There is increasingly less to write about as the cleanse goes on. It has just become a normal thing I do now. Of course, the big news is that tomorrow is the final day of the cleanse, so that’s interesting.

Been out and about for the past two days. On Wednesday, I went to see U23D in IMAX 3-D, and tonight I just got back from seeing Howard Jones live in concert, since I won free tickets. Very different experiences, but both worthwhile. I was surprised how many Howard Jones songs I remembered, as well as how he pulled in a decent size crowd who were really big fans of his. Very chatty and appreciative, so good time out. U2 is always good live, of course, but it was interesting to see how good they’re getting at 3D. The movie definitely had moments and, unlike my handful of live U2 DVDs, this one definitely made you feel like you were at a show.

I was upset to find that I’m getting a zit near my mouth. Up until now, the cleanse has sort of been working really well as far as clearing everything up, nice glow, etc., but not sure what’s up with this latecomer.

It’s interesting to see my bowl of lemons/limes on the kitchen and my instinct is that I’ll have to run out and get more, I’m almost out… only, that’s the point. The strange bit is that it takes three days to come off this thing, so my next actual dinner is Tuesday (although a lot of veggies/vegans seem to break it in two days from what I read), so maybe Monday.

So, Saturday morning, whenever I’m hungry I just start drinking full-strength, freshly-squeezed orange juice. I have no clue how that is supposed to curb hunger, since mentally it is just orange juice. But who can tell, I have been off solid foods for 10 days, so we’ll just see if my system goes along with that. At least with the lemonade concoction, there was the whole element of blind faith that somehow lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper satisfy hunger.

My master cleanse books have already been sold and shipped off to their new owners through Amazon, as this isn’t really something I see myself doing again. Of course, if I did do it again, it isn’t like I’d have to read up on it anyway. I am still unclear whether tomorrow or Saturday would be my last salt water cleanse, since the cleanse is supposed to flush out all of the toxins loosened up by the laxative tea the night before. So, it seems like I should drink tea tomorrow night, and do one last salt water flush upon waking, and then start in with the OJ. That’s probably what I’ll do.

I’m sort of covering all the minutiae here, so that tomorrow I can reflect or something on having done the cleanse. Unless anything surprising or dramatic happens coming off the cleanse, I imagine tomorrow will be the last post in this thread.

But, like I said, not much has happened. So, I’ll keep this brief.

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