Liver cleanse: Aftermath and how I feel

Yesterday (Wednesday) was the Flush (the toilet) day! Here's my thoughts!

Gallstones and Liver stones
At noon I felt the surges and right after mom's group, I had my first poo and I was surprised at the size of the stones! They were large! almost an inch in diameter, some of them. And then smaller. And so many! Between the several times I went to the bathroom I would say that I passed a hundred of them, many, many small stones, but also the larger ones. I don't think I would have been able to pass those without doing this cleanse, in which I used Livertrex to soften and start to dissolve the stones.

I am very thankful that I had this cleanse, because without it, I may have had to have my gallbladder removed.

Weight Loss:
Today I weighed myself and was down three pounds, putting me now at 190.8. This was a goal of mine, do be under 191 because we can get a discount on our health care sharing per month.

Energy:
I do feel I have more energy! Last night when I went to bed at 9 (and I got up before 6 that morning) I wasn't exhausted.

Adjusting back to the non-cleanse diet:
I'm going to be completely honest. I jumped right in to eating the things that I missed the most when i wasn't cleansing.
(Raw, grass-fed) Cow's milk? √
(homemade whole wheat) Bread? √
Cheese? √
(grass-fed) Steak? √

Don't worry! I also had veggies! and ate lighter at dinner.

Things I learned:
During the cleanse there were several times when I was hungry and I just didn't have the option to eat, or it was bed time and I couldn't eat more. So I just dealt with being hungry.
This was good for me. It is important to be able to be hungry sometimes and just exist with it.
It is now easier for me to be hungry and not feel urgency that I need to eat.

I also learned that five meals a day works pretty well for me. I don't feel as hungry and the smaller meals are manageable. And I think my stomach shrunk getting used to eating five meals.

Drinking the olive oil wasn't the hard part: keeping the olive oil down was.

It was very important to have the high-fat filling foods readily available for almost every meal (not breakfast). I had nuts mid-morning, an avocado with lunch, nuts mid afternoon, and another avocado with dinner. I would have had a lot more trouble if I couldn't have the fat.

Conclusion:
I feel better. I liked the cleanse overall, though there were occasional unpleasant things. The Roxy-powder was very effective, and I never felt dehydrated from it. The livertrex's taste was mild and tolerable and the acv and water tonic was very mild. The Epsom salts in water was very bitter, but it was only 8oz, so also tolerable. The olive oil was icky, but when drunk with orange juice as a chaser, it was just fine. This cleanse did not have any negative side-effects for me. My body feels better! Remember, I'm only 24 and I had lots of stones. Depending on your lifestyle, you may or may not have stones as well.

I highly recommend this cleanse for anyone thinking about it.

Would you do a liver cleanse? Do you think you could do it?

See my liver cleanse day 1-2 here.
See day 3-4 here.
See day 5 (flush day) here.

Week four of weight loss

I reached 203 today.
Down 1.6 from last week, and I feel good, and I don't feel like I'm starving and I get to have two tablespoons of coconut oil chocolate everyday. It's a good treat for me to have to make it through the afternoon.

I am using the old Points system from back in the day when I was on Weight Watchers. I was a pro. I still know all the points of everything.

I made a goal to be down 25lbs by the end of the year and also to workout with Ttapp four or five times a week. My goal weight is 165.

But I can tell you, but the time I am 190, I am going to be the darndest good looking person weighing 190 you've ever seen. Just sayin.

My body is healthier than it has ever been, despite my current weight. My basal body temperature is 97.8 in my follicular phase and 98.3 in my luteal phase. That might not mean much to you, but before I was pregnant with Yonah it was 97.0, sometimes in the 96.6 range. That's low. It is much better for you to have a higher basal temp because it means your thyroid is functioning. Yay functioning thyroid.

Also healthier: I am not using articifial sugars like I was when I was on Weight watchers in 2002-2007 and then all the way through 2013. And I don't crave sugars. Many things are too sweet for me now. Ben and I had some organic oreo cookies in the house and they were good, but they were too sweet, so he brought them for his employees at work and they loved them (of course). And I'm eating fat! Yay yummy saturated fat! That helps me feel much more satisfied.

This is one of those things that people talk about as a weight loss kicker after a baby is born: breastfeeding. Well I'm here to tell you that that is NOT the case for everyone.

Personally, I think that "bouncing back" after a baby is created and birthed has much more to do with genetics of the lady and her body's hormonal functions and metabolism than breastfeeding. Now that Yonah is nursing less I get to eat less, but I'm also less hungry. I like being less hungry. It makes weight loss more doable.
Let me tell you, I have to be intentional about every single pound I lose. I have to track my food intake, I have to keep working out, I have to weigh myself weekly, because I can't just hope that it's going to change and keep eating.

"Oh I'm going to weigh ten pounds less soon."
goes and makes more coconut oil chocolate

You know it's really funny where I lose weight first--and it has always been this way--in my chest. At least I know I'm losing weight--it's very notiicable.

Here's to keepin on, keepin on.

Yes you can!