Aloha!

Five days ago I started my break after a nice 45 day MC...

I wanted to share a few things, for the first timers primarily, that helped me fare through with flying colors and virtually without a glitch.

First the only glitch: One day I found myself stranded as I had left the house without my provisions. Bad -BAD mistake. After 6 hours without my lemonade I was a veg! It took me a day to recover. Lesson, don't leave home without it. Though many experience mental clarity, there are times of mental absence,thus spacing my bottle. Be careful! Plan ahead.

Next, the largest mistake I see on this site are those that look at the book as a 'MENU' of 'options'. Many feel that they can pick and choose what they like and/or what they don't like about the cleanse and modify the plan to meet their own 'tastes'. NOT TRUE. It is what it is. Although there are some that honestly can't handle certain aspects,ie,salt water,cayenne...yet , at least try to do it by the book instead of thinking,"oh, that's not for me" or "oooh, that sounds gross". There is a method to the madness and it is a proven formula(60 years for Stanley, hundreds for the formulas). Any major variation or modification to the formula or procedures and it is NOT a master cleanse. If you are not going to adhere to the book then be careful. I would NEVER attempt longer than 10-14 days if I could not do every thing right and I strongly advise the same for others. If you can't handle the SWF, or the tea, or the cayenne, or the lemon,etc...then you may want to try another of the many fasts available. This is not for everyone. I honestly was challenged by the SWF (Salt-Water-Flush) my first 5 MCs and now they don't bother me at all. Trust me, the proven formula works. Give it a whole hearted shot before 'modifying' it. Don't get confused or distracted , it is a simple program...follow it as much as you possibly can.

Don't think that 10 days is going to clean you out...health is an ongoing process. Not like the drive in carwash...While you are on your fast, plan the changes you need to make in your life. On my 41 day I passed , for the first time, a rope of slimey stuff. I thought I was close to done, yet just warming up ,I guess. That showed me that even after a dozen or so MCs, I still have more cleaning to do. Sticking to the program loosened that grimey sludge inside of me. Drinking
9-12 full strength lemonades per day,doing the SWF (Salt-Water-Flush) in the A.M., doing the senna tea every night, and letting the formula do it's work ,has shown me the best results I could ever want by going by the plan.


It is so fullfilling to learn about what makes us tick and what governs our urges and desires. Mastering one's self is the hidden agenda of The Master Cleanser . Once I realized that I found that I could control my hunger, the temptations and the demons that controlled me to the point that I used to cave in to them.

I'm a much stronger person now. And although I could have easily polished off my 2 gallons of soup in a day, or chowed down on whatever was in my reach , I find that being able to control myself and eat to sustain life ,not to rule it, is satisying enough and there are so many other applications to which I can apply that control.

As far as feeling like superman, or feeling cleaner than ever after the longest fast I have ever been on, the answer is that I don't feel cleaner than ever, I don't have a ton more energy,etc. The major difference is the way I think. I'm more content. More logical. More sympathetic. More compassionate. The toxins that I rid myself most of are those of the mind and soul. Although I did lose about 35-40 pounds,and I'll bet there were lots of poisons in that, I never focused on the weight (I weighed myself at walmart on day 40), I focused on completing the mission of 45 days and never once had a doubt that I would complete that mission. I never looked at it as a task or hard work. I always saw it as something I had to do. If I can do it anyone can. You have to have the passion first and foremost. You have to be fed up with the ways of the past. You have to realize that you DO deserve better...the best.

That's all for now. I could fill volumes with what I've learned that works for me. Only you can do that for yourself. I really still have so much to learn, I'm no expert, though much wiser...and growing...

I wish everyone could feel as happy and content as I do now!

aloha...d