I'm done! (This is said in a cheerful way)

So it's been 2 months and I'm done with the cleanse. Although I feel healthier and lost weight, it was the wrong cleanse for what was wrong with me. The lesson learned through all of this is...

1. I do have self control and can go without sugar, flour, dairy, fruit, vinegar, artificial sweeteners, soda, chips, vegetable oil, beef, pork, all other meat that is not organic etc. for 2 months. I am a sugar-aholic and when I read about this cleanse I thought there was no way I could ever give it up but I did it!
2. When you feel something is wrong with your body, listen to it and don't leave the doctor's office until you get tests done that you think will help you. DON'T take no for answer. If I had done that with 3 of the specialists I went to, I would have been written a simple antibiotic 6 months ago and wouldn't have had to go through months of misery. Nobody knows your body better than you! And my experience is proof that even some of the best specialists out there can be wrong and will assume rather than testing to see. (And by the way, after taking 3 of the 40 pills prescribed, I'm already feeling so much better after months and months of being miserable.)
   
3. Eating healthy is much more expensive than eating unhealthy. How sad is that?
4. It is not fun to have to make separate meals for Scott and myself. So I have to find some healthy yummy recipes, because I want to eat healthy from now on but not as strict as I was. And my loving husband is totally supportive of that.
5. I am a totally grouch when going off of sugar cold turkey and it was probably best Scott had rehearsal at nights during that time.
6. Going out to eat, there are very few items at any restaurant that are healthy.
   
7. Juicing green vegetables tastes nasty!
8. Going off of the good food is a great start to a diet. This is just the start, gotta look good for California in 3 months!
   

Even though this didn't cure my problem, I'm glad I did it. BTW I'm starting out little by little with the food. I had a drizzle of ranch dressing on my salad last night and it was super yummy!