Post by daniweeks on Nov 21, 2013 14:27:49 GMT -5
So the cleanse has been going very well, it’s Thursday and I’ve been sticking to it for 6 days. Tomorrow is the last and while I can’t wait for it to be over, I’ve seen the benefit I’ve been looking for and much much more. So I started last Saturday and felt a bit cloudy and tired most of Saturday into Sunday. In fact I went to bed on Saturday night at 8pm, and didn’t wake up until 8 am. For those of you who know me, this is unheard of! I also had a headache but it was gone by the time I woke up on Sunday. I was feeling pretty good until Monday night. I started getting some cold symptoms, mostly some post nasal drip but then Tuesday morning it turned into a small cold. That cold came at a very bad time…
Tuesday my dad was going in for back surgery, he was getting 2 rods put in and a spinal fusion. So it was pretty major surgery, and now I couldn’t be there with him in surgery prep or when he got out of recovery. I was a bit worried anyways, as any daughter would be, so I started meditating more, working out, (lower intensity this week)keeping myself busy, and called a friend to talk about it because stress eating was not an option. But when that cold came on, I lost it! But it was probably the best thing I could have done. No I didn’t break my cleanse, but I did cry. Actually, I cried a lot. It was really very cathartic, and I needed to purge all my emotions. It was more than just my dad going in for surgery, it was everything that had gone wrong or was upset with in the last couple of months. It all came up, but I was finally able to let it go. It felt like I was cleaning out my soul of all the things I was holding on to, all of my inner demons gone.
I do believe it was this cleanse that helped me reach this emotional point. I wasn’t covering up with food anymore; in fact I was dealing with stress in a much better way. While I don’t see myself as someone who will cry every day, I think I will be better able to let things go in the future. I know I’m going to have to remind myself of this several times over my journey, but that’s ok because a breakthrough is still something to feel good about.
After that cry I took a shower, made myself some hot herbal tea, and mixed organic cinnamon with some raw honey and took a tablespoon full. Within minutes my cold symptoms started subsiding and by the next day my cold was completely gone. Maybe it wasn't a cold after all; maybe it was a part of detoxing. Maybe my emotions were making me
, either way I got a fresh start. The rest of the week has gone very well, my workouts feel pretty lame as I’m used to working pretty hard. But overall I’m very proud of myself for sticking with this, I have 36 more hours of this cleanse and I’m confident that it will be a breeze. It’s important on your journey to keep track of your wins and this is definitely one of them. I can feel myself picking up speed, because I am about to finish something that was pretty hard to stick with. I feel more confident that down the road I’ll have the willpower to say no, and to stay on this journey. Hope you stay with me!Feeling better and better.
-Danielle Weeks CPT