it's not about the pain...it's about how you look

I came up with a brilliant plan about a month ago to help me accomplish my goal of being a hotty turning 30…it was to coerce my good friend to do the Master Cleanse with me. I’m telling ya…brilliant plan. We’d lose some weight, flush some toxins, feel good…totally fool-proof. Or so I thought.

When you don’t eat food for long amounts of time you notice a few things happening. Yes in fact I have lost some weight, here I am on Day 6 and have lost 6 pounds. I do feel good…for the most part. I know I am flushing some toxins.

But the other side effects are less fun. Like about 2 pm everyday I start to zone out and can’t really pull myself back in. Any smell of food turns me into a ravenous beast. And to be honest, I probably haven’t been the nicest person in the world. Or the funnest. I’m kinda boring. I just curl up in the fetal position begging for steak or sushi or JUST SOME DAMN BROTH!!!

So far I have not only lost some L-Bs, but have experienced the worst sinus headache I have ever had. And I've had some doozies! I've been what you might call...moody. I've also been more focused and driven than I have in a long time. I've SLEPT! Something that has averted me for months now. I've considered myself totally looney tunes. I've had the kind of headache that makes squinty eyes...well...disappear. And I've peed more than a normal non-pregnant person should ever have to.

I’ve thought of giving up…letting my dreams float away into the inversion. I’ve thought of just cheating…just a little bit. And I’ve thought of pushing through and doing what I know I can do. Starve myself for 10 days mostly for the sake of vanity.

But hey…these pants that are just a little bit baggier today…are making my decision to join the numbers who have “cleansed” just a little bit less painful.