Day One- What have I got myself into?

So.... here goes. My first blog. I really don't know what I am doing, but hey, this keeps me from eating a box of Thin Mint cookies that I was supposed to throw out.

For those of you that don't know, I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus on March 16. I couldn't believe the diagnosis and that I have this chronic disease- no one in my family has/had it, I thought I lived a pretty healthy lifestyle, but shit happens. I'm not going to let this lupus thing get me down. My doctors suggested that I do a cleanse- hmmm...like Beyonce's 7 day Master Cleanse??- not so lucky! This cleanse is 28 DAYS! Yes, 28 DAYS of no cheese, bread, beer, wine, chocolate-- OMG! How am I going to do this? Well, this is why I decided to blog about this. Make this experience funny, make you all laugh in the process and also make you all feel good that you aren't doing a 28 DAY CLEANSE!!!

So far so good- I had my "cleanse shake" at 6:30 this AM- it's yellow and it looks like what Bogey pukes up after he eats too much (got that visual?)It wasn't bad; it's pink lemonade flavor, I guess. I didn't get much of the flavor. Then I moved on to a banana for a mid-AM snack and then a salad with chicken for lunch. Dinner will be a turkey patty with a sweet potato and corn. I guess there won't be a Harley ride to DQ tonight- balls! I can't wait to watch my Monday shows on TV; I am going to count how many food commericals I see and will report back with the results-

Thanks for reading and stay tuned! I plan to write an entry every afternoon for the next now 27 days- feel free to kick me any suggestions you want me to "blog" about- I won't go into the "what happens to my poop" during this cleanse, (unless I get enough votes from my homies) LOL- Chao and Hugs, Mel