Pop-tarts and Gummy Bears

Camree and I did a colon cleanse 2 summers ago (summer of 2011).

Camree has chronic… weirdness… in her stomach region. I told this to a colleague and she and some other colleagues swore by this hydrotherapy colon cleanse. Caused miracles in their lives.

So, we did it.

For 5 weeks we didn’t eat a thing. 3 times a day we drank this juice from fresh veggies (can’t remember all the ingredients, but some were – cilantro, dandelion leaves, ginger, kale, beets, lemon). We’d juice the veggies and drink the mixture three times a day. Most the time I’d rather go hungry than drink it. At first it wasn’t so bad, but by the 4^th week I couldn’t handle it. Honestly, it’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Doesn’t sound like it should be that hard, but it was really difficult. I didn’t cheat once and neither did Camree.

We did have some lows though…

At my lowest, I was babysitting for a friend. I fed her kids dinner, which I couldn't have, and I was so hungry and exhausted I wanted to cry and go to sleep. Instead, I took a Pop-tart out of her cupboard and chewed it and spit it out. One bite at a time.

At her lowest, Camree stuffed gummy bears up her nose so she could smell them and wouldn’t taste the veggie drink.

Love,

Brittney