I am a day late posting this, but I wanted to make sure I had a good feel for how yesterday went! Sometimes it takes time to process.....especially when your day required you to have no solid food!
We started our day with the "Cleanse for Life" drink - no shakes, no food - actually it wasn't half bad. The flavour was great and I was OK with not having food....to start. Jeff on the other hand was starving and really wanted his shake - I stopped him as he was pulling the blender out of cupboard and pointed to the chart. It was clear that this was not what he wanted to know! Reluctantly he put the blender away and mixed up a glass of "Cleanse for Life", drank it and headed to work. Armed with a water bottle and a few IsaSnacks and our "Cleanse for Life" drink - we carried on with our day.
Now we are not going to lie to you - we were HUNGRY! By 3:00 - 4:00pm, the moods were changing - it didn't seem to matter that we were following the guidelines - our daughter's meals were looking way better! Our sponsor had told us, one trick to getting through this day was to stay busy. Jeff was at work so this easy for him. With the girls on Spring Break and requiring meals - my day was a little harder. I did it though - the competitive streak in me was not going to have Jeff succeed at Cleanse day while I failed by "cheating". So stubborn me stuck to the guidelines.
As the girls were having their bedtime snack - both of us looked longingly at their toast and jam just wanting one little bite. I checked our chart and saw that we could have 6 almonds - so 6 almonds it was. I ate mine very carefully, savouring each one where as Jeff tossed them all in his mouth and munched them down. I have to say though, the 6 almonds did the trick. It was just enough to take the edge off as we watched the girls finish their snack!
With our first of 4 cleanse days behind us - we now know what to expect. It really wasn't as difficult as we thought it would be. We will check in again on our second cleanse day and see how it goes!
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