Freelee's Challenge: Day 85

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

None--still sick

Food

Meal 1: 90 oz. o.j.

Meal 2: 7 medium bananas, 23 Barhi dates, blended in a smoothie

Meal 3: 6 C. heirloom lettuce from my garden, African Peanut Stew (brown rice, stewed tomatoes, red and yellow peppers, mushrooms, onion, natural peanut butter, salt)

>1 tsp. chia in cold water

3478 cal.  87/8/5 C/F/P, 1513 mg. sodium 

Water

16 cups/ 128 oz.

Sleep

Slept pretty well from 9:30-8:30.

Today's Pleasures

Sunbathing

Harvesting lettuce in my garden

Detox 

Cough, heavy lungs, fatigue

Infection under the skin on my rib cage; it's red, swollen, and tender to the touch, about the size of a walnut

Itchy rash in various spots on my chest, arms, and legs

White coating on my tongue 

Swollen, dark under-eye circles in the morning  

Some gas

Minor redness and bumpiness on forehead, nose and chin

Stress level

Low

Daily Thoughts

I got up a little bit today.  Did a few dishes, juiced my own breakfast.  Then I was exhausted and had to lay back down.  It was super-hot today!  I got up around dinner time to harvest some lettuce. My garden desperately needs rain. It was my hubbie's birthday, but we didn't do much of a celebration.  The kids made him adorable cards.