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My Liver Rescue 3:6:9 Journal: Day 5



Day 5!

I’m so excited and proud to have made it half way through Liver Rescue 3:6:9! My liver should well be on its way to being rescued. ;)

Today I’m in one of my happy “quarantine moods”! I’ve had a great day so far. Exercising, drinking my water, celery juice and smoothies. I ventured out to the grocery store and was able to get 99% of the things on my list. I did have to go to a second store to find pitaya but I found it and stocked up! 

Last night was a different story. I woke up at 2 am with my heart racing and my body hot. It was like the biggest hot flash of all time! As many of us do, I went through the symptoms in my head to make sure it wasn’t Covid19. I didn’t think so and I even resisted the urge to get out of bed to check my temperature. I came to the conclusion sometime around 3:30 that I was probably experiencing detox symptoms from the 3:6:9.

Coming to that realization, I was able to prevent panic. My middle of the night reasoning was that I cannot possibly die from eating only fruits and vegetables. And I was right. I eventually fell back to sleep. The Texas storm didn’t even awaken me.

If you’ve ever done a cleanse before and given up something that your body is used to, you know exactly what I’m talking about. I know a lot of people get headaches when trying to get off of caffeine and sugar. It usually lasts for a few days. 

Upon awakening, it occurred to me that Anthony William does mention in the book that the liver runs hot (those aren’t his exact words I feel sure). But remembering that fact made complete sense to me considering the way I felt at 2am. And it also served to solidify my motivation to proceed with the 3:6:9. 

It also reminds me of the way I feel anytime I drink alcohol (a couple of times a week on average), I don’t sleep well. My body becomes hot and I experience tingling in my legs and my heart races. This is another one of the reasons that I wanted to do this cleanse. It seems to me that maybe my liver can’t process the alcohol and it’s causing inflammation in my body. Not scientific, but my own intuition.

And that brings me to an important topic. Intuition. You know what is best for your body. We all do. It’s just that we’ve become so used to outsourcing this wisdom rather than tapping into it to make good decisions for ourselves. And I’m just as guilty of this as anyone. But by listening to the clues that our bodies give us, we can take care of ourselves better than any doctor can. The tricky part is that what is good for one person isn’t always good for another. So we have to ignore what others are doing and the advice they may give us if we know in our hearts that it isn’t serving us. 

Today I have found my motivation. I am committed to following through with the remainder of the 3:6:9! I will happily eat my asparagus and brussel sprouts and salad while I watch my family dine on hamburgers and ice cream. I am doing something amazing for my body and I will survive these 9 days. I cannot possibly die from eating fruits and vegetables!

And since I’ve felt amazing today, I’m hoping that was the worst of my detox symptoms. I’ll keep you posted.




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