Day 2: Oh, my aching...(how much time do you have?)

Today didn't start out so great.  I woke up feeling a bit hung over.  I was a little headachy and my eyes felt like they were lubricated with sand.  I had my no fruit green smoothie (it has lemon in it, the only fruit I am allowed right now), and the lemon juice in it burned my throat.  I can't get that stuff down fast enough.  Then I had my bland oatmeal with a pinch of cinnamon.  I decided to forgo the Stevia this time and it tasted a little better; bland , but better.

I took the Hippo soup for lunch.  My little thermos container really did a good job.  The soup was nice and hot.  I kept thinking this soup would be really good with a few choice seasonings.  Like, say, SALT!!!  I can't have any salt at all right now.  Not even sea salt.  The Spike just doesn't cut it and the Bragg Sea Kelp Seasonings isn't much of an improvement.  Oh, well.

For dinner tonight, I thinly sliced the potato and laid the slices on the baking sheet.  I used a silicon pastry brush to lightly brush on the flaxseed oil.  Then I generously sprinkled the above mentioned Bragg's on the slices and then baked them.  It came out pretty good.  Nothing that a little SALT couldn't make a bit better!  NOTE TO SELF:  When making your baked potato in this fashion, be sure to use baking parchment on the sheet so that your potato slices don't stick to it.

Throughout this day, I've had aching joints to various degrees.  Oddly enough, I have had some pain in an old sports injury just below my right knee.  My head hasn't faired much better.  At times, it was just a low grade headache.  At other times, it felt like there were some little men in there with hammers and spikes, striking in various places.  Green Smoothie Girl said this would happen.  You are going to feel worse before you feel better.

My theory on why there are aches in the joints and in your head is this:  All the toxins are realizing there is a new sheriff in town and that they better get out before they are all hung.  So, there they are running and screaming for the only exits they can find (which aren't many) and they are clogging the exit by trying to escape at one time.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I have two more days on Phase 1.  On the morning of Phase 2, I will do my first weigh in since I started.  Seems like only yesterday...Oh.  Wait.  It was only yesterday. 

Well, that's all for today.  The tunnel seems long, but I know it will be over before I know it.  Not only is my body making adjustments, but so am I. 

Tally ho!
Nevada Smith