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21 days of cleansing
day 1 through 18 of my 21 day journey
Date: 6/1/2007 1:56:36 PM ( 17 y ) ... viewed 4440 times Saturday, May 12, 2007
just found out about this web site. my plan is to start on Monday, May 14. I have 30 pounds to lose. I plan on doing this by doing the master cleanse also known as the lemonade diet. I've done this once before for 10 days and lost over 15 pounds. And gained it back just as quickly. This time i'm prepared for the back gain but i plan on gaining back only half and then doing weight watchers on my own.
I used to weigh 200 pounds, lost 55 pounds on atkins and gained back 27 pounds. Then at 172 pounds i started weight watchers, lost 44 pounds and was at my goal weight of 128 lbs for about 8 months before gaining back 32 pounds. So it seems eventually i'll be allright. Today I weigh just below160 pounds so overall i'm doing ok. Eventually I will reach my ultimate goal weight of 128 pounds.
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
today is sunday. at 3 a.m. my weight was 160 lbs. tomorrow i am supposed to start this cleanse. it's important to remember that it is not a diet. I will regain at least half the weight i lose, but the plan is to clean out my system and hopefully get rid of my food addiction. Then i want to slowly lose enough weight until i reach my goal of 128 lbs.
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Monday, May 14, 2007
unable to start today because i started my period instead. weight 162 lbs. i ordered the book about master cleanse from amazon.com but it'll take about 2 weeks to get here. if i start tomorrow i'll be done by the time i get all the info from the book. but i'm ready to start. i'm at a point where there is absolutely no food that i like. I can't think of what i might like to eat, nothing sounds good. that of course doesn't stop me from eating all day long. within two days on the diet i'd give anything for a few bites of broccoli or a few sips of soup.
anyhow i have to remind myself that the mastercleanse is only the pre-diet. it will clean out my system and hopefully cure my addiction to overeating.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
day 1
weight: 159 lbs
today i started the master cleanse. i weighed 159 lbs this morning and i had nothing to eat all day except for water/lemon/maple syrup/cayenne. Since about 4 pm I've had the worst headache ever. I'm only slightly hungry but i know i have to drink that smooth move tea and I'll have cramps like crazy tomorrow. why am i doing this to myself? on a positive note: i will look great once i'm done and i'll appreciate food so much more
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
day 2
weight: 156 lbs
i lost 3 lbs. of course it's just water weight, but i'm happy nevertheless. i had such a horrible headache last night so i had to take an aleve. way to go for poisoning my body when i'm supposed to cleanse it. but i don't think i could have made it without that pill. anyhow i'm doing great today. it's my second day on the cleanse and i don't really feel hungry. i do feel weak and tired and i still have somewhat of a headache but i thought it would be worse. the lemonade tastes pretty good this time around and i really feel positive about this cleanse. i can just see myself all skinny and in nice clothes.
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
day3
weight: 153.5 lbs.
i'm doing great. not hungry and no covered tongue. and the headache is gone as well. i've lost 2.5 lbs. i have no doubt about doing at least 10 days on this cleanse and may even extend it to 20 days. i am convinced that by august 13, when i go to Austria i will be skinny. I will weigh 128 lbs.
more later --
well it's amazing but i have almost no symptoms. it's like a miracle. my tongue is barely fuzzy, i'm not hungry, i have few gravings, no headaches -- nothing. i'm visualizing myself at 128 lbs and i know that i will get there and this time stay there. i'm happy and greatful that i'm doing so well on this cleanse.
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Friday, May 18, 2007
day 4
weight 151.5 lbs
all notes were lost during computer malfunction
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Saturday, May 19, 2007
day 5
weight 150 lbs
i finally got the fuzzy tongue but other than that i'm doing great. I have lost 9 lbs in 4 days and other than a little weekness and the aforementioned tongue i have no side effects. no hunger, no headaches, nothing. and i still like the taste of the lemonade
more tomorrow
4 miles on treadmill
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
day 6
weight 149.5 lbs.
only lost 1/2 lb even though i walked 4 miles yesterday. but that's ok, it'l balance out eventually.
my tongue is now quite fuzzy and i've noticed that i'm very irritable. more later
ok i'm back, i can definitely say that symptoms have appeared. my tongue looks like stuff is growing on it, gross. I'm very short tempered and bored by this diet. I want to eat something -- not because i'm hungry (i"m not) but because this is boring. I'm also cold. I was wondering why this didn't happen earlier, since i tend to be cold easily anyhow, but I'm cold now. On the positive side it seems that I wake up easier in the morning and i don't need a Red Bull to get me going either. I get up at 2 am and usually don't sleep till about 9 pm, but now fall asleep before 8 pm. Anyhow I'll try to go for 14 days on this cleanse but I'll take it one day at a time.
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Monday, May 21, 2007
day 7
weight 148 lbs
i've lost 11 lbs in 6 days -- way to go!
well amazon has finally shipped my master cleanse book, it should be here when i get ready to go off the cleanse. i'm hoping that it'll inspire me to stay on a little longer. i'm doing great so far, better than yesterday (off course I just got up about an hour ago). But nevertheless, i feel energized more than i did before the cleanse after a red bull and starbucks. I'm sure the 1.5 lb weight loss lifted my spirits. the day before i only lost half a lb even though i walked 4 miles--i felt cheated. I'm sure it has something to do with water retention.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
day 8
weight 147.5 lbs
i only lost 1/2 lb. that is discouraging since i'm only taking in about 500 calories but overall the results are great. this morning for the first time i did the saltwater flush. 1 quart of warm water with 2 teaspoons of uniodized sea salt. i was so worried about that because years ago (at least 20 years ago) i tried glauber salz once to clean my colon and i couldn't get it down. I can still remember the taste of it, just the thought of it makes me gag. Anyhow this morning's salt water flush was great. It tasted almost like soup. I heard it rumbling in my stomach and about an hour later it came out the other end. I'm so glad i tried it, i was already thinking of returning the sea salt, but i believe that with this additional tool i will really cleanse my system and recoup my health.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
day 9
weight 149
this is weird. I gained 1.5 lbs even though I ate absolutely nothing. If this doesn't blow the 3600 kcal equals 1 lb out the door than I don't know what does. I took in roughly 500 kcal yesterday in 8-10 oz glasses of master cleanse lemonade. the only thing i did differently is that i did the salt water flush in the morning and went to bed at 6 pm and got up again at 11 pm. Usually i get to sleep until 1 or 2 am and I record my weight at that time. I know that salt retains water in the body so I'm hoping that's the reason and since I had no salt intake for 8 days my body must have been really confused.
Since the weight gain makes absolutely no sense I will ignore it and declare a scale misfunction. In other words: it doesn't count. I'm doing great on the cleanse, no longer irritable and i can't complain about too many cravings. The only byproduct is my fuzzy tongue. It looks nasty and feels nasty in my mouth. But I feel healthier. I feel the toxins pouring out of my body and i know that I will eat healthier once I can eat again.
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
day 10
weight: 149.5
well i gained another half lb probably due to the salt water flush. I didn't flush this morning so theoretically I should lose all that water retention weight. I sure feel great. It's like a miracle. I have not eaten any food whatsoever for 10 days and I am not hungry. This defies common sense. I have more energy, something i never had with any other diet
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Friday, May 25, 2007
day 11
147.5 lbs
well not doing the salt water flush yesterday helped get rid of the water retention and i lost the 2 lbs i gained over the last couple of days. Originally i had planned to go only for 10 days on this diet but why stop now? I'm doing superb. The most amzing benefit for me is that my spirits have lifted. I have suffered from depression for years and for the past few days i almost feel happy. My tongue is starting to loose the fuzz and should be pink within the next couple of days and I have zero cravings and never feel hungry. I dreamt last night that i had gone off the diet and was stuffed full of food. boy was i glad when i realized it was just a dream.
walked 4 miles on the treadmill
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Saturday, May 26, 2007
day 12
weight 146.5 lbs
not having done the salt water flush for 2 days released all the retained water. but even though i'm still in it for the weight loss i've decided to continue with the salt water flushes. yeah i know tomorrow my weight will be up again but i feel so great about cleaning out my system and i'm so proud of myself for continuing past my original goal of 10 days. It's actually a lot easier than doing a regular diet. With WW i felt so deprived and sorry for myself. This almost feels like i am cheating because i have zero hunger and zero cravings. Shouldn't a diet hurt? also when i think of food now i only think of apples and salads and steamed veggies. after such a purifying experience I can't imagine eating pizza or drinking a latte.
walked 3 miles on the treadmill
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Sunday, May 27, 2007
day 13
weight: 146 lbs
another great day. i'm doing the swf daily now and still lost half a lb. I can feel the cleanse really working and i'm sure that i can reach my new goal of 21 days. i don't really know what else to write about, because everything is the same as yesterday. I feel happy, sleep well, my tongue is almost pink again and i still have solid BMs after 13 days of not eating anything. Where is that coming from. It's stuck to the walls of my intestines and the lemon and cayenne mixture together with the sw flush it out of my system. It feels great.
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Monday, May 28, 2007
day 14
weight: 146.5 lbs
my tongue has a weird yellow covering today. it shows that i still need to cleanse a little longer. doing great again today
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
day 15
weight: 146 lbs
i'm glad when this diet is over. i'm not having any problems but i'm getting bored. it seems that i'm not losing any more weight and i'm worried about gaining half of what i lost back again. i've lost 13 lbs in 14 days but i still need to lose 18 lbs before July. i have enough lemons to last me for another three days and that might just be it for me. i'm glad i did it though because it got me in the mindset of dieting. I just couldn't get started and i needed a serious push. I have given up coffee and i plan on not starting it again. My diet will be healthy, lots of veggies and fruit and fish and no meat.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
day 16
145.5 lbs
well other than being bored and annoyed at the almost non-existant weight loss I feel great. My tongue is kind of still covered with a yellowish kind of film but there are no problems whatsover with my health or energy. I'm not in a bad mood which I usually always am when i try to lose weight. I can be around good food, smell it and not want it. Now this is a miracle. But I am looking forward to eating a great big salad with lots of veggies and a flaxseed oil/balsamic vinegar dressing (just a touch) and maybe an organic apple for dessert.
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
day 17
weight 145.5 lbs
i honestly don't know why i'm still on this cleanse because i'm not losing any more weight. I mean how much sense does that make?
I eat nothing and only drink about 500 kcal per day and i remain the same weight. How long do i have to stay on this cleanse to lose 30 lbs. I know, I know it's not a diet it's a cleanse that will give me a jumpstart on a healthy diet. I guess i'm just a little frustrated, because now i'm worried that my metabolism slowed down so much that i will gain weight once i get off the cleanse even if i eat no more than 1000 kcal. I upped my cayenne pepper yesterday and it does feel that the cleansing increased because there were some solids again in my elimination. Well overall so far i'm still glad i did the cleanse because it changed my mindset. I just couldn't get started on a diet before and now i'm all excited on eating healthy again. I want to be able to go until next Monday - 5 more days. We'll see.
6 miles walking on treadmill
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Friday, June 01, 2007
day 18
weight: 144 lbs
i'm in heaven. So far i've lost 15 lbs in 17 days. I can't complain about that. I think doing the salt water flush daily will eventually get the body to stop absorbing the salt which in turn stops water retention. I don't know for not eating anything i expect to see a loss on a daily basis otherwise it wouldn't be fair. anyhow, still doing great. tongue is only a little bit coated in the very back. i really can't say that i see any benefits other than weight loss and a new attitude towards food. my back hurts a little bit and it didn't get better but what the heck, I feel great.
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