Days 8-9

I'm almost there!!!  Back to the fiber drink! Still no cheats.  Pretty dang proud of that! One day left and I can say I completed this cleanse with not even a single slip up! Today is day 10 - I will share about day 10 tomorrow, along with final numbers! I am feeling so wonderful, so much lighter.  Not because of the amount of weight lost, but I am no longer feeling weighed down and sluggish from so much processed food!  This isn't easy - but it so much easier than I thought it would be.  I won't lie and say I haven't had cravings -- oh boy have I had cravings!  But I have NOT given into them!  I don't want to give in to them! I have noticed they have lessened as the time has gone on.  I had to make bars yesterday for church - I had no desire to even lick my fingers!  Don't get me wrong - tomorrow there will be a piece of chocolate in my day! But I have 24 days left of the Advocare challenge and I am not going to go back to my old ways.  I will allow myself a cheat every now and then though.  I am really looking forward to being able to add back some of my favorites into my diet.  I know that I could have natural peanut butter on the cleanse - but for me it's better to just stay away from it completely.  I probably took out a few more things than I needed, but after reading what to eat and what not to eat from so many different places, I was so confused.  So if it was questionable, I left it out.  Except olive oil.  I read toward the end that you are not supposed to cook with it.  I did.  I figure it's better than vegetable or canola oil right? And it was limited.  I don't think it hurt my results.  I guess we will find out tomorrow. . .   . . . .