Well, yesterday was pretty much a complete fail for The Cleanse. But not completely because I did end up loosing 2.5 lbs! Crazy huh?
Yesterday morning went fine. I had my juice when I woke up and then around 10ish I had an apple. But then I was still hungry so I had an orange. That pretty much held me over through lunch and then around 1pm I started getting hungry again AND I was so tired! So, that’s when I made my first exemption rule for this diet that I still stand by — I’m including coffee! I drink one big cup of coffee every morning. I love it. I need it. And yesterday was awful without it. So, yesterday afternoon I broke down and made myself a cup of coffee and ate 1/2 a cucumber. So, by the time I left work I really had only strayed a little bit. Tiny, really. Just a coffee… a 4 baked lays… and 2 cinnamon disk. But that’s it!
But, I headed home and started to feel guilty because it was John Michael and I’s first Valentine’s Day being married. And here I was only allowing myself to eat raw fruits and veggies. And then I felt like I was being very selfish… and I was hungry… so we went out and got SUSHI! 
Oddly, I got full REALLY fast. Usually I can scarf down 2 rolls and a salad easily not last night! I had a salad (all contents were inside my diet parameters – besides the ginger dressing) and JM and I split 3 rolls. But I could barely eat one roll collectively after my salad. It was very strange. Now, I would love to say I feel guilty about breaking my diet on Day 1 but I don’t. Because it was Valentine’s and I love my husband and I love sushi and Valentine’s is the day of love.
So, I derailed last night a bit – okay, a lot – but, I woke up and I had still lost 2.5 lbs! So, I’m back in full force today (adding coffee to the diet list) and we’ll see how it goes. Life is all about little adjustments, right?
