Insane in the Brain

I'm piggy-backing on a fast that my good friend DW finished this week. It's the Lemonade Fast. DW did his for 10 days. I think I'm just going to do mine for 5... just to see how it goes.

Anyway, I started last night with the salt-water flush. Nothing happened. I drank a laxative tea this morning. Nothing happened. So I'm curious to see what will happen once things start happening. I started drinking the lemonade this morning. It's not too bad. A little spicy.

I did some research in preparation for this and I think this will be really good for me. I have a couple of reasons why I'm starting this fast, the main one being that I think it will be a good kickstart to the diet I'm putting myself on. The other reason is that I'm hugely dependent on caffiene to get me through the day. It's an addictive and expensive habit to have, and it needs to stop.

There are also beneficial side-effects from this fast. It cleans out your system, and we all know that with the way I eat my system could use a good cleaning out. It helps clear up your skin. It helps with PMS, cramping, etc.

They recommend that you remove snack foods, junk foods, etc. from your house. I didn't do this because I have E and Nat. So I'm just going to have to have a strong will-power. I know I can do it. The hardest part will be to resist the urge not to finish E's dinner when she's done. Last night I made her a pb&j. She just eats the middle part, so there's always the crust left over and I've always eaten it. Nat took one for the team and finished it last night. What a good friend!

That's enough for now. I plan on doing a daily update on how I'm doing. The thing that stinks the most right now is the HUGE caffiene headache that started about 7:00 this morning. Gah!