believe now that cellulite has something to do with toxins. Which I have been finding in my readings.

On the physical side I felt much more energetic and vibrant on the cleanse than I did before. I slept well and woke up feeling great. All and all this is a great success and I will most definitely do again and recommend.