Halfway Observations (10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse)

So yesterday was Day 5 of the cleanse, and it wasn't an easy day... well part of it.  Part of it was full of nausea, diarrhea, and feeling faint.  I don't believe it was all due to cleanse, but miss mother nature and maybe the cleanse just heightened these side affects that I sometimes get around that time.  I felt better at the end of the day and set out to get my shopping list for the last five days, which brings me to my first observation:

Observation #1:  I didn't really need much off of the second shopping list.  I still had greens and frozen fruit leftover from the first five days shopping list.  The only thing I needed to get was frozen pineapples, which were not on the first shopping list.  I bought mixed fruit which had strawberries, peaches, mangoes and pineapples, with more of the former than the latter of course so I will need to go out and get frozen pineapples again... by themselves this time! lol.  However I am now with a surplus of strawberries and peaches.  I'm pretty sure I'm using all the right amounts, because I measure ingredients according to book.  I may need to buy some more spinach before it's over, but I'm going to play the rest of the days out and see; perhaps the shopping list is written with a "better safe than sorry" mentality, which is great because that means this cleans will cost less than I expected.

Observation #2:  I don't find myself extraordinarily hungry.  When I am hungry I eat my snacks.  Now don't get me wrong I do miss food, I mean I am a foodie after all, but it;s not like I'm starving.  I find that my organic/all natural peanut butter is great for curbing my appetite and is probably something I will keep up with even when the cleanse is over.  Peanut butter is something that I eat a lot of and often, so it;s important that I choose the most healthiest option.

Observation #3: As of yesterday morning I had loss 7lbs.  The book's cover promotes lose 10-15lbs in 10 days, so being down 5-8lbs halfway thru seems right on target.

Observation #4: Day 6 Smoothie is actually green (ones so far have been like a baby poop green or muddy burgundy/brown) and actually looks appetizing and looks like this picture off of group Facebook page.