Day 3

Today is supposed to be the "hardest" day but its been the easiest for me thus far. Every night I wake up in the middle of the night to have a BM. Its odd that I'm actually asleep at night but also odd that I have a BM at night too.



Last night I woke up at 12:45 and had a mostly liquid with some semi-solid waste. This was my first burning BM, OMG did it burn, but once it was done it didn't burn anymore, which was great. Then I tossed and turned till 1:45 at which time I had another just like it but I'm noticing I'm expelling a lot of reddish/yellow mucus looking stuff, which is GREAT. My headache from yesterday turned into a migraine and my cramps just about put me over the edge (I even took the 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper to the back of the tongue to ease the cramps as suggested in the book.....HA HA I think they got worse). Like I said I woke up at 12:45 and stayed up till 4 something with all the pain. I had some major detoxing going on between those hours: migraine, major sinus pressure, lower back pain, restlessness and MAD............OMG was I mad, probably b/c I was in so much pain and discomfort and couldn't do a dang thing about it.



This morning though was a much better start!! NO HEADACHE and bearable cramps. I did sleep from 4 till 8 and decided since I was sleeping so good to just go back to sleep. I slept till 9:45 made my SWF had 2 BM's then went back to sleep till 2. (This is probably why I'm having such an easy time with this cleanse is b/c I'm asleep for most of it, but I'm taking advantage of my sleep b/c when I go back to work its gonna be balls to the wall for 3 days straight).



When I did get up at 2 I went ahead and made a drink fresh as I was making my batch of 6 today (for a total of 7) I did something different: in the directions it says 2 tsp or 1 fl oz of maple syrup well I quickly found out that in making single drinks 2 tsp is easier to measure than 1 fl oz but when you make a batch its easier to measure in oz. Yesterday in making my batch I used 12 tsp for 6 drinks and today I used 6 oz, WOW big difference, I can go ahead and tell ya that 2 tsp does not equal 1 fl oz. My batch is SOOOOO sweet almost so sweet I don't like it!! So back to tsp we go! UPDATE: I obviously can't read b/c it says 2 TABLESPOONS not teaspoons, Big difference so yes 2 TABLESPOONS does equal 1 fl oz. It is VERY sweet but I will get used to it.



So far I've only had 2 BM's today which is kind of a nice break, I'm starting to feel back to normal instead of running to the bathroom every hour. I weigh 174.0 today so I've lost a total of 5.6 lbs so far and it's only DAY 3 YAY!! My energy level is about the same as normal, sluggish/tired. I do sort of feel spaced out though. My tongue still has a thick white coat and I'm noticing my skin is pretty dry and starting to flake under my arms, odd b/c the only time I have EVER had flaky skin is when I burn from the sun and start to peel and that's what it look like. It may be my soap I think tonight I will change up to something less drying and see how that goes. I have also had some sinus issues going on today as well. My nose has been running, have been sneezing, some drainage (I try to keep from swallowing but sometimes it's too late) and some lower back/side pain. I've always had bad asthma and allergies so maybe this is clearing all that up for good. Oh, yeah I'm up to a whole 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper in my drinks I love that stuff!



Now that I think about it I'm not as stressed and all tense inside like i usually am. I feel more relaxed and somewhat more happy. Well I still have 17 more days to go so we will just see how things turn out.