Day 11 - Mastercleanse - 2nd December

Back into full time eating today. But it isn't the same. We are far more conscious of our portions, eating far less than before. Obviously this is early days as far as eating is concerned. It feels like a honeymoon period has begun. Food tastes great and little is required to feel replete. I guess as you go on and your stomach stretches, you require more food to generate the same feeling (sounds like I'm talking about herion!).

I definitely feel crisper (whatever that's supposed to describe?). My taste buds, sense of smell, alertness, physical awareness of my body are all running at a higher level than before. I also feel that this kind of diet/cleanse is something I could repeat. It's like I have a new weapon. Food has, ever so slightly, less of a hold on me than it had before. I have a new relationship with it. More repect for it and less fear of not having it.

One thing hasn't changed. I thought that if I gave my stomach and intestines a good clean out it would help. I thought if I was careful with what I ate after our detox it would be better. I thought that if I wasn't drinking beer (I still haven't had a beer or indeed any alchohol for 11 days) it would eliminate the problem altogether. It doesn't - I still get wind! It started almost immediately. Julie always said it was beer. Now I know it isn't.

Julie got indegestion for the first time in years today. She is putting it down to eating too much. She feels that she has much more energy than she got from just the lemonade. Generally she feels well. She did have a piece of chocolate today but it was not like it was what she had been craving. Far from it.