Someone Imperfectly Me: Detox day 8: Debrief

I did it!!!!
I did it!!!

I. AM. DONE!

Afterthoughts:

Day 2 was by far the hardest-- especially emotionally and mentally
Day 4 was the easiest-- I think adding smoothies in the night before helped
Total weight lost: 4.2 lbs
Total inches lost from waist: 3.75"
"Rock in the gut" feeling in stomach mostly gone
I do not feel a change in energy levels
Not too much change in poop
Lots and lots more peeing, more than ever
Feel like my body is ready to get back to more substantial food-- day 7 I started to feel it was holding on to everything-- peeing less, etc.
I need to start exercising again I kind of stopped exercising this entire detox because of low energy.
I feel like I was holding my breath the last 7 days-- had to remember to breathe!
I do think 7.5 hours is my ideal amount of sleep
I think dairy probably isn't the best and I should try to keep it as a special treat
My sugar cravings are gone physically but mentally I still love the idea of having a cookie or treat so I still kind of want them, just not physically

So here are pictures from Day 1 and this morning on Day 8-- no filters on any of these but taken different times of day, I think in general the puffiness is what mainly changed and some redness in the face gone: