DAY 6!!

Almost there! J I’m also soo close to my total goal! It feels pretty good getting this far, even though I’m still considering ending earlier. I can’t believe I haven’t eaten food in 6 days! :O And with friends, my moms cooking, a birthday party, I think I have more will power than I thought.

       Well on day 11 of my cleanse I have a big test, and I was thinking of ending my cleanse on day 9 so that by the 11^th day I can eat, and get some brain power to do good on that test. I guess on the 9^th day if I still have some energy I will keep going on. I don’t want my mom to not quite before me, then rub it in my face!

       Well I have almost hit the 10 pounds mark! 9.5 pounds since day 1!! Wooohoo! :D just 5.5 pounds left till I reach my ultimate goal! Wish me luck for my last 4 days.

       Today I noticed something big since my detox started. My nails have been growing longer, and stronger. This is kind of a big deal since I have always had weak brittle nails. I don’t know if this has something to do with the detox or not.

       Well all else is normal; I have had 4 cups of lemonade, and will be drinking 1 or two more and a cup of tea tonight. Weight will be posted tomorrow!

Day 5!

HALF WAY DONE! :D

         OHhhh thank god! Day 4, I’ve lost 8.4 lbs. didn’t even loose a full pound since day 3 :/ lame! Oh well, I finally got some exercise in today, so lets hope that helps.

         Day 5 started out with my first salt water bath. I screwed it up because I only did 1 teaspoon of salt in 32 ounces, instead of 2, so I drank about 5 ounces with 1 teaspoon of salt right after. Which was very very very very very GROSS! But the really gross part, was the result of the SWB!!! Throughout the whole day I had to take major bathroom breaks because of it, super gross! >.<

         The SWB cleaned me out very good, and I’m glad I did that instead of the laxative because it didn’t give me a stomachache like the pills and tea do. I think I drank about 4-5 cups because I wasn’t very hungry today. I have finally gotten over the taste of the Cheyenne pepper, I think? Lets hope so!

         Tonight my mom made her very, scrumptious, delicious, tasty..mhmm I can keep going on, very good smelling chicken chili. I had to use every single drop of will power inside me not to take a bite. The temptations were all over the house, literally, the chili smelt up the entire house!! Yeaa, lovely! :l

         Well weight results for today will be up tomorrow after I weight myself. I will be drinking the laxative tea tonight, hopefully I wont get any stomach aches from it!

Day 4! (3 results)

I’m almost half way done!! BOOYA! Although im excited that I’ve made it this far, I’m still having doubts that i will last all 10 days :( I’m thinking about cutting it to 7 days, but i know i will be disappointed if i don’t keep with it. Thankfully I have my mom as my support and I know she wont let me live it down if I stop at 7 days.

Today isn’t very interesting, I got up at about 1 (hmmm?) and I stayed home all day! I didn’t have any pain except for later this evening. This morning, or should I say afternoon, after I woke up I took a laxative pill, and tonight I drank the tea. I’ve been having more bowel movements lately, just incase you were wondering ;) I’m guessing the laxatives are finally taking an effect on me! Tonight, my stomach pains weren’t to bad, just before I had to go to the bathroom, my stomach would let me know. :/

Well I weighed myself when I woke up and I know weigh (according to my 100 lb rule) 92.2! Which means in all I’ve lost in all 7.8 lbs in just 4 days! J

I only drank 4 cups of lemonade today, it might have been because I woke up so late, but I wasn’t very hungry! I think my stomach shrunk? Lets hope so!

I will be posting weight results tomorrow. Lets hope for some major small numbers :)

Day 3 (2 weight results)

Day 3! 74 hours and NO SOLID FOOD! wooohooo! 

              Well last night I had another stomachache, but it wasn’t as bad as the morning of day 2, thank god! I finally got the laxatives to work, although I think I found out the cause of my cramps! I have been taking a herbal laxative tea (smooth move) every night, I find it very tasty, it fills me up, and it adds some more variety to the just the lemonade, but every night/next morning, I get terrible stomach aches before I have to go to the bathroom. The tea is working, but it’s getting painful. Hopefully it will go away once I get used to not eating, and drinking the lemonade and tea. 

Today we had a birthday in the family, so of course my mom and her wonderful cooking skills had to bake a delicious (I’m assuming) Italian meal, with a strawberry pastry mmmmhmmmm.. And I had to help make all of it! TORTURE! I was thinking about giving in so many times, but thank god I have some will power left! I willingly drank my lemonade and tea while everyone (besides my mom and I) ate a huge meal and dessert.

               So here comes the part we are all waiting for……. drum roll please! ..........I have lost a total of 6 lbs! In the first 2 days! For all of you who are mathematically challenged, that’s 3 LBS A DAY!!! YAY! Today’s results will be posted tomorrow (hopefully morning. but that’s when I will weight myself).

             For all of you who are considering doing the Master Cleanse, please read about it before you start!! You can’t just get the ingredients and start! You need to know a little bit about it before you start!

Check back tomorrow to see day 3 results! :)

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Day 2

                   OHHH BOYY!  Today is not off to a goods start! :( I woke up at 7:30 (thats about 3 1/2 hours before i usually do) with a terrible, and i mean TERRIBLE stomach ache!! I was rolling around on the floor, crying, in so much pain. If childbirth is the worse pain there is, then i do NOT want to know what that feels like after this. So the pain lasted for about 2 more hours, off and on, but it eventually went away. I finally had a "cleansing". I suppose you know what i mean when i say cleansing now!
                  So the GOOD NEWS is that i lost about 5 lbs. Since were saying i weighed 100 (just to keep it simple), i now weigh 95.5 :D hopefully i can keep it up! My goal is to weigh 85 lbs. Meaning i would like to loose 15+ pounds. So far i have had 1 glass of the lemonade, and hopfully im going to hit the gym soon, so i should drink alot more! Its so... uhmm replusive, yea thats the word!!!
                  Well i will post again either tonight or tomorrow morning with more updates!

Day 1 (continued)

                  Well i am happy to say i have survived 1 whole day without food!
Side effects: tummy ache, head ache, dizziness ( but i have been getting dizzy allot in the last few months anyways), and of course HUNGER!
                 Today wasn't as difficult as i thought it would be. Besides the fact that the "cleansing" part of the detox didn't exactly work, if you catch my drift, but i'm certain that tomorrow i will get results!!
                 I drank 4 or 5 cups today. I know its highly not recommended to drink less than 6. But i woke up at 12, and i didn't feel the need to keep drinking. The lack of lemonade might have resulted in my headache, but hopefully tomorrow that will go away.
                I ended the night with an herbal laxative tea. This was much easier to drink than the lemonade! I actually enjoyed the flavor, although results have not been showed yet.
                So far, so good i would say. I will post my weight first thing in the morning, before i drink any lemonade to show results. Cross your fingers i didn't starve myself for a day for no reason!!
                P.S. if you are planning on going on the master cleanse, a little word of advice..
                        1) Do NOT watch the food network, or any other cooking shows for that matter! its painful!
                        2) Try as hard as you can to get the other people in the house to join you! it will be easier with support!
                        3) When someone else is cooking something, leave the room. Its easier than sitting there watching and smelling it all, in complete torture!!

Day 1

                    Today is August 2, 2010 and its the first day of the Master Cleanse. It was recommended by the plan to start of with a 3 day ease in to the lemonade diet. It consists of eating a vegan diet for 1 day, then a vegetable broth only day, then orange juice only for the last day, to get your body ready for drinking only liquids for 10 days. I chose not to do this, but it probably would have made these 10 days much easier.
                    I started my cleanse off by taking a laxative pill last night, and again this morning. Neither of them had any effect on me. This must have been because of my poor diet over the weekend. I told myself that because of the cleanse that i'm going on, i might as well eat a bunch of crappy food to make up for the lack of food over the next 10 days. POOR CHOICE! I gained 5 lbs. in the last week because of it! Stupid decision on my part.
                   The master cleanse also provides an alternative to the morning laxative, The Salt Water Flush! This is a quart of water, and 2 teaspoons of sea salt. Over a year ago i did the master cleanse and the first morning i did the SWF, worst experience of my life! 1) it was so hard to drink that much water in 10 minutes. 2) It gave me that "gotta throw up" feeling. 3) it definitely said what it was going to do, and in a matter of 15 minutes, my system was FLUSHED! Now if you are really dedicated to the master cleanse, it wouldn't be a bad thing to give the SWF a try, if its not to bad to drink, then keep with it because the it works allot faster and more efficient than a laxative.
                   So i have had 2 glasses of lemonade today (1 tablespoon maple syrup, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 1/16 teaspoon Cheyenne pepper, and 8 ounces of water). The recommended amount of lemonade a day is 6-12 glasses, although some more active people drink up to 26. I don't feel that hungary even though i barley have anything in my system. I think the thought of another glass is to repulsive to be hungary for it. Its already 4:05 and i still need to drink 4 more glasses before bed. :/
                   I would like to put how much i weigh so we can keep track of how much i loose, but i have a feeling it might come back to haunt me so lets just say i weigh 100 lbs. Now thats an easier number to deduct from any ways. I will (hopefully) be posting everyday about my progress.

                   Just so everyone knows, this is completely safe what i'm doing. This detox gives you all the nutrients and energy you need! its not anywhere near starving myself. If you read about the Master Cleanse (also known as the Lemonade Diet) or buy the books, you will find out that this is completely safe, and very good for someone who has recently been sick, is trying to fight off diseases, needs to loose weight, or just wants to clean out there system.