Ok.....Not So Much

Well, my Lemonade Diet is over. I got kind of scared by some of the comments and then it was clenched when a trainer that I trust told me, in no uncertain terms, not to drink anymore salt water. So, now what? I do not know. I was really set on making it through the 10 days, so I am a little frustrated. I guess I am going back to eating healthy and regulating my calorie intake and working out as much as I can. I did lose a few pounds in the 2 1/2 days that I was on the diet. But really I just want to get my body into fat-burning, weight losing mode.
I am going to make a Dr. appointment to talk to my naturopath about weight loss and my other issues. If you know me at all, you know what they are. :)
p.s. My friend, the trainer also recommended a book that she said I must read. I, of course, got on the library website immediately to put a hold on it. I am number 40 on the reserve list. I am thinking I might just go to Borders and buy a copy. I am curious. The book is:

Some Adjustments

So, the book says that day 2 is one of the hardest days. That was NO lie! I fought with myself all day. Going back and forth about allowing myself to eat. I was sooooo hungry. The popcorn in the children's dept at church was tantalizing! Sooooooooooooo....I finally decided to allow myself fruits and veggies for the rest of this craziness. Others were telling me how crazy I was to not be eating and still expect to be able to work out as usual. That made sense to me. I haven't found anything in the book about working out. As I am typing I am trying to get down my 32 oz. of salt water. I cannot describe how disgusting it is!!!!!!! What is causes is pretty disgusting too!!!!! For real!
I go to work today. I am going to take fruit and veggies with me and my oh so yummy lemonade concoction.
I have spin class today at 4:15. Woooooo Hoooooo!!!!!!!
Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cayenne Pepper and Maple Syrup and Lemons...OH MY!

So, a friend mentioned "the lemonade diet" to me a while back. So I looked into it. I checked out several books about it. It is officially called The Master Cleanse.

The bottom line is this:
10 days of eating and drinking NOTHING except:
-6-12 glasses of the "lemonade" (2 TBSP fresh squeezed lemon juice, 2 TBSP Grade B Maple Syrup, 1/10 tsp Cayenne Pepper and 8 oz. water)
-1 cup herbal laxative tea (I haven't gotten any of this yet)
-32 oz water w/ 2 tsp uniodized salt. FIRST THING EVERY MORNING!!!! (It is 6:57am on Sunday and I drank my first qt of salt water about 1/2 hour ago. GROSS!!!!!! I don't know that I can do that 9 more times!

So, I started yesterday. I forgot about the salt water part until I had already drank some lemonade. I started the salt water flush today. Drinking 32 oz of salt water is nasty!!!! I only got about 28 oz down actually.
The book says that 1/2 to one hour after drinking the salt water you will begin to have "urges to eliminate". I will spare you the details!

I am going to drink a cup or 2 of coffee each day. I don't want to go through caffeine withdrawals while I am starving myself. (The books say that you don't feel hungry. They lie!)

My goal is to keep a blogging journal of how this goes. I am not saying that I will last 10 days. I may not last through today. We will see!!!!!!

p.s. I am down 3.2 pounds from yesterday.