Here I am, on the penultimate day of this fast. Looking back, it hasn’t felt as long as I thought it would feel. Admittedly, there was a day back there when I thought it would never end. I woke up this morning from the effects of last night’s laxative tea. I woke up in pain from the, well, contractions, I guess. And that is strange, you know, because I haven’t eaten anything, so the only thing it can be is the old waste stuff. So, again with the dark stuff. Not a lot of it, but there it was. Salt water flush went as expected.
I had to go at about 6:30 this morning, then I went back to bed to arise at 8. I did the flush at about 8:15. by 9:30, I was done with it, so I drank some water, hung out, cleaned the house. I had my first glass of lemon juice at 11:30. Since then, I’ve been drinking a glass of it every 75 minutes or so.
I’ve also felt like going all day, with nothing there to actually go.
I’m sorry for the exceedingly graphic nature of this post, by the way. It’s 9:27 in the evening (21:27 for all you hip people) and I’m only now writing, because of how limited this day has been in terms of things happening.
Tomorrow is the last day of this fast. We’ll be heading out to the grocery stores for apple juice and cold pressed olive oil and grapefruits and, oh yeah, epsom salts. Oh right, lots of fresh fruit and veg. as well, because that’ll be pretty much my diet for the week: a gallon of apple juice a day and fruits/veg when I’m hungry in between chugging the juice. Will I even be hungry I wonder?
Well, good night, everyone.
See how Day 8 went for me.
Look at my summary in the final day of this fast.
Edit: added navigation.
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It’s been quite entertaining and informative reading all of your days 🙂 You and your wife are both troopers! I only wish my hubby would consider something like this. I plan to do it soon. It takes a lot of courage! BRAVO to you. Thanks so much for your posts. And for the record you were never too graphic :o)
One more thing. Please continue this post for your next cleanse also!
Lozati,
Thanks for your comments! I do wish you the best of luck with your fast. My advice, honestly, is to keep a journal. It really motivated me to keep going: the fact that I blogged about it. You don’t have to make it public (though, of course, that adds to the motivation), but you should consider keeping one 🙂 Aimee said she will consider doing it with me next time, so we’ll see. I hope your hubby will at least understand when you do it — and you may even motivate him 🙂
Please do let me know how it goes with you (even via email) and if there’s anything I can do to help you.
Oh yeah, one final thing, please consider getting:
http://www.amazon.com/Master-Cleanser-Stanley-Burroughs/dp/0963926209/sr=8-1/qid=1161045425/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7454677-9341716?ie=UTF8&s=books
The Master Cleanse by Stanley Burroughs. He’s the doctor who invented this cleanse. The book is very short (50 pages) and he explains the rationale as well as the correct method.