finally, 10th day. It has been a pleasant experience. i got a new confidence in myself having survived the 9 days. I feel a lot lighter now and feel healthier. I weighed in at 220lbs when i started on Aug 18. Now, Aug . 27, i weigh 204 lbs. 16lbs in 10 days....not bad. My blood pressure is down to 110 over 80. I have a sever sleep disorder (sleep apnea) but with this diet, my wife told me my sleeping has improved (i.e. snoring went milder).
Also, I was able to quit smoking for 10 days. No alcohol either.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
the night of day 5
nothing different happened today except that last night, i dreamt about breaking my diet by picking up and eating a handful of rice. other than that, it's quite normal lemonade diet day. i increased my salt water intake to about 1.5 liters now. Wow, that was really hard to take. i can feel my stomach getting full while drinking. I might go back to 1 liter tomorrow.
excretion is still the same. liquid form. i had to go twice or 3x in the morning. i usually get thirsty and having a dried mouth and stomach. also, the detox happens everywhere. bad breath comes out too. that's why i have my toothbrush and my listerine handy all the time.
one good thing is that, after 5 days of not taking my 'hypertension' maintenance my blood pressure is still at its normal level which is 120 over 90. if not for the diet, it should have been 150 over 110 3 days ago.
excretion is still the same. liquid form. i had to go twice or 3x in the morning. i usually get thirsty and having a dried mouth and stomach. also, the detox happens everywhere. bad breath comes out too. that's why i have my toothbrush and my listerine handy all the time.
one good thing is that, after 5 days of not taking my 'hypertension' maintenance my blood pressure is still at its normal level which is 120 over 90. if not for the diet, it should have been 150 over 110 3 days ago.
Monday, August 20, 2007
3rd night still on lemonade
i finally made it the whole of 3 days. But not without craving for tasting anything different. The lemonade was great but it's the only thing i've tasted in 3 days. Plus, again, i had lunch with my family in the food court. My son having spare ribs and my son ordering her favorite sbarro cheese pizza. My wife had a simple fried chicken but just mentioning all of those gets me hungry. Why do i torture myself?
As usual, i don't feel hunger at all. But psychologically craving for anything. Just tonight, at home, our ulam was sinigang na bangus using guava. wow, sarap. plus durian fruit for desert. there are grapes, mango and mangosteen all over. I just had to watch my wife and son eat it while i take my laxative tea.
I drank salt water again this morning. 1 liter. I was suppose to 'go' after drinking it but i never did. Well, i'm so used to drinking 1 liter every morning. the difference is, this time, it had 2 teaspoonful of salt. so it's a bit harder to swallow. before i can drink 1 liter in one go. this time, i had to do it in 3 to 4 gulps.
The hard part, at least today, about this diet is that it is so hard to excrete something that is not there. Because i haven't eaten for 3 days, when i am suppose to excrete my bowel only a brown liquid comes out. And i feel like 'going' every hour. Consistently there's a brown liquid that comes out. I am thinking, these are toxins coming out. Hopefully, they are. My urine is quite normal, a little bit clearer than normal because of so much liquid i have been drinking.
Another good thing about this diet is that it somehow helps keep my blood pressure at a normal level. i haven't taken my Micardis plus 40mg maintenance. It is needed to keep my blood pressure in check. I have to take it everyday. Once a day. Since i started the diet, i intentionally stopped taking my maintenance capsule just to check. By now, after 3 days, my blood pressure should have been 140 over 100, at least. Upon checking this morning, my blood pressure was still 120 over 90. this might cure my hypertension. Let's see if it holds for another couple of days.
As usual, i don't feel hunger at all. But psychologically craving for anything. Just tonight, at home, our ulam was sinigang na bangus using guava. wow, sarap. plus durian fruit for desert. there are grapes, mango and mangosteen all over. I just had to watch my wife and son eat it while i take my laxative tea.
I drank salt water again this morning. 1 liter. I was suppose to 'go' after drinking it but i never did. Well, i'm so used to drinking 1 liter every morning. the difference is, this time, it had 2 teaspoonful of salt. so it's a bit harder to swallow. before i can drink 1 liter in one go. this time, i had to do it in 3 to 4 gulps.
The hard part, at least today, about this diet is that it is so hard to excrete something that is not there. Because i haven't eaten for 3 days, when i am suppose to excrete my bowel only a brown liquid comes out. And i feel like 'going' every hour. Consistently there's a brown liquid that comes out. I am thinking, these are toxins coming out. Hopefully, they are. My urine is quite normal, a little bit clearer than normal because of so much liquid i have been drinking.
Another good thing about this diet is that it somehow helps keep my blood pressure at a normal level. i haven't taken my Micardis plus 40mg maintenance. It is needed to keep my blood pressure in check. I have to take it everyday. Once a day. Since i started the diet, i intentionally stopped taking my maintenance capsule just to check. By now, after 3 days, my blood pressure should have been 140 over 100, at least. Upon checking this morning, my blood pressure was still 120 over 90. this might cure my hypertension. Let's see if it holds for another couple of days.
3rd day on lemonade
Before i talk about the 3rd day, let me tell you about the first day.
On my 1st day, everything went smoothly. At first, i thought i might get gastritis. I had esophagitis before. It's like an ulcer but the wound is actually just outside the stomach. right at the junction of the esophagus and the stomach. So, i really thought i wouldn't last half a day with the lemonade diet. To my surprise, i didn't feel any hunger at all. Nor did i feel any acidity on my stomach. all went well on the 1st day.
My 3rd day, i woke up with a full stomach. i don't know why but it seemed i've just eaten a full breakfast. it's time to drink my 1 liter of salt water again. Done, no sweat. For breakfast, i am taking my laxative tea.
The person who introduced me to this diet is my boss. Actually, he is the boss of my boss who came to the Philippines for a vacation with his wife and 3-year old son. I can remember him saying that the hard part is on the 2nd day when you start smelling french fries even if there aren't any. Well, that hasn't happened to me because i was such a sadist. I went out to have a dinner with my family. I don't need to tell you how tempting that was, but i believe it was a real test. If i can withstand such temptation, then i can finish the 10 days of this diet.
I also remember my boss telling me that also on the 2nd day, you start dreaming that while you are in the diet, you accidentally ate some food. I thought this was funny until last night. I dreamt about having accidentally eating food and therefore breaking my diet of 2 days. I think i deserved it. That's what you get when you go on diet and go have dinner with your family in the food court with only a bottle of water in your hand.
On my 1st day, everything went smoothly. At first, i thought i might get gastritis. I had esophagitis before. It's like an ulcer but the wound is actually just outside the stomach. right at the junction of the esophagus and the stomach. So, i really thought i wouldn't last half a day with the lemonade diet. To my surprise, i didn't feel any hunger at all. Nor did i feel any acidity on my stomach. all went well on the 1st day.
My 3rd day, i woke up with a full stomach. i don't know why but it seemed i've just eaten a full breakfast. it's time to drink my 1 liter of salt water again. Done, no sweat. For breakfast, i am taking my laxative tea.
The person who introduced me to this diet is my boss. Actually, he is the boss of my boss who came to the Philippines for a vacation with his wife and 3-year old son. I can remember him saying that the hard part is on the 2nd day when you start smelling french fries even if there aren't any. Well, that hasn't happened to me because i was such a sadist. I went out to have a dinner with my family. I don't need to tell you how tempting that was, but i believe it was a real test. If i can withstand such temptation, then i can finish the 10 days of this diet.
I also remember my boss telling me that also on the 2nd day, you start dreaming that while you are in the diet, you accidentally ate some food. I thought this was funny until last night. I dreamt about having accidentally eating food and therefore breaking my diet of 2 days. I think i deserved it. That's what you get when you go on diet and go have dinner with your family in the food court with only a bottle of water in your hand.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
lemonade diet
It is my 2nd day on lemonade diet. I didn't feel any hunger. But i definitely craved for something that tastes different. What a relief it is to have a tea in the evening.
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