Days 9 and 10...master cleanse mastered

I'm finished! Yay! I feel good. I'm really glad I did it. I ended up loosing my voice yesterday afternoon. I noticed my throat felt really dry while I was studying with a deaf Bible student. Of course I'm signing and not talking so I didn't notice my voice was raspy until the evening. It's still gone. But I don't feel sick at all. Someone told me it's my body getting rid of toxins through the phlegm. (My tongue has also been white the past 10 days which is another way the body gets rid of toxins). So I guess that's a good thing.

The main motivation for this was to clear out my digestive system. It's cleared out for the most part. The secondary motivation was to loose a bit of weight. I think since my main motivation was health it helped me be more determined to stick with it. I don't think I would've thought of doing this if my main motivation was to loose weight. Seems too extreme. (I did end up loosing about 12lbs. I'm thrilled about that!) But to do it for health seemed reasonable. So I'm going to try to keep that same "good health" motivation in the intentions of having a balanced and healthy diet. If I focus so much on my weight I end up making myself feel deprived to an extent. That's just miserable and damaging. I won't last thinking that way. It's funny how we can play games with ourselves like that. sigh

So tomorrow I'll get up early to make the Curried Carrot soup. I'll add some eggs and tofu to meals from Sunday on. I'm so excited! I wonder if things will taste different....