Well, the last day came and went. My tongue (writing this on the morning of Day 11) remained white throughout Day 10, signalling at least a Day 11 on the fast in my immediate future. I don’t really feel hungry any more. I mean some stuff sounds good and I want to eat it, but not physically — there’s no craving. It’s a mental, “I’d like to eat cheesecake or chocolate mousse or both sometime soon” thing. I did the flush in the evening, and that went well.
We went to the grocery store to restock on lemons and maple syrup. And of course, the one we went to didn’t have any organic lemons. So we had to go to another one in Arlington where they usually stock organic lemons. And of course, they were out, too. So, I’m stuck with “regular” lemons for the duration of this fast. Aimee went out for Indian food to the Dhaba yesterday. She didn’t want to bring any food back, but at this point, I’m way over it. The smell of food doesn’t do anything for me. We passed by a Bertucci’s in a mall yesterday. It actually–get this–smelled bad to me.
Gross: I’m still “eliminating” like a freaking madman. This, without ingesting anything other than lemonade, salt water, senna laxative tea. So, perhaps it really is toxins. I mean, 10 days without solid food and I still have eliminations? That’s crazy.
Normal human feces is mostly water, and the primary solid component is dead intestinal bacteria (which are overwhelmingly helpful or at least benign). Starving yourself won’t kill off the bacteria, so expect more where that came from.