No hunger pangs at all today! But when I was cooking dinner, tofu stir-fry, it smelled sooooooo gooooood. I was almost literally drooling, oh my goodness. Slight headache in the morning which passed in about 20 minutes, and a craving for coffee which passed in a few minutes.

Physically I seem to be losing weight in my abdominal area, my tummy flab is almost all gone. I haven’t had a belly this flat in years. years and years. I still have not weighed myself so I don’t know how much weight I have lost. My ankles are real slender, too, I think that is the result of absence of salt. My ankles tend to hold water and puff up when I eat salty food. I am still incredibly thirsty, today I drank 4 33 oz bottles in addition to 60 oz of the lemon mix, and I’m about to drink some more water.

My energy level is way up and I feel kind of euphoric. I went to bed around 1130 pm then woke up an hour later feeling completely rested. What is THAT all about. I am going back to bed soon whether I feel sleepy or not because I don’t want to trigger my insomnia starting up again.

I wanted to go 14 days but I will cut it short at Day 8. Day 9 is Valentine’s Day and as that is me and Brian’s actual anniversary (our first date was V-day ‘96) we always go out and celebrate. I didn’t even think about that when planning this cleanse. So Day 8 I will eat a little soup and fruit to ease back in, then on day 9 a light breakfast and light celebration dinner.