I am on day 7 of the Master Cleanse. I have fought through this first week and I am so proud and looking forward to sharing this wonderful cleanse with everone I know that suffers from symptoms of years of bad eating stuck to the inside of their bodies.
I went to Whole Foods yesterday with the intent of buying the rest of the lemons and Grade B Syrup for the last for days of the cleanse. My partner was driving so I started looking at non food items as to not tempt myself.
I found a diet journal which I intend to use for my new (as close as possible to) raw veggie diet to prolong the effects of this master cleanse. I started looking at book and found one about a Juicing Fast. I flipped through it and there was a whole section on coming off of a fast and what foods are best to eat when. This has been the thing I am most worried about; coming off the diet and wasting all my hard work fasting by returning to the same eating habits and further polluting my body.
Apparently, all the crap we eat in processed foods gets stored in fat because it takes so long to break down. This cleanse is a detox that breaks away and eliminates all this out of your intestines and colon also elminating cravings since its not in your body any more.
I was reading that book when a store clerk chimed in on his own fasting and recommended some books to read. Just then I found a book written about the Master Cleanse fast I am on! It had all sorts of testimonials from people who had done it and it was written by someone who has done the cleanse several times!
What a relief!
Everything I have been going through is in there! Its great to know I am doing things right and am properly detoxing my body!
The first three days were the hardest. I was lethargic, no energy, starving and having cravings. They say you can distinguish actual craving from hungry by what you are craving. If you are craving SAD (Standard American Diet: meat, dairy, 100% cooked food, no raw veggies, very few if any raw fruits) like hamburgers, pizza, junk food or fried food etc its because your body is eliminating the leftovers that are not digested in your intestines. If you are craving fresh fruits and veggies you are truly hungry. I had both cravings and hunger. Recently I have been craving cottage cheese with cherry tomatoes! Great! The first few days I did want stuff that is bad for you which is great because that means my body was getting rid of that stuff! This is going to make the switch to eating clean and healthy much easier!
Other things they mentioned:
I am feeling cold a lot when I am usually hot. The cleanse temporarely lowers your metabolism which gives you chills.
It cleanses all your organs and glands so senses become much more intest. I can smell everything! I can smell people! Its aweful. Clean people around me that usually don’t have a smell are stinky. I can smell halitosis everywhere! The theater was terrible!
I have dreams I cheat on the cleanse then am super happy when I wake up and am still going strong.
The tea gave me a few night cramps in my stomach but that was good because it must have been breaking up some bad stuff!
I am starting to feel lively and energetic! Im finally cleaning my body!
I have also lost a noticeable 6lbs!
They say the 7th day is one of the hardest! I am determent to get through it!
More to come!
Javier Solis * GEMINI * P.O. Box 8102 * Portland, OR 97207
Tel. +1.503.740.9100
Tags: fast, Lemonaid diet, Master Cleanse
