Master Cleanse: Day Four
End of day four! Today was AWFUL!
Oh man, how I long for the smooth sailing of day three. I woke up feeling a little nauseated- I still got through all of the salt water, but the thought of drinking any more lemonade made me want to barf. So I made up a big batch of it to take with me, and went off to rehearsal.
Hilariously, we started off this week with a TWO-HOUR bout of ecstatic dance. Which we have never done before, and which required about five times more energy and focus than I had to spare. By the time it was over, I felt like I had been squeezed like a lemon, and had to excuse myself to go and yak. (But nothing came up because my stomach was empty! Ha!)
So that was fun. I forced down some lemonade, immediately felt better, and spent the rest of the day feeling like a zombie. Just regular old blocking would have been difficult enough, but in the afternoon (after "lunch") we got out the monkey tails and spent a couple of hours running around on all fours, jumping up and down like monkeys, running down the aisles, and THEN doing kalari on top of everything. Argh!
Anyhow. I talked with a couple of my cast mates, who have done the cleanse for varying amounts of time, and came to the conclusion that it would serve me best to call it quits after today. I would absolutely like to tackle this again, but perhaps for a period of time during which I won't be doing Indian martial arts and shitloads of running around every day.
So, tomorrow morning- orange juice for breakfast! And- maybe tomorrow evening- vegetable broth! BOUNTY!!!
In other news, Gonzo is a lot more broken than I initially thought, and repairs are going to set me back $500. Ha. Oh car, you are lucky that I am fond of you.
Also, we picked up a box of Smooth Move tea at the grocery store. (Haaaa. Ick.) We'll see if that accomplishes what the salt water hasn't.
Sorry to subject you all to the all-too-intimate details of this process, but it has definitely helped to write about it.
And now, to finish my last glass of lemonade for the day, and watch The Incredibles. Kapwing!
Oh man, how I long for the smooth sailing of day three. I woke up feeling a little nauseated- I still got through all of the salt water, but the thought of drinking any more lemonade made me want to barf. So I made up a big batch of it to take with me, and went off to rehearsal.
Hilariously, we started off this week with a TWO-HOUR bout of ecstatic dance. Which we have never done before, and which required about five times more energy and focus than I had to spare. By the time it was over, I felt like I had been squeezed like a lemon, and had to excuse myself to go and yak. (But nothing came up because my stomach was empty! Ha!)
So that was fun. I forced down some lemonade, immediately felt better, and spent the rest of the day feeling like a zombie. Just regular old blocking would have been difficult enough, but in the afternoon (after "lunch") we got out the monkey tails and spent a couple of hours running around on all fours, jumping up and down like monkeys, running down the aisles, and THEN doing kalari on top of everything. Argh!
Anyhow. I talked with a couple of my cast mates, who have done the cleanse for varying amounts of time, and came to the conclusion that it would serve me best to call it quits after today. I would absolutely like to tackle this again, but perhaps for a period of time during which I won't be doing Indian martial arts and shitloads of running around every day.
So, tomorrow morning- orange juice for breakfast! And- maybe tomorrow evening- vegetable broth! BOUNTY!!!
In other news, Gonzo is a lot more broken than I initially thought, and repairs are going to set me back $500. Ha. Oh car, you are lucky that I am fond of you.
Also, we picked up a box of Smooth Move tea at the grocery store. (Haaaa. Ick.) We'll see if that accomplishes what the salt water hasn't.
Sorry to subject you all to the all-too-intimate details of this process, but it has definitely helped to write about it.
And now, to finish my last glass of lemonade for the day, and watch The Incredibles. Kapwing!