Tim & Julia - Day 3: Easier and Harder at the Same Time

1. I woke up at 6:00a this morning with the cramping/gassy stomach. Sat on the toilet for about 45 minutes. It hurt. My first poo's were gooey! Oozing out! They almost looked black... then I turned on the bathroom light and saw that it was a dark dark brown. Finished up, and crawled back into bed.
2. Tim and I were both exhausted, and slept till about 8am. We made our drinks: Tim had a quart of salt water, and I made 1/2 quart salt water. Weird Thing--It wasn't too salty for me today! Good thing? Bad thing?? I really had no problem drinking it. I'm sure I put in the correct amount of salt.
3. Tim had some good bowel movements this morning. I tried looking in while he went to see how his stool was, but he wouldn't let me and flushed while still sitting there.
4. Today we're actually feeling a little... ugh. Yesterday, we were just saying how GREAT we felt. Not tired, not sluggish... just normal. And so I think we slacked off on drinking or lemonade. (Plus, we ran out of Cayanne pepper, and so he used some of my Cayanne capsules and put it in his drink. I think it was too strong, and so he only drank about 1/3 c of his drink). Today, we were both feeling a little weak. So we'll see if drinking ALL of our drink today helps.
5. FYI: Pooping now is kinda like blowing your nose--you gotta push and push until it suddenly blows out. :)
6. We're thinking of going the full 10 days. But like Dot... we'll take it one day at a time. Do you think we should do a real fast on Sunday? Healthy or no? Or should we keep with the diet?
7. BTW: I think my normally-high Blood Pressure is dropping to a more normal level. We're using Tim's parents blood pressure monitor to measure.

1:30pm

1. Tim called earlier. He says he's not feeling well, and once he finishes his homework will go home to sleep. He feels fatigued, and can't think.
2. I've had to pee all morning. Just a few minutes, I ran to the potty for a poo. It oozed. It sat like a hershey's kiss at the bottom of the bowl until it spreaad into an algae looking puddle. My stomach hurts a little... I think I need to go again. Ugh.

Tim & Julia - Day 2 : We Survived!

So last night, we both drank our tea. Tim ended up getting a major headache (perhaps migraine?) and had to take some medicine. It hurt so bad, we just went to bed so he could sleep.

This morning, I woke up at 5:00a with major stomach pains. Well... not "MAJOR", just stomach cramping/hurting. Dorth had just told me yesterday how it had happened to her. So I got up and sat on the pot. Was there for about 30mins. Had to massage my stomach to help get things moving. Got a good orange-brown bowel movement. It seemed to float on top of the water like a lily-pad.

When I finished up, I decided to drink my half-quart of salt water. This time, I decided to try it with less salt. I was able to drink it w/o any problems. Went back to bed until 7:30a. Snooze. 7:40a. Snooze. 7:50a I got up. Got ready. Woke up Tim. I noticed he was about to try and fart.

"Don't fart!" I said quickly.
He jumps up. "Oh yeah! Good call!" he exclaims as he rushes to the bathroom. A few minutes later, he says good thing I told him to stop, or he would have exploded in bed. :) haha! He actually had to go a couple of times this morning before we left (which is good, since he said he only had 1 explosion at school yesterday).

We actually both woke up feeling pretty good. Work was a still a little hard since I see all the snacks around. I think I may have gone to the bathroom more today than yesterday. Today my poo's were a little more "oozy".

Didn't have the major food cravings that I had yesterday. Occasionally, I think, "Oh how good it would be to eat some sushi, or a burger, or even a piece of chocolate." And that's the hardest part. It's not that you're feeling HUNGRY... it's just that you want to EAT SOMETHING! A snack! ANYTHING! I'm thinking of freezing some of the lemonade mix to eat as a popsicle.

Oh yeah... today I tried using Cayanne capsals instead of adding it to the lemonade. The 'nade tasted LOTS better... but the Cayanne burns even MORE in the stomach! It made it hard because it feels like I just took some herbal medicine, and usually when I do that I eat something to ease the burn. Wheat Thins! Chips! :(

I ended up only taking one Cayanne capsal.

At around 2p, Tim called me. He said he had just gotten out of class. How HORRIBLE it was because during class, a kid came in, sat down next to him, pulled out his Wendy's hamburger, drink, fries, AND chicken nuggets. :( Poor Tim!! He said it smelled SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!
He's still on campus doing lab work, so I'll have to see how he did today.

In the future, do I think I'd do this again? Only if I feel INCREDIBLE TIMES 1000 at the end of this cleanse! Otherwise, I don't know if it's worth it... (though it really wasn't too bad today!)

Tim & Julia - Day 1 : The Worst Day of Our Lives

I think the title says it all. :) Okay okay... it wasn't THAT bad. Mind over body, right?
Tim and & I started our cleanse yesterday. Well, we actually started Monday night, with some Senna Tea. (Dorth, that Apple-Cinn sounds good!).

Tuesday morning, we decided to wake up extra early to get a start with the Salt Wash. 7:30a for me... 7:40a for Tim. Tim used our glass Pyrex measuring cup and made the whole quart. I started with the 1/2 quart pyrex glass. First impression: "This will be easy! It's like flavorless Chicken Noodle Soup -- minus the noodles.

*I* only got less than half-way when I'd had enough. Tim worked his way through it. Go Tim! I slowly made my way through the half-quart (while frantically reading The Master Cleanse.pdf for a loop-hole.) Did you know that it's totally fine to just drink the lax. tea morning and night? Yup... it says that if you need the extra HELP, then you can do the salt wash... or I guess if you want a more thorough clean... WHATEVER! I'm sticking to the tea! (Then Tim made me compromise: 1/2 quart of salt water, cup of senna tea). okay.

Let's see... I think both Tim and I had some decent poo's before leaving for school and work. I tried to get a pic of Tim on the John, but he felt it was too personal. :) Both of our poo was very soft...and orangy-brown.
At work, I went about... 4-6 times. It kinda came in groups. Like I'd be fine for an hour, then I'd have to run and pee or poo for 3 x 10 min increments. Then I'd have another hour or two... then another set. Not too bad. I never really felt hungry... just had a strong urge and desire to SNACK! Wheat Thins! Crackers! Chip Chips! Granola Bars! Fruit Snacks! (We've got a kitchen/Snack area at work).

The lemonade was pretty good. Took a little to get used to it. After a while, I got used to the burning Cayenne.

After work was pretty hard. Usually, I'll go pick up Tim from campus at around 4:30p, then we'll head home and make dinner or grab something out-and-about to eat. It's kinda a ritual, I guess. Well, needless to say... we felt like our world was crashing down around us. We had no desire to go out. We just went home and played a couple hours of World of Warcraft to keep our minds off of it. Of course, Tim would constantly ask me, "What do you want for dinner?" or "Ready for dinner?" He'd say we could pretend to be eating a nice juicy hamburger, or fried chicken, or peanut butter. (BTW, it's pretty sad to realize how much you snack throughout the day, or to see WHAT THINGS you'd eat--JUNK FOOD!!)

Tim and I both admit that last night was the hardest... we both almost gave in. We've made a pact (unless we need to ween ourselves off the diet): After we close our fast on sunday, we're gonna go to Betos and get a greasy Breakfast Burrito. hehe. ;)