Salt Water Flush

Have any of you ever done a salt water flush?  Holy crap DO NOT DO IT!!!  I don't care how many people tell you it is healthy and good for your body.  I don't care how many people tell you your body will thank you...  It is a crock of crap!

Does it work?  Heck yes it works...  I am in a world of disgusting.

9:00am: I woke up and followed the instructions I was given.

32 ounces of water with 2 tsp of sea salt.  Mix well and drink as quickly as you can..  Flippin' DISGUSTING!!!  I managed to get this horrible salty mix down in 20 minutes.

It says to stay active and do not lay down no matter how much you want to.. Okay..  Well..  I felt horrible but followed the rules.. I managed to get the dogs outside, fed and watered, woke the kids up, called the boyfriend and talked for 15 minutes and then it was an awakening..   I had to hang up the phone because I got sick..  I mean... Horribly vomiting from hell...  I power puked at least half of what I drank...  Layed on the floor and thought.. WTF did I do?...  Am I dying or what?

9:55am:  I decided to take a hot shower to help ease the cramping.  It hurt so bad I just laid on the tub floor and let the hot water run all over me..  It felt amazing until my belly started talking to me.. Then it went from talking to shouting...  Holy crap...  It begins...

10:45am:  I am still going strong..  This is insane..  7 trips to the bathroom and it wasn't to pee..  Lets get graphic for a moment shall we... When it says it cleans you out it doesn't mean normal poo..   It means water...  I do not like this nor would I ever recommend this to anyone.  DISGUSTING!!!!

NOTE:  I drank the 32 ounces of salt water...  In addition to that I have gone thru 4- 20 ounces bottles of water and working on my 5th and it is only 11:47am.  I cannot seem to get enough fluid in me...  I will note that I am not hungry..  I want to eat because I love food but I can't even seem to get in the mood for a nice fresh juice..  sigh...   Maybe I will try some almond milk I made last night.   YUMMY!!!

1:45pm:  I decided to make a new batch of almond milk.  Its heavenly aroma is filling the house..  Well not really the house, but it is filling the kitchen with its cinnamony vanilla fragrance...  I drank the rest of my jar earlier to ease some of my stomach cramping and it worked for a while..  I attempted to drink it warm and that was pretty much stupid..  Doesn't taste as good that way...

5:40pm:  I am now feeling much better...  I managed to get some toast down a few hours ago and it stayed down well enough but now I am starving and just want something hot so ...  Cauliflower soup it is..  It is soooo hot and tasty..  Smells like a bit of heaven. 

Day 5: Enjoying a day off

I have decided to take a day off of juicing.  My body is screaming at me that it wants food so I obliged..

I made bacon and cheese biscuits for breakfast...  It was soooo dang tasty...

I have been feeling quite good today..  Alert and full of energy..  I just needed a full day of solids...

It is 5:20pm and I have downed 32 ounces of water so far...  I am slowly drinking an iced vanilla coffee as I smells my cauliflower soup cooking...  I will take a picture if I can and insert it later..  It smells divine..

Cauliflower Carrot Soup

3 heads cauliflower
5 medium carrots

Boil in water until tender.  Turn off and let cool.
Once cool blend cauliflower and carrots until smooth using the water you cooked them in.

Put back in pan and add salt, pepper and spices to taste.. I like dividing the base and making different soups by changing the spices I use..

Thats it... No dairy.  No flour... You just do not need it unless you want to use it..

Day 4: Woke up early and refreshed

Holy crap!  I got up this morning at 5:45am feeling like a million bucks!  I haven't had coffee yet and I don't even feel the need to drink a cup.  Hahaha.  Still gonna take an iced coffee to work but might skip the creamer.

I have decided to stop taking the cleanse pills.   I suspect they are why my belly has been feeling yucky so I am going to see how I feel today. 

Anxious for this storm to show up.  Supposed to be nasty with Gov. Walker calling a state of emergency.  We will see.   Hoped school would be cancelled but no such luck.  I like staying home with the kids.  Maybe early release?  Hahaha.

7:00am:  6 ounces of water with lemon

7:10am:  off to work.  3 juices in my bag along with 1 veggie broth.  

8:00am: 16 ounces of Suja Purify Juice.

9:00am:  Broke down and made a 15 ounce iced vanilla coffee.

10:00am:  finished up 18 ounces of water

12:00pm: 1 cup cabbage soup

1:45pm: 18 ounces of water

4:45pm:  16 ounces of Green juice

  Morning weigh in 168.4

Random thoughts

I am just being random here..  I sit here and think about all those that do a complete juice feast for months and wonder why someone would want to completely give up food for that long..  Now don't get me wrong.. I want to lose weight just like everyone else and I have hopes of shedding around 30 pounds..  I am not overly huge but big enough that being smaller would be nice.  I did manage to fit into my size 14 jeans a few days ago..  What a lovely feeling that was.. I didn't even feel cut off..  They fit just right!

I had someone ask me today why I drink that "nasty" green stuff and eat all the soups I eat..  Well....  to be honest...  I love it..  Honestly... I have a few recipes that are quite amazing...  Some premade ones are quite intolerable and some are bordering decent if they are without beets..  Did I ever mention my extreme dislike of beets?  YUCK~!!!!  Once you find the recipe that your taste buds love, you will learn to adjust your recipes to include other yummy flavors.  Making my own is so much nicer than store bought.  I do wish we had a juice bar around here but alas we do not...

I also refuse to give up certain things like my coffee with french vanilla creamer (sugar free).  My feelings are that I should not have to give up everything to lose weight.  I try to balance out the juices I drink as well as taking vitamins.

I also have to say that taking all these cleanse pills seem to be quite a waste..  I don't think I am going to take them tomorrow.  Not mixed with the juice and skinny fiber..

Day 3: Feeling good but to busy

So this is the beginning of day 3.

6:00am:  I woke up sluggish.  I did not sleep well at all.  Cramping and a bit nauseous.  Took 2 cleanse pills and 2 skinny fiber with 14 ounces of plain water no lemon.

Stepped on the scale and was sooo happy...  See weight below..


6:30am: coffee with creamer

8:00am:  4 ounces of water with green tea bag..  Strong to calm my belly.. It is not feeling good at all.  Took my next 3 cleanse pills.

10:00am:  I am feeling okay but not great.  Kind of sluggish and really wanting to just lay down for a nap.  Where is the energy I am supposed to have?  grrrrr  

12:00pm:  Headed home for lunch..  No juice in so I gulped down 8 ounces of that nasty Purify Suja juice..  I really hate beets.. haha   Followed by 10 ounces of cabbage soup.

12:45pm:  I am feeling so much better with warm soup in my belly.  However...  I still have 3.5 hours of work and I still want that nap.  Feeling slightly weak but not super tired any more.

1:30pm:  I had some 16 ounces of Suja Glow juice.  It had a much better flavor than yesterday.  Still prefer my own better but I just didn't want to waste what I had already bought and it expires on the 22nd.

2:00pm: polished off 8 ounces of water.  2 Skinny Fiber pills

3:00pm:  2 tbsp of a trail mix..  I couldn't get my belly to stop growling and this did the trick..  Feeling fantastic.

4:30pm:  polished off another 10 ounces of water. 3 cleanse pills

5:15pm:  Finally home from work.  What a busy day.  I totally forgot to eat most of the day because not only am I feeling funky but we were swamped.

We are supposed to have a nasty storm coming in tonight.  Ice, rain and snow mix..  Cross your fingers for a snow day so Mama doesn't have to go to work.. hahaha (Conveniently I have Friday off too)

6:30pm:  Had a slice of white bread with a tbsp of peanut butter and a half can of white tuna...  I couldn't help it.. I was just soooo hungry...

8:50pm:  10 ounces of water.

9:50pm:  Heading to bed...  Last 2 cleanse pills

10:15pm:  8 ounces of water

I am going to do my best to get more juice in tomorrow and less solid food..  Seems night time is really difficult for me..  I need to focus on my knitting more at night I think.  Or maybe a good book.
Something to keep me occupied and not think of food...

1167 calories
11,882 steps

 Morning weigh in 169.4

Day 2 : Detoxing I Think

This is part of my daily line up.  Suja juice and blended cabbage soup.

I made it thru the morning without much incident.  I ended up going to bed last night at 9:30 pm due to udder exhaustion.  I really have to start going to bed earlier than midnight.. hahaha

5:45am : Awoke feeling quite alert and energized.  I was out of bed and in the shower within minutes.  Not that just NEVER happens..  I felt great..  Took my first 2 detox pills with a 10 ounce cup of hot lemon water.

6:30am: 2 skinny fiber pills with another 10 cup of hot green tea with fresh lemon juice.

7:00am: 1 cup of coffee with sugar free french vanilla creamer (big no no but I refuse to give that up)

8:00am: finished 10 ounces of water. 3 detox pills

8:30am: had the 9 ounces of glow juice.  I was just to full to even force myself to drink more.

9:30am: I managed to get 9 ounces of suja fuel juice down.   Not really in the mood to eat or drink anything.  Nothing significant other than lack of appetite or thirst.

10:30am: I had another 8 ounces of water.  2 skinny fiber pills.   Feeling kind of sick to my belly.  Not sure what the deal is but it isn't really a nice feeling.  Thankfully I was on sales calls to different businesses so I was able to sit and drive a lot.  Walking is not making my belly feel good at all. 

1:00pm: 2 cups of cabbage soup.  About 10 ounces give or take.  It is about as delicious as you can get..  All warm and making my belly feel soooo good..  I am pretty alert.  No headache or out of it feelings.  Feel quite energized actually. 

I did not manage to make my cauliflower soup last night so I am stopping at the store tonight to get the ingredients so I can tonight.  I am so in the mood for the creamy goodness.  I love cabbage soup but a mix would be lovely.

2:10pm: I am feeling quite weak at the moment.  I just ate 2 cups of soup so I should be feeling good.  Wtf..  My head is starting to get a little headachy.   Not bad but also not nice.  

Did i mention i have been in the potty many times today?  At least 10 times to pee and my boss keeps looking at me funny :)

3:30pm: I opened the 16 ounce Suja Purify juice..  Ewwwww...  It is so beety tasting that I almost gagged..  I really hate beets..  They just plain taste like dirt.  I have 2 more bottle of that junk to drink.  And being $9.00 a bottle I will manage..  Maybe mix it with something fruity.. IDK...

4:40pm: 16 ounces of cabbage soup.. 3 detox pills

I cheated through the day by nibbling on a half cup of almonds..  Made me feel better..  

Oh.. and 18 ounces more water thru the day..

As I am making my juice for tomorrow I have been sampling..  Around 8 ounces of variety juice.

I just wanna munch on my green pepper and tomatoes and celery..  ooooo and the soaking almonds look yummy!  Can you tell I am starving...

I am going to have another 8 ounces of cabbage soup before bed. I know I shouldn't but something warm other than tea will be nice.. 2 cleanse pills

1143 calories

10,334 steps

morning weigh in 170.2 

Day 1: Soup and Juice

6:20 am :  rolled myself out of bed and took the first 2 cleanse pills and my 2 skinny fiber pills with 12 ounces of water.  I was kind of groggy this morning.

7:30 am : I arrived at work with my pint mason jar of green juice, 2 suja juices and a water bottle.  I did bring a carton of veggie juice just in case I wanted something warm.  3 cleanse pills

8:30 am : I finished my pint of green juice.  I was absolutely starving so it didn't take long.  I also had about 12 ounces of water.

10:30 am: I caved in with a cup of coffee with french vanilla creamer.   I just can't seem to be strong to withhold that from myself..

11:00 am : 1 cup of blended cabbage soup.  12 ounces water.

1:30 pm : 16 ounces Suja "glow"  juice.. Not as tasty as I had hoped.  A bit hard to choke down actually..   but I did manage to get it down.  2 slices white bread with 2 tbsp of peanut butter.

3:00pm : 1 cup of cabbage soup.  This is the point where I am really tired of liquid.  Chewing it isn't even helping.  Seriously.. how the heck do you chew a liquid drink without looking like an idiot?

4:00pm:  2 Skinny Fiber pills

6:30 pm : 12 ounces green tea and 3 mini pancakes with butter.  I know... I know..  but they were small 4 inch round ones. 3 cleanse pills

It is now almost 8pm and I am totally drained.  According to my fitbit I have consumed 1388 calories today..  Not to bad.  I want to drop it by another 100 tomorrow.  I have to manage to get in another 750 steps to get to 10,000 and I am almost to pooped to get in 10  hahaha...  I will manage it..

9:00pm: 2 cleanse pills

1388 calories
9,612 steps

morning weigh in 172.2

Soup and Juice

I have found something interesting.   I found it at the People's Food Co-op in La Crosse.  It is called Total Body Cleanse.  A complete 14 day Internal Cleanse claiming to be organic. I started it yesterday.  So far so good.  2 pills in the morning upon waking up.  3 pills 30 minutes before breakfast.  3 more pills 30 minutes in the evening.  2 more pills in the evening.    10 pills total of 3 different blends.  Nothing significant to report other than I did get a bit gassy last night.  Not sure what that was all about but ewwww...

Now.. I am still taking my Skinny Fiber.  The link will take you to my page where you can read about the product.  It is amazing at making you full so you don't over eat.  It also helps regulate your potty breaks.  I will do another post about the product at another time.  I want to focus on the Total Body Cleanse product now. 

One thing I want to mention is that after my last juice cleanse I went right back to eating junk and gained back the weight I had lost.  This tells me that I really need to be careful of my eating habits and pay attention to the type of food I am eating.  I felt horrible all last week and I am sure that it was due to all the eating out we did.  My belly hurt and I had major headaches that were bordering on being migraines.

2 days of good food and I am feeling much better.  I made a couple days worth of juice and also made myself some cabbage soup that I blended up into a smooth creamy blend.  I am going to make some cauliflower soup tonight.  That stuff is AMAZING!!!  I use almond milk in place of cows milk and I skip the flour all together.  You don't really need it.  It is all in how you season it. 

My plan for this 14 day cleanse is to stay away from heavy solid food.  I plan to still eat fruit in whole form and some veggies like cucumbers and zucchini.  The main will be blended soups though.  No meat, grain or dairy for this one.  A total juice cleanse just isn't going to work for me.  My will power is just not good enough..  I am a cave-er in-er when it comes to snacking.  Habit kicks in and I reach for my beloved ritz crackers.. haha

I will leave this post as is for now.  Possibly update later tonight.  

Morning weigh in: 172

Back to eating review

So I am back to eating solids and I love it!  Geez I really love food.   I have been going for more veggies and fruits than before.   Cutting out pastas and grains is a bummer but I know I shouldn't be eating so much of them anyway. 

I got a copy of the iZo cleanse recipes.   I might give that a try next month.  I think a cleanse once a month would be good for me.  Not sure how many days I will go though.   Putting goal dates is hard when your body is screaming at you to eat something.   I think a day to day goal is much better.

I am also contemplating a soup and juice cleanse.   My friend Inga is on one like this.  Inga is from Ireland where things seem to be much "cleaner living" than here in the U.S. I think it is called Can Can but I will have to double check.   She seems to like this one over a plain juice cleanse.  She has also dropped 9 pounds in 6 days.  Might have to think about that one.

I did make a big pot of cabbage soup.  I love this soup.   Not a fan of the diet so I don't ever do it, but I do love the soup and the kids do too.  I like to use it as a filler when I need a snack.  It's not overly filling but sure sits nice on a cold evening.

I am still officially down 6 pounds since my reboot.  I knew I would gain a few back cause you always do.   It's the filling of the digestive track.

I am gonna call it a night.  Not feeling to great this evening.   Feeling almost flu-ish.  Sigh

Made it the full 15 days!

Sorry for the slack in posting.  I got incredibly busy with my online business and just lost track of time..

I managed to gimp by on my fast.  15 days and the last 5 were much harder than I thought.   My emotions ran high and my feelings seemed to be on my sleeves. 

Overall this is a good system.   I lost 9 pounds total.  Hunger levels were average.  I was not starving but never really satisfied either.   Some of the recipes were amazing and some needed major tweaking. 

I would recommend this one as an ease in to the juicing world.  Super easy to follow.