my master cleanse story 
rach
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In April, I did my first master cleanse for 12 1/2 days and lost 20 pounds. When I finished, I felt lighter, energetic and healthier. I enjoyed doing it and liked the results I got. For awhile, I ate raw foods and then watched what I ate and kept the weight off. Unfortunately, I went back to overeating and eating a bunch of junk since then and regained 10 of the pounds. Now, I'm ready to do my second master cleanse. I hope to go longer this time, but ultimately I'm going to listen to my body. And, afterwards, I plan to eat raw, living foods and some other low fat vegan (liked beans and rice). I want this to be a spring board for a healthier life and body!
Today is my first day of my second cleanse. So far so good!
Rach
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- Re: my master cleanse story joanne
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This is a reply to # 644,057Rach, good luck! It sounds like you experience what so many others do - the return of the unwanted pounds! They really creep up on you, don't they? I follow a raw diet now too, and have not only kept off all the weight I lost on the cleanse, but have lost an additional 5 lbs since then. Eating raw is wonderful. Raw foodists tend to lose heaps of weight right away, but I know that my body is still adjusting to what I lost on the cleanse (trading water weight loss for real fat) so it's going to take a while for me to start losing again, but it's ok, because I'm rebuilding with living food and enzymes and all kinds of things that are good for me.
Good luck with the cleanse and your new healthy lifestyle!
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- Re: my master cleanse story staccb
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This is a reply to # 644,057I am happy to hear that your first cleanse was so successful! I am starting the Master-Cleanse tomorrow and really want to be successful. The thing I am afraid of is that I will not be strong enough to see it through...that I will quit and eat food..... Any suggestions that may help me stay with it?? By the way, how did day 1 go for you today?
Stacy B- Your requested advice re staying str... blueskyz
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This is a reply to # 644,065StacyB: Well - DON'T do two things I did today!
One: go to the grocery store! (Hey, I needed water!)
Two: leave a lot of food in your refrigerator!
On a more serious note - if you want to see it through, you will. You have a choice, you know, to stay on it, or to go off it. There isn't really any right or wrong - it's what works for you and what you want to do. Isn't that a bunch of nice gobbledygook? But I'm serious.
Other than that, take it a bit at a time. Try some other solutions - I am doing molasses rather than maple syrup because I'm hypoglycemic. I never would have made it on the maple syrup - I'd have tanked by 1 pm (that aforementioned refrigerator full of food...) - so the molasses has something more substantial to it, BUT it doesn't taste as good.
Are you concerned you'll be hungry? Just not enough discipline? It IS rather boring - I won't lie to you. There's a reason everyone is joking about reading cookbooks! On the other hand, you won't be spending $$ at restaurants, or taking a lot of time cooking in the kitchen - and think of all the dishes you won't have to wash!
Do as much as you are comfortable with, stay on it as long as you can, push yourself a little bit. And if you go off it early, you go off it early. You won't be the first or the last to do so(and my story isn't finished either, BTW)! Think about how groovy you'll feel on the other end of this thing....!
blueskyz
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- Re: Your requested advice re staying... staccb
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This is a reply to # 644,070Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Yes, I am afraid I will want to eat. I am overweight now and if I had self discipline I wouldn't be overweight,right?
I really want to regain my health and a better appearance as well.. I am hoping that this cleanse will be a new beginning for me.
Thanks for the positive words of encouragement! I think I will have to post my daily progress..hopefully that will help me as well.
Stacy B- Re: Your requested advice re staying... #69242
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This is a reply to # 644,074My advice to keep strong. . .Prepare by eating really light for a couple of days. I ate cabbage soup for two days before. No meat, no alcohol, no coffee for a few days to a week before. Don't keep a lot of food in the house. Don't go to restaurants. Don't watch TV (too many food shots on tv). I was told to obsess about this board and check it several times a day it has been my main source of strength. Buy a lot of beautiful lemons and good maple syrup and don't let it go to waste. Stay in a quiet frame of mind. This is a relfective time, be gentle on yourself. Rest a lot. Take short walks when you want. And check this board again. Drink lemonade. Drink lemonade. Drink more lemonade. Check the board again.Drink lemonade. Drink lemonade. .... You can do it!!
Read the posts and you will hear over and over you don't really get hungry, the only issue is your mind thinking about eating and thats when you check the board and drink more lemonade. Then the best thing is to drink lemonade at the same time as checking the board....Good luck!- Re: Your requested advice re staying... needhealth
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This is a reply to # 644,144Could you take B&P shakes while on the Master-Cleanse cleanse? What will it do for you?? Where do you get the liquid Bentonite & cayenne capsulkes??? THanks
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- Re: Your requested advice re staying... staccb
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- Re: my master cleanse story daschmitt3200
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This is a reply to # 644,065I am starting the cleanse tomorrow too. I am a little concerned that I won't be strong enough. I really feel that I need to do this, and I think we can do anything that we put our minds too! Good luck and keep me posted on how you are doing! -sebastian
- Re: my master cleanse story staccb
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This is a reply to # 644,075Sebatian-
Maybe we can help inspire each other? It looks like we have similar fears and similar goals....
- Re: my master cleanse story staccb
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- Re: staying strong RowanMorrison
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This is a reply to # 644,065The mindset that helped me was to take it one day at a time. I don't think I could have made it ten days if I would have thought, "Oh geez, how am I going to make it ten days without food..." I took it one day at a time, and I ended up going 12 days!
Good luck!- Re: staying strong staccb
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This is a reply to # 644,076Sebatian-
Maybe we can help inspire each other? It looks like we have similar fears and similar goals....- Day to day blueskyz
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This is a reply to # 644,078One day at a time - absolutely. Small, easily digestible (oops - no pun intended!) pieces! I'm on day two - day one was rough. Pain? No. Headaches? No. Lots of bathroom time? Nope. I just couldn't stop thinking about all the food in my refrigerator! (word to the wise - CLEAN IT OUT before you start!) And I don't even really like to eat. Go figure.
Today, it's as if my head said, "Okay, we couldn't make you cave yesterday - guess you're sticking with it...." So I made up two batches of stuff - sans lemons, packed it all up with my bottles, lemons, and citrus juicer, and schlepped it off to work today. Although Day 10 still sort of seems as remote as age 40 did when I was 15.
It's boring to keep making the stuff - make a bunch at a time and add the lemon juice to each glass as you go (juice doesn't lose it's benefits from sitting and being aerated then). JUST DON'T BE HUNGRY. Play with it - yeah, an hour later and another glass. Ho hum. But play with the mix - you might need 2.5T maple sugar for instance. And take it a day at a time! (Speaking of which.....it's LEMONADE TIME!)
Plus - this forum really helps - it's super and has awesome people on it.
Blessings!
blueskyz
(judi)- Re: Day to day needhealth
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This is a reply to # 644,114Did you eat any food at all? Heard some have veg. broth, would that interfer with the results we want????? Did you take any B&P shakes??? THanks new to all this..
- Re: Day to day needhealth
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- Day to day blueskyz
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- Re: staying strong staccb
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- How I stayed on it the first time rach
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This is a reply to # 644,065I wanted so badly to succeed and get out of the sabatoging trap of yoyo dieting I'd set up for myself that I was excited and eager and determined to make it. Plus, I knew that I ONLY had to make it the first few days. After that, it's dangerous to simply start eating cooked or solid foods. so, I kept thinking to myself, "The only thing I can have right now is OJ so I may as well stay on it." I'm counting on the knowledge that it could be dangerous to my body to go off it by eating solid foods to help me again this time!
The first day is over and I made it! My energy level is ok. The only negative thing is that my tongue is totally white and fuzzy. Yuck! But, that's good to because I know my body's cleansing.
Rachel- Re: How I stayed on it the first tim... staccb
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This is a reply to # 644,085wow! SO you got the white fuzzy tongue the first day??? Is that typical?
Glad day 1 went well for you! I will post after my day one tomorrow... - I forgot about that.... RowanMorrison
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This is a reply to # 644,085Rach -
After the first few days, I said the exact same thing to myself -
If I want to break the fast, I can't eat anything except OJ now anyway, unless I want to get very sick, so why not just keep on drinking the lemonade....
It worked! I forgot about that. :) That mindset also allowed me to stay on the Master-Cleanse two extra days, for a total of 12.
- Re: How I stayed on it the first tim... staccb
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- Your requested advice re staying str... blueskyz
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- Re: my master cleanse story joanne
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