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It’s almost over, just one week left! I woke up this morning very sick. I am practically crashing into my keyboard to write this. My throat hurts and is itchy, my sinuses are clogged, and my ears ache. I have nothing at home to detox with because I left my VegeSplash at the office and we are out of fresh vegetables. This means I need to drag my sorry butt to the store.

The great news is that the scale was down another 2 pounds this morning. The bad part about this is the weight seems to only be coming off the derriere and the chest, which I must say are the two places I wouldn’t have minded keeping it. Anyhow, another few days and I’ll be back in the 150s! I can’t believe it. I truly believe my body wants to be in the 140s and this is as close as I have been since before the twins were born.

I did the kidney flush last night, but I am not sure what exactly was supposed to happen. I certainly wasn’t running to the bathroom or anything, so I hope I did it right. I only had one bunch of parsley and I couldn’t find goldenrod tincture by itself, so I bout what they had (it was goldenrod + something….).

I think I’ll go back to bed.

Weight: 164.5 Loss: 13

I can’t believe I have made it this far. Last night was a real challenge for me. I made BBQ chicken and rice for dinner and the whole house smelled yummy. I had a bit of organic tomato soup but I just couldn’t stomach it, so I juiced 1/2 cucumber, 2 celery stalks, and 1 1/4 carrot. It made quite a bit of juice and I drank about 1/2 (probably 6-8 oz.). I am just really struggling with the soup component.

I thought I was going to fly through this 3 weeks without a crisis, but alas, I fear I am getting sick. Thank goodness it’s a 3 day weekend because I think I am going to sleep through it. My ears and throat have been bothering me all week (my ears for about a month) but this morning feels like a full fledged sore throat/ear infection. I can feel ickiness draining down the back of my throat. Also, my hands feel like an arthritic mess. My fingers have been cold for days and today, they ache and won’t straighten out.

Speaking of cold, I have been freezing. It doesn’t help that it’s cold outside, but my body has been cold. According to the book, Dr. Roni suggests getting a thyroid work-up if you feel extreme cold during the cleanse. My thyroid has been checked before, but maybe it couldn’t hurt to do it again.

Weight: 166.5 Loss: 11

I just noticed that today is the 7 month anniversary of my tobacco quit! Here’s my quit meter:

I quit for 7 Months, 3 hours, 50 minutes and 25 seconds (214 days) ago. I have saved $1,102.91 by not smoking 4,283 cigarettes. I have saved 2 Weeks, 20 hours and 55 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 6/17/2007 8:00 AM

Wow! Boy does time fly. I can’t say I am completely over it, but I definitely think about smoking less and less.

For the third day in a row, I was still not able to get up at five and make it to the gym. I guess my body just doesn’t want to do that right now? I have also been waking up with a pretty bad sore throat the last few days.

Last night I tried ear candling. I think that “treatment” is a crock. My ear does not feel better and the gunk that was in the candle when I was done is apparently candle residue. Basically it was a waste of time.

Now that I am officially 1/2 way done, I think I can make it the full 21 days. I do need to rethink my juicing and souping though. The soups are supposed to be so good for you… It’s just such a hard component for me. I think I’ll stop by the supplement store today and get some Bragg’s. I am not a salt eater and I never add it to anything, but maybe the Bragg’s will make the soups better?

Weight: 166.5 Loss: 11

I over slept again this morning and woke up with a very sore throat and pounding itchy ears. I feel like crap. My mood improved a bit when I hit the scale and was 168. At least I finally feel I am getting somewhere with the poundage.

I screwed up yesterday and almost ordered lunch for today. I am speaking at a CLE this afternoon and told my hostess I’d love for her to get me lunch. *doh* I quickly had to apologize and say no thanks, I am detoxing. Another friend asked me to go out Friday night, but I declined and told her I wasn’t drinking alcohol because I was detoxing. Well, she thought I meant detoxing from alcohol! LOL I was like “no, it’s a toxin cleanse – has nothing to do with alcohol.” LOL

Weight: 168 Loss: 9.5