Day 5

It's Day 5 of this Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet. Whoo-hoo! Half way through! I couldn't even imagine getting this far on the first day, but now it feels like I could cruise through to the end. It's getting easier to drink the lemonade, I think the cayenne pepper has burned out all sensation down my throat. I'm actually feeling quite good. Don't feel tired, not really hungry and I can still get through my days, even kali class.

Of course, this weekend is packed with invites for parties and dinners and bbqs. People asked why I started the diet on a weekend. I said because there's always something going on and I wasn't sure how much energy I'd have. I am looking forward to getting off the diet.

While being on the diet, you come to think just about any "diet" with food is great. Vegetarianism, fine! Vegan, Fabulous! Raw Food, spectacular! You start to imagine that doing any of these diets seems easy. D, who never ate sushi, is even thinking about trying sushi. So long as it involves solid foods, and more than 3 items, then it's easy. Before I used to think, wow, how can anyone really do that?

I stopped by my mother's work to pick up some paperwork I needed for a house I'm buying in Vegas (and will soon be selling...more on that in another post). I haven't told my mother I'm on this diet. I don't want to freak them out. Before I left, she sliced some ube ensymada from Laurie's in LA in half and gave it to me. I guess the SO will get ensymada tonight. I took very deep inhales through the paper napkin.

There are five more days to go, then 4 days to wean my way back to more solid food. It's all downhill from here. Let's hope.