detox, days 4 & 5!

So, as promised, I have definitely started feeling better. I had an awesome workout yesterday in which I didn't feel fatigued at all, and I have stopped having that empty feeling all the time. In fact, my body rarely gets hungry at all. Which I'm not sure is healthy either. If I have a smoothie for breakfast, I don't start feeling hungry until about 4 or 5 in the afternoon. I then eat a snack and I could be done for the day. By 10 o'clock last night when I still didn't feel like eating, I had a bowl of soup just so I would have something in my body. I know my body is adjusting to the detox which is a great thing, but am I really supposed to be this satisfied on hardly any food at all? I'm still really craving foods I can't have, but I am also feeling content with what I've been eating.

I had a conversation with my boss (who is studying nutrition) today about these detoxes and she asked me what I was really craving. The obvious answer, pizza. When she asked me when I was going to eat pizza, I said, "in like three weeks when I'm done with this thing." She said, "no, this weekend." We then got into a discussion about how these cleanses are great, but while they're supposed to set the tone for a lifestyle that you'd like to have, they are somewhat unrealistic. I definitely want to continue to be healthy and make smart eating choices when I'm done detoxing, but I also want to have chocolate. I talked to my friend tonight who is in her second week of the same detox and she told me how she had taken a trip to San Francisco, and "cheated." But when you're visiting Napa with friends you haven't seen in a while, are you really going to sacrifice having a glass of wine? Definitely not. We both agreed that she should definitely not feel bad, especially since she is back to following the guidelines. Even during this cleanse, I don't think there is really anything wrong with the occasional "bad" food, especially if you intend this to transfer to a real lifestyle. I'm still going to try to get through these three weeks without any of the "taboo" foods, but come day 22, I'm sure as hell going to have a piece of pizza. I'm absolutely inspired to continue my detox eating habits past the end of the cleanse, but with the occasional slice of pizza of course. Because, realistically, who wants to live in a dietary world that doesn't include pizza? Not this girl.