Day 8 Morning

Day 7 passed (huh, huh) without event. I had probably 120 ounces of the mixture, more than I've had on any single day, but then, there were people around me eating all day. It's easy for me to avoid eating or being hungry during the day but the evening is difficult, though there's less time until going to bed.

Also, I'm at the second loop on my belt. Usually I don't keep track of my weight so I have no idea how much I gain or lose but I know how many loops on my belt I'm at. Usually I'm the third loop, on the fourth some days, sometimes I can go to the second with a bit of discomfort, mostly if I'm walking and not sitting much. At the end of the week of the high-fiber, pre-cleanse diet, I was on the second loop comfortably, and now I'm on that loop but could go to the first comfortably like I used to the second loop. Last Monday, when I started the cleanse, I was at 203 pounds (give or take a few) but I don't know what it's at now (hopefully I'll be able to check on Wednesday) but I'm in better shape than I've been in a while (even if I know it's mostly water that I've lost and that I'll gain it back when I get back to my standard diet).

Along those same lines: my last meal before I went on the cleanse, last Sunday, was almost half a 16" pizza with pepperoni, pineapple, and olive and a pink lemonade then a few hours later a small (but large small) popcorn that I barely finished the top sixth of because I put too much butter and salt on it. That would explain Monday morning.

And now the day-after-tomorrow is my last day of the cleanse. I might be on the home-stretch now. But these last days might also be the most difficult, as I'll be away from home and in an environment with people who are drinking and eating. But I've made it this far, it would be pretty dumb to give it up now.