Getting and Staying Healthy After Fifty

Well, at least my scale says I lost another pound. I haven’t done my salt water flush, so I may lose another after that, but gain it back as soon as I drink some more lemonade.

I actually saw a waistline this morning! Been a long time since I’ve seen that.

My tongue has this grayish-greenish coating, which I sincerely hope goes away in the next two days. Tomorrow is my last day on this fasting, so if it’s not gone after the four days of orange juice and vegetable soup, I may have to just go back on it until it clears.

I can sincerely say that the absolute worst part of this whole thing is the salt water flush. I hate it! I even add a little lemon juice to make it more bearable, and I still hate it! I also hate having to run to the potty every ten minutes for two or more hours. I’ll be so glad when the next two days are over, so I don’t have to do that anymore.

I used the fiber laxative last night, and got solids out this morning. I saw a couple more of those solid ball looking things. Someone said those were bile stones, but mine weren’t green. They are just sort of oblong and really solid. Hard to think those things have been in me all this time. Eck!

So my friend the health nut says that if I continue with the lemonade during the day and raw veggie meal at night, I will still detox and still lose a lot of weight. She’s done this for up to 60 days with no ill effects.

I’ve been really cold the last couple of days. Last night, my thermostat said 76 without the heat on, and I was freezing. Had a hard time getting warm when I went to bed last night, although it was 74 in the house. Had to crank up the heated mattress pad to 4, which is very unusual. I’ve never put it on over 3, except that one night when it got down to 25.

The burning in my gut is gone, although it’s still rumbling. Must be the salt water.

More tomorrow…

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