By the third day I was shaking, feverish, had lost five pounds (I’m 5’7 with a 115 lb frame so five pounds is a ton of weight on me) and felt awful. I had to start introducing some protein (lentils and brown rice to start which felt amazing!).

I’m a huge meat eater but I found that I didn’t want to eat any meat or cheese after the cleanse and I wasn’t craving caffeine or alcohol anymore. I’ve mostly cut out caffeine since and have been eating very little meat/cheese but the alcohol was too hard to give up completely. My job is so social and I found it challenging not to have a drink or two at networking events. I’ll need to keep working on this one.

Anyway, you’re probably finished with this cleanse but good luck with any future ones. My good friend who is a naturopath recommended I take a liver support supplement and a natural laxative to help my body get through the cleanse. She suggested Psyllium Husk and Milk Thistle Dandelion to keep everything moving and to make sure I didn’t do any damage to my liver during the detox. That and fish oil. So keep that in mind for next time!