Day 3 & 4 Breaking the Cleanse

Yesterday was a good day.

I woke up and had my orange juice for breakfast.

A few hours later I had more of my soup for lunch. After sitting in the fridge overnight, my soup did eventually turn into more of a chili - all the brown rice, potatoes, and beans must've absorbed the broth that was there.

For dinner, I had the most amazingly wonderful BIG SALAD. It had romaine lettuce, spinach, zucchini, carrots, cherry tomatoes, and celery in it. It was really good.
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Today, my "Back to eating normal foods" day, I am feeling pretty good. I'm holdin' the weight loss steady... I haven't gained anything back... yet.

I have found that I am full faster. It doesn't take much food to fill me up. I'm going to try to keep it that way!

I didn't have that great of a breakfast today. I feel sort of like a failure for doing it, but it actually made me realize even more how much I dislike bad foods.

I had about a hand full of hashbrowns, 1 organic egg sunny-side up, half an orange, and 1 strip of turkey bacon.

It really wasn't much, but it didn't taste that good, and now I feel like crap-ola!! So, no more of that.

This morning I woke up feeling extremely dehydrated, so I have downed a ton of water - that is making me feel really full too, but at least it's good for me, right?

I think for lunch I'm going to have a small salad, and then for dinner maybe some steamed brown rice and fresh vegetables. I just don't feel like having anything else... weird huh?

So, I am officially done with the Master Cleanser Lemonade Diet for now. I think it really helped! I probably should have kept going longer... I can tell I still have more stuff to clean out.

I plan to attempt the cleanse again some time next spring, maybe after I graduate from college and I have time to devote to it.

I don't really look at being able to eat again as being "back to normal eating," because I don't plan on eating the way I did before the cleanse. Fruits & vegetables are my best friend now, and portion sizes are a constant thought at meal time. Hopefully I can stay strong and remember what my real goals are.

The lemonade diet taught me...
-Food doesn't control me
-Food is not a reward
-Food is not an activity
-I don't need much food to get the nutrition I need
-To listen to and trust my body
-And that I can accomplish ANYTHING I put my mind to!

My first cleanse... 11 days
This cleanse... 17 days
The next cleanse... as long as it takes cause I know I can do it!!