This is the halfway point. I can't determine whether it's better to work 8-10 hour days while detoxing, or if you should take a vacation in order to cleanse and maintain your sanity. The upside of working and detoxing is the distraction of task after task. However, if you spend 9 hours chasing small children, pushing strollers up canyon hills, and serving as a human jungle gym, it can be a challenge.
I ate a peach for breakfast, and then managed to make a carrot-celery-parsley-strawberry-banana smoothie a couple hours later. Shortly thereafter, I ate a banana with raw almond butter (I figured raw nut butters are probably allowed). I ate a nectarine mid-afternoon, and then two peaches on my way from work to a therapy session. Now, later than I would have liked, I am eating a huge salad of romaine, spinach, raw cabbage, raw red pepper, sprouts, chickpeas, onion, and some organic Green Goddess dressing. I'm not sure why Green Goddess is permitted, but I will absolutely take it. And, I drank jug after jug of dandelion root tea with lemon all day long. Dandelion root tea tastes a bit like watered down coffee and it cleanses your liver.
I went from therapy to yoga (the most luxurious pairing I can imagine) and took a wonderful class taught by Manda. Lots of twists, slow sun salutations, and deeply held standing poses.
The last day of the cleanse, Friday, is a big travel day for me - hours and hours of flight towards Chicago for a family reunion. I suppose the ultimate challenge will be finishing the cleanse on a good note while in airports, airplanes, and at the mercy of my Italian-American relatives.
*One of the toughest parts of this cleanse is remembering not to eat fruit after meals. Fruit will actually ferment the food already digesting in your stomach, creating gastrointestinal issues.
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