Detox day three

Good morning! Today is day 3 of my "detox" week of (no) food. The day starts with warm lemon water. It's supposed to cleanse your liver. My liver is certainly due for a good scrubbing. This warm lemon water could be my favorite part of the day. For breakfast I get to eat raw vegetables. We are awakening our taste buds. For my first meal I had three strips of yellow pepper and a radish. The radish nearly burned my mouth out. Yesss!! We are awake! I didn't have any other vegetables in the house so that's what I ate. For lunch we eat raw vegetables. I'm getting to the point that I'd rather be hungry than face another green bean. For dinner I'm allowed to eat raw vegetables. I'm allowed to drink eight glasses of plain water each day and for a treat I get three fruits. Oh, and no salt, no sugar and nothing artificial. There are three things I'm allowed to roast and without them I'd just stay in bed and fast. They are winter squashes, beets, and spaghetti squash. I save these for my dinner and it's like eating heaven.

This is my fourth day without drinking wine and my third day of no caffeine. Steve has been wonderful to wait until I go to bed before he uncorks the zin. He was eating some crackers last night and I just had to go to bed rather than witness it. After-dinner-eating is my fatal flaw. I had no trouble whipping up a lasagna for Steve's dinner using the vegetables I bought for my diet. I'm happy for him to eat it while I eat my beet.

I've been going to bed early and waking up at 4:00 a.m. ready to party. But I know it's a bad idea to get up so I go back to sleep. Today I had a horrible headache every time I opened my eye, so I just went back to sleep.

I never ever could see myself doing anything like this. Like most of us, I choose the path of least discomfort. I was ready though. All the goodies I fed myself over the holidays disappointed me. It was time. It makes me feel like Superwoman, not in strength or agility, but in courage and self discipline. I CAN do it.