Hi Joan,

During my first MC, I experienced the exact same thing. The last two glasses were TORTURE for the first 3-4 days. I could barely choke them down- even the smell was turning my stomach. It didn't bother me so much on the first 4 glasses (didn't love it, but it was tolerable), but for some reason the last 2 were unbearable. By day 4 it got much easier though.... I even started to crave the lemonade!

BUT.... it is very important to drink the minimum 6 glasses. Your body needs the nutrients from the lemons and maple. Not only is this the only nutrition you're receiving right now, the lemonade acts as a healing agent. If your not consuming the minimum, you will not take advantage of the full healing power of the cleanse. Also, if you do not consume at least the minimum nutrients and claories, you will slow your metabolism too much. When you get off the cleanse, you may end up gaining more weight than you lost!

It will get easier for you, I promise. And it's so worth it! The cleanse was such a wonderful experience for me- my stress levels plummeted, my kidney pains diminished, and (best of all!!) my hypoglycemia was CURED!! And, I felt fantastic in general after day 4. I loved it so much that I am doing my 2nd cleanse in 6 weeks right now (I wasn't all the way "clean" after the first one).

Anyway, stick with it and get your lemonade down any way you can. You'll be so happy you did when you realize all of the wonderful benefits!

Good luck to you!

Are you mixing it fresh each glass or premixing a big batch beforehand? I felt the same way my first day but I was premixing a gallon. Then second day I made each glass fresh and it was much better.

I'm on day 5...use only 1 tablespoon, it's delicious. To me using 2 tbsps of maple syrup, the flavor really dominates and is a bit too sweet. I also dropped a few lemon rinds in mine, I struggled to drink 4during day 2,day 3i realized it tasted better w/less day 4 I downed 6easily and wished I had made an additional 2servings. I love this detox, in a span of 3.5years I went from 234 to 333. I quit my horribly stressful job and did my first weigh --um since I started. I'm down to 322lbs. I'm going back to the gym tonight. I have experienced any dizziness or lightheaded episodes like I've seen and read about...but yeah. Sorry for being long-winded, just use less syrup and drop in a lemon peel.