Day Seven - Food porn

Day Seven! I can't believe I've made it an entire week...I'm seriously so impressed with myself lol.
I weighed myself this morning, and I've lost another 2 lbs since yesterday. It seems like I'm in a pattern of about 2 lbs a day. That is freaking AWESOME.

Last night, I found myself watching Food Network as though it were porn. Seriously. I've never been so engrossed in a Food Network program. I was watching "The Best Thing I Ever Ate", and I just kept saying out loud to myself "Mmmmm I would eat that. MAN would I eat that." But now that I've been doing the cleanse for so long, even though the food sounds and looks so yummy, it's not bothering me too much. I have cravings for all sorts of things, but I'm to the point where I can supplement the craving with something I'm allowed to eat. If I want something sweet like candy or cake, I'll eat red grapes, raspberries or pineapple. If I find myself craving something salty, I go with cucumbers with lemon juice. If it's carbs, I break out the raw cashews, almonds or pecans. And if it's just something fatty and decadent I'm wanting, I can easily solve that with Avocado and lime juice. It's like I've retrained my body on what the proper things to eat are. That has to be the best thing I've gotten out of all this. Well, there is one more awesome benefit. If you remember, I mentioned that I was not entirely "regular". That's been a lifelong problem of mine, and I've tried anything and everything to solve it. Well, it is a problem no longer! The first 2 days, I was still drinking my organic smooth move tea to make sure I was keeping everything moving smoothly (hence the name of the tea hehe), but after day 2, I realized I didn't need it. I am all sorts of regular now! Man...that's a whole lot of information for a public blog. Oh well, there has to be something said for full disclosure, right? :)

Work is incredibly stressful right now. My department is swamped, and I would give anything to be able to pig out on junk, if for nothing else, than just for the comfort of it. Stress at work was honestly one of the big reasons the Master Cleanse just didn't work for me. But since I can actually EAT on this cleanse, I'm finding a way around it. Instead of pigging out on junk, I pigged out on almonds hehe. Got the job done!

So day seven is moving along juuuust fine. I won't lie to you though, I'm very much looking forward to the end of all this. Whil has promised me a sushi dinner to celebrate. I can't wait!