Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet - Day 4

THIS IS HARD!!!!

I'm down another half pound today. Not the two pounds I was hoping for - but I'll take the half pound. I feel like i didn't take in enough lemon drink and water yesterday, so when I did my salt water flush it didn't work so well this time around. For what I drank, not much came out and I feel sort of bloated. The plan is to improve the liquid intake today to see if it makes a difference and I think I might try the salt flush again this afternoon -- God help me.

I drank my tea too early last night and while watching a couple of episodes of MI-5 with The Hubster, I had to keep pausing the DVD, excusing myself to the throne and camping in the castle (bathroom) for long periods of time. It took us almost two hours to watch a 45 minute episode... I know my husband was laughing at me while I was away each time -- this is just one more crazy ass stunt his wife is up to -- but he didn't say a word. He did lay his head in my lap for a few minutes during our TV viewing, but I think he became genuinely frightened of doing that after my third trip to the john in 30 minutes.

I'm no longer having racing thoughts of carbohydrate orgies, but I feel so empty that I'm wondering how long I can keep this up.

I've been thinking a lot about this whole carbohydrate addiction thing. It is really a tough thing to overcome. A person has to eat in order to live and if you're trying not to indulge and you are surrounded by a world that is carb mad, cooking meals, making snacks, packing lunches and going out to eat, it's sort of insane to think you are going to be able to stay away from eating them. The trick is staying away from them for the most part and when eating them once in a while, keeping it to once in a while and not letting the carbs take over your life.


The Diva