Day 1

I got up at 5:30 and went straight to the kitchen to make my lemonade for the day. I made 64 ounces to have for the day and I drank one serving before I left for work. I was surprised it took 6 lemons to make a cup of juice. I'm going to be buying a lot of lemons!

The lemonade was pretty sweet because of the maple syrup. I couldn't really taste the cayenne tincture. So I finished my first serving around 7:15 and got hungry again around 8:45....only 90 minutes later! So I drank more, this time over ice. Still quite sweet! Someone suggested I water it down and that seemed to help me get it down, but I think even more than that, a straw made it easier to chug. I drank a bit more through the day and then had a another serving around 5 PM. I'm not sure I can drink much more today. I am so tired and sluggish but I want to try and get a walk in with the girls tonight.

I am steeping my first cup of peppermint smoothe move tea -- an herbal laxative tea suggested for each evening. So that's that. I guess I've made it long enough today to call it a success. The next 9 days are going to be a bitch to say the least, but I'm hoping the positive side effects won't make me care.