Teeccino Cleanse: Day 2

I woke up this morning feeling physically pretty good, hungry but nonetheless good. Again I scoured the kitchen for a breakfast item that didn't contain added sugar and came up with a really bland bowl of oat bran. Bland because I couldn't add my normal sweet fixings of maple syrup, brown sugar, regular sugar, or chocolate syrup. Instead I resorted to some cinnamon and quite frankly it was awful. I would have added some milk but I didn't have any and the rice milk that was in the fridge had loads of sugar in it (I get the Vanilla kind :) ) Needless to say, I was hungry again in less than two hours.

It's very surreal to actually be on a cleanse after watching so many of my old roommates and sister routinely put themselves on one. I never thought that I would actually have a want or need to do one but it's happening, and I'm a little upset with myself for disregarding my family history of diabetes as blantantly as I have been. I mean come on, when I can't eat about 75% of my kitchen cupboards then I know I have a problem. But, admitting I have a problem is the first step and I'm sure that by the time this 21-day span is up I will have new and different eating patterns.

I forced myself to finally go on a run during my lunch break today and it felt amazing! I've been telling myself to do this for sooo long, I mean I'm in Santa Barbara where it's near perfect weather everyday, and the entire time I kept mentally reminding myself that I'm burning fat, not sugar. I have felt for awhile now that my workouts are somewhat stagnant as far as weight loss is concerned and it finally dawned on me that I've just been burning off sugars. Without a diet full of that evil white stuff I might actually lose that little bit on the hips that makes me dread bikini season. Two-Piece here I come!

Oh wait, frozen yogurt here I come...not! Despite my intense cravings for some sugary goodness I managed to drive past 5 different yogurt and ice cream shops on my way homefrom Barnes and Noble. Talk about focus and will power. Not only was it hard to concentrate on reading my book while the constant aroma of Starbucks was coming my way but now I'm having to pass up my favorite topping buffet. Luckily I have my Teeccino to help curb these cravings as well as a chocolate protein powder that is so much more delicious now than before I started the cleanse. Keep a lookout for the name of this stuff in a future post.

My final thought today, why am I so thirsty? I've been downing so much water over these past couple of days and I'm wondering if it's a symptom of suddenly quitting sugar. Nothing quenches it! I'll see if this thirst persists and try to find a cure...