The Results Are In...

So, here I am post - flush. It worked, and it was good, but I didn't see as many as I had hoped. Josh mentioned that if you don't see as many, that usually means that it is pretty bad, and in the next one you will see it even more. He did three flushes, spaced about 2-3 weeks apart between each one. So in theory, in two weeks I have to do another, and in theory, I will see even greater results.

Last night at 10p.m. I did the olive oil and grapefruit juice which I thought was going to be completely vomit-worthy. Actually it wasn't as bad as I thought. I just focused on the grapefruit taste and it went down fairly well, I didn't think about what was in it, just drank it. This morning I had to do another saltwater mixture at 7:10a.m. and let me tell you, it was hell. There has to be another way! So after I choked that down, bree was hungry. Can you believe I had to scramble eggs and cut up fruit for her breakfast while I was rumbling away. So then I started hittin' the toilet. The first two beared no results but after that I started seeing some stones! Just about 15-25 small green pea-sized stones with each "trip". Which is fine, it works obviously, but others have mentioned seeing hundreds and even some of the larger ones. I know there is probably more in there so a second flush in two weeks is a must. After that, they say it is good to do this at least once a year.

I don't know that I feel "so much better" afterwards like josh did. I mean, I felt hungry by noon when it was pretty much over. And I don't normally feel fully hungry like that. I definitely don't think the bloating thing is gone. But I did realize that I did something wrong. In my nonfat breakfast and lunch yesterday, I had coffee with no creamers in it. But I read in a different source today that I should not have done that. The caffeine interferes with the process and actually puts more toxins in, so that was a no-no. It may be partially responsible for why the cleanse wasn't as productive as I would have liked to see. So now I know.

In the meantime, the continued challenge of living in a low fat day to day life on a budget. Game on.