This Crazy Cleanse Diet - Day Twelve

DAY TWELVE - JUNE 14TH

Started today off with getting on the scale. Despite my transfer from the Death Drink, I did not gain in weight. In fact, the scale was teetering between 174 and 173. Got to have a nice drink of Strawberry Banana Orange Juice for breakfast before leaving for work with a lunch that actually consisted of food. Finally!

I'm not sure if it was because of the weight loss, the switch to foods that are not deplorable, or a combination, but I was definitely in a better mood today, despite having to spend most of my time as a cashier. To clarify this, at my wholesale club job, my main position is that of a clerk in the back of the store away from customers, but I will occasionally get scheduled as a cashier or even called up to help as one when I'm scheduled to be a clerk if there are too many customers and not enough help. So, since I got moved up to this over position, I average 4-5 days a week working and might average one day a week as a cashier. While I was initially being trained for this position, I had stopped working as a cashier for so long that I went back and forgot certain key terms, even though I had been getting steady work in that position for a good two and a half months.

Today was somewhat noteworthy since it is the first time in awhile that I did not feel some sort of woozy or dizzy feeling. Whether I was drinking a lot, wasn't active, or had a day off and did nothing, I usually had a moment at least once a day where I felt a bit lightheaded. This, however, did not happen today. I also am pretty sure that my allergies have NOT played a part in any of this process. I was pretty sure that this was the case when I first started posting, but there most be something in the combination of the Death Drink (maybe the pure maple syrup) that must have caused me to feel like I was too congested.

The other big deal for today was that - for the first time since June 2nd (with the exception of the Italian ice) - I actually ATE SOMETHING TODAY! Lunch was GLORIOUS with a beautiful can of Campbell's Tomato Soup with four angelic and very pale Saltine Crackers, succulent Cucumber Slices and another helping of fruit-filled Orange Strawberry Banana (dragonfruit, passionfruit, acai, berrylicious, etc.) Juice! I later would realize my error that I wasn't supposed to have grains until the following day, but it's only four crackers. No biggie!

Came home. Surfed along the craziness of the interwebz, napped, and got up for a delicious dinner. It was pretty much exactly the same (it's only four more crackers, no biggie!) except for the fact that those succulent Cucumber Slices were tossed around in a zesty Italian Vinaigrette! When I was reading the initial eating details for the diet and how to properly ease back into regular food, I read that Day Twelve allowed us to have fruits, vegetables, and vegetable juice. However, I am not a fan of V8 vegetable juice. The only way I could see myself having one is by pouring it into a bowl, heating it up, and turning it into tomato soup. (I apologize if I made this joke in one of the earlier posts. I don't feel like backtracking to see if I made the same joke twice.) Well, because of this, I realized that i could actually have tomato soup on this day since it was mostly just vegetables and little else (aside from, of course, all of the dangerous and deadly preservatives and additives). So I was actually very much tasting tomato soup today, even though I had not had it more than five to ten times in my life.

I'm already tired of it.

Despite the suggestion to have more vegetables and fruits that were available in my refrigerator and freezer (NOT respectively. Unrespectfully? Disrespectfully?), I declined as both my lunch and dinner were very filling. I could've even survived without having the cucumbers, even though they were the best part of the meal. Also, while I do think that my taste buds will get used to all the flavors soon, my sense of taste is indeed temporarily heightened and enjoying all of the new meals. That is, until it gets overwhelmed within the next week or two. Tomorrow I will be having toast, pasta, and even a hint of lasagna ...and dessert. GASP! Pound cake, vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and whipped cream. Not too bad of a dessert for a birthday celebration, I don't think. And I'm still playing by the rules here. I am allowed to have grains starting Day Thirteen. Pound cake would be considered grains. Strawberries are fruit. Vanilla ice cream is ... and the whipped cream is, uh...

STATS:
Weight: 174 (Will inevitably change to 210 by June 17th.)
Heavenly Drinks (OJ): 7 (Last posting)
Death Drinks: 42 (Last posting)
Water Glasses: 25 (Last posting)
Foods I'm looking forward to: Chicken BLT, Chicken Parmesan Hero, Toasted Bagel with Butter, Toasted Muffin (Blueberry or Corn) with Butter, Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cherry Berry Chiller and McDouble (McDonald's) and perhaps Burger King Chicken Nuggets (or was that just a craving?).