I’ve lost a little over 18 lbs in 9 days. I am going to go off the MC after tomorrow because of several reasons--mainly I am wanting to continue training for my half marathon and I can’t because I don’t have the stamina on the MC. I can do the 2-3 shorter runs (3-5 miles) during the week with no ill effect but I do a longer run once a week and could not this weekend. My plan is to follow the book--day 1 a bit of OJ but not too much, day 2 OJ and broth and then day 3 salad and broth, etc. I am also going to do a liver cleanse in 10-14 days. I may go back on the MC after my half marat ...
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I think it is simple how the weight came off me--I had a lot to get rid of and in particular there was a lot of water weight at the beginning because of edema. The fast is a diuretic and so is the SWF in my opinion. I also drink about 200 ounces of purified water every day in addition to the MC and mint tea and SWF. I need it because I am 6’1” tall and weigh 227--plus I exercise (run or yoga or walking --something every day) and live in a dry climate. Everyone is different. If I didn’t have the edema or larger amount of weight to lose it would have come off more slowly. I am planni ...
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Why don’t you go to a doctor? To me that warrants medical attention and no one here, as far as I can tell, is a doctor. You should be examined by trained medical personnel as it may be a very serious condition.   [End]
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I echo the advice of going by the book, especially if this is your first MC. Today is day 8 for me and I’ve lost 17.7 pounds. I lost a lot in the beginning which was water weight of course and now I fluctuate from as little as .4 per day to over 2 pounds per day. I do the MC by the book. I was planning to go 21 days but today I was really crabby and craving food. I am taking it a day at a time. I would like to lose another 30 pounds but that isn’t an MC goal in my view--that’s a long term goal that requires post MC vigilance. Don’t be so hard on yourself by setting yourself up f ...
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From my past non-MC experience--I would do OJ the first day and then move into the other juices, but keep doing th eOJ in the a.m. But everyone is different so you may need to experiement. Good for you 14.5 down! Very inspiring as usual. I am having a harder time today--I’m crabby and there’s dark dark goo coming out of me on day 8, although the SWF helped a lot. Strange. And my neck broke out in 2 boils--gross. OK, it’s all pretty icky but better out than in as my mom used to say in the 1970’s... I know what you mean about pseudo hippies. I live near Boulder and if I see an ...
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Thanks for all of your posts! I’m on day 8 and still feeling good although a detox of sorts has started...I love lumpia too and lived in the Philippines for 3 years as a kid. Congrats on making it 11 days and good luck with juicing and soup!   [End]
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I thought you played for a band called the Grateful Dead! Just kidding. I am 42, from Colorado and in the legal field. I have had no trouble following this at work so far. I am planning to go 21 days and I am on day 7 now. It’s my first cleanse. My co-workers are making fun of me, gently really, but I am the one laughing all the way to the scale! Ha. I feel really good--so surprisingly good that it blows my mind. Good to meet everyone!   [End]
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I was in a bad car accident 6 years ago and did not go to the hospital. I woke up the next day too sore to walk and had to go to the doctor! I needed xrays and help and a wrist guard and about 2 years of osteopathic adjustments and massages. I encourage you to go to an ER and get checked out! Please!   [End]
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You crack me up! And continue to inspire! Congrats on making it to Day 11!   [End]
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It’s day 6 of 21 for me. My first master cleanse. I woke up raring to go this morning at 5:00 a.m. Good things are happening: I think the little bit of arthritis in the knuckles of my 2 ring fingers on each hand is evaporating! Also, I snore intermittently--a few times per week and my light-sleeping husband has heard narry a snore in 6 nights! Who wants to be a snoring woman, not me!!!! Also, my husband is amazed at how soft my skin is without lotion in dry wintry Colorado! I’m down another 1.6 and there seems to be a pattern--I’ll lose less than a pound one day and then flus ...
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Good for you! I’m on Day 6 and doing well too. I even cooked again for my DH last night--roast organic Caribbean Jerk chicken, bed of greens, wild rice..but I just love the SMELLS and sipped my lemonade! Had to be on a job today that required 4+ hours in court and no lemonade--no food allowed. I did OK. Glad to be sipping my tea now though! I’ve lost 15.7 pounds in 6 days--I am thrilled!   [End]
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I just love it--it is calming for the stomach and the mint makes my breath fresh.   [End]
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I am halfway through Day 5 and I just want to leave work and go home for a nice long bath...I started to get really cranky and then had another lemonade and voila, my desk cleared up and I forged ahead just fine. I am drinking more water than ever and it helps a lot. the SWF is getting to be a faster and faster process--this morning it took about 20 minutes and then I went out to walk the dog! Amazing. I find I cannot do the senna tea at night EVERY night because it is too hard on my system. So I am doing it every other night. This morning I forgot my peppermint tea so I just wen ...
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Hang in there Black Butterfly! I am finishing out Day 4 and was doing great until I got on the treadmill and saw the TV and all the news was about the state of the union address--it made me soooooo irritable and that’s all I’ll say because it is WAY off topic. I am going to do what you said you were on your way to doing--a nice hot Epsom salts bath and a good night’s sleep. I hope you feel better tomorrow. Should you take some more tea pehaps before the bath? Congrats on getting through Day 8 and being such a positive force to reckon with around these parts! Ree   [End]
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Hi everyone, It’s day 4 for me. Work was not hard yesterday and I just made sure I had 6 lemonades at work after having 2 at home in the morning. I was so energized I stayed an hour later and got a lot done! I took a nice long Epsom Salts bath and slept incredibly well. I’m going to walk the dog, go for a run and then go to work. I am excited to have lost 7.8 already although I bet 5 at least is water weight. Who cares. I am psyched. It makes me really want to stick to 21 days. A day at a time of course. I can’t believe I’m already on day 4! Have a great day!   [End]
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Congrats on your weight loss! I am now officially enjoying the detoxing and reducing effects of this cleanse! I lost another pound so that makes 6.4 in just 3 days--it would be 12.1 in 3 days if I counted what I weighed after dinner the night before I started! I am following the cleanse to the letter and also exercising moderately. The first 2 days were not that easy but not that hard either and I cooked a ton of good food yesterday for my non-cooking husband, with no problem. I have needed naps the last few days too--for about an hour in the afternoon. Now that it’s Monday an ...
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I know how you feel--I just finished day 2 and I think, for me, the hunger is more of a mental than a sensory challenge--does that make sense? So today I cooked enough for my non-cooking DH to make it through a few days-- I made organic oatmeal with currants, teriyaki turkey burgers, organic baked potatos, sausage, bacon hard boiled eggs, broiled chicken plus lots of munchies like baby carrots and celery. I like ALL of that food frankly but while I was making it this morning and sipping my lemonade I was not hungry for it. Later in the day, when he would heat up something and the hous ...
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Hey it’s the beginning of Day 2 and I’ve lost 11.1 pounds since the night before Day 1 when I took my Smooth Move!!! I KNOW that’s probably almost all water weight but it’s great to not be so swollen! My wedding ring is a teeny tiny bit looser but my knuckles are still sore on 2 fingers. Of course I’m at the very beginning of the cleanse but still! Makes me excited to continue (goal is 21 days). I am feeling a tiny bit clearer too and that is a confirmation that I need to be doing this right now as well. The best news is that my caffeine headache seems to have vanished. I did ta ...
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Love hearing this! I am stumbling through Day 1 and on my way to bed. I became really weak all of a sudden this a.m. mid morning, didn’t go for a run/jog/walk as planned except for two 20 minute walks with the dog and just rested all day--drank enough lemonade I believe and some tea too and about 100 0z. of water too--had a caffeine withdrawal headache and the my period started. I think there was a lot going on! But here comes day 2 and I’m glad to hear your clear sailing story of day 5! Thanks again. I’m off to rest. Thanks for the SWF tip too.   [End]
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Congrats Geminilady! Please tell us what COPD is if you don’t mind. Your story is very inspiring. I am on Day 1 of my first MC and your inspirational! Thanks.   [End]
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I am planning on 21 days and today is day 1. Your response to 210 never again was very inspiring! Thank you.   [End]
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Thanks--I have my questions answered. I read the book which did not talk about the shakes but then I read all these old posts on the website here and it seemed like that was what many were doing in order to get out mucoidial placque. But I will refrain from the P&B shakes for now. But why does it say one should do a liver flush BEFORE and after the cleanse--that’s not instructed in the book either and it’s at the top of the this forum in blue. Does anyone know?   [End]
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Thanks for the feedback. Glad I didn’t start with anything else but what was in the book!   [End]
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Oh I just saw at the top of the forum the suggestion to flush the liver BEFORE and after the cleanse. I am on day 1--should I do a liver flush today or just at the end of the cleanse as originally planned? I did not see in the book where it said a liver flush was something to do before starting. How often does one take the B&P shakes? I’ll re-read the book to see on that as well but just wondering what everyone else has experienced. I meant to post what I am planning to cure with all of this cleansing and diet change and life change: edema, sore knuckles (I refuse to say arthriti ...
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Early this a.m. I took the SWF and I heard it would take 1-2 hours to go through my system. Well 40 minutes later I was apparently all finished with it! That seemed awfully fast but I guess everyone is different. I seem to have read only the posts where it took longer. I drank my first lemonade and liked it--even the cayenne. Now I’m getting ready to go for a run. I feel good. No caffeine withdrawal symptoms yet. I weigh 5.7 pounds LESS than I did last night so I’m at 239.8--but last night’s weigh in should not count because it was at night with clothes on. So my starting weight ...
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I start tomorrow. My goal is 21 days as I think I’m pretty toxic and certainly 60+ pounds overweight. I am sipping my Smooth Move and the kitchen is spotless. A week’s worth of organic lemons are on the counter along with overpriced French sea salt, unopened organic maple syrup and some cayenne and a ”cheat sheet” on how to take everything. Plus I have the bentonite and psyllium ready to go. My DH is supportive but sitting this adventure out for now. My question is, does one start the B&P shakes on day 1 of the MC? And how many does one have in addition to all of those lemonades ...
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Thanks for repsonding, I figured I would try it at 4:30 a.m. and go back to bed on Saurday--my first day--it’s good to know it works for teachers! My husband is a teacher as well and I’ll use your post to persuade him to do the MC with me! Thanks again.   [End]
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I’m new to the Master Cleanse but not to fasting. Just read the book today online and then ordered it from Amazon. I am planning to do MC for 10 days at first. I have done 5 fasts with fresh juices and some with protein shakes. My longest was for 9 days but that was about 10 years ago. I have struggled with weight gain and finally found out I am hypothyroid and am now taking 2 grains of Armour Natural Thyroid daily per my doctor and it has helped a lot. I am 42 years old, almost 43, 6’1” tall and weigh 238.8 lbs (UGH) so I am about 60 lbs overweight, a weight gain in the last 7 yea ...
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