Well, Aren't I the Cunning Linguist!

Day NINE!
Weight - 215lbs
BF - 18.4%
Tongue - Almost back to normal

According to the book, The Master Cleanser, your tongue is a good indication of where you are "at" with the whole cleansing process. The pic on the left is from Day 2, and you can see how I've got this yellowish fur on my tongue. Fast forward to the pic on the right, taken this morning, and my tongue is pretty much back to normal.

My body feels different too somehow. I don't really know how do describe it other than to say it feels like it's "done". It's like it is saying, "Okay... nice work Arne, but now that we're clean lets get back to some real food again".

I've been fighting a cold these past few days too, which has sucked. I'd like to think that what with all the lemon juice (and vitamin C) that the duration was shortened... who knows. It hit me hard last Friday (it's Tuesday today), and went through the sore throat, runny nose, and now stuffy nose phase in a matter of about 4 days. Is this good? My feet were cold last night, which is odd for me, and I had to put some warm socks on while in bed last night. A result of the cold or the fast?

Technically, I will have reached the completion of my fast this evening. They say in the book that you can begin the fast mid-day, after eating breakfast and whatnot... and that this beginning-day would be "Day 1". Well, if that's the way they look at it, I started "Day 1" the night before (Sunday Evening - the 4th), as I ate early in the evening and didn't have breakfast the next morning, going straight into the Lemonade.

Like I said, my body feels like it's done, so I think I shall "break fast" by having a small bowl of soup this evening. "The Book" recommends that one live on orange juice for the first day, but I'm border-line hypoglycemic, and as such a little Dennis Leary about subjecting myself to such intense sugar hits. I don't get that from the pure maple syrup because it's a balanced, much less processed form of sugar, rich in minerals. Ergo, I'm going with the soup.

I've prepared for this moment buy purchasing a couple liters of "Pacific Foods Organic Vegetable Broth". It's pretty light, containing only 15 calories per 250ml... so the whole liter is only 60 calories. Okay, so maybe that's not really a "small bowl", but I'm good with that! The idea is to gently wake up the digestive system and prepare it to go back to work. By eating this soup in the evening, and having the night to let my body play with it, I should be ready to start eating lightly tomorrow morning.

I'll keep you posted!