Master Cleanse Forum - Master Cleanser Lemonade Diet

Hello Everyone!

I am so excited to embark again on this cleansing journey with everyone. I posted earlier in the General Questions a few months back about my previous journey towards doing the cleanse and how I failed after 16 days on a 30 day and spiraled into a few weeks of terrible eating due to some external emotional stress from school and family. I am now back again to restart my cleanse and I am preparing myself to potential pitfalls and triggers that could derail my progress. That is the main reason that I have committed to journaling my progress and thoughts throughout the next few weeks. I ask for your support and kind words as I embark on this journey and I hope to be able support you as well as we get through this together. 2012 and beyond is going to be a much healthier year for me and I am using this cleanse to kickstart what will hopefully become a lifelong conscientous effort to treat my body well and nourish it with healthy and healing foods rather than processed junk and preservatives. Today is "Day 0" and although I am filled with a slight sense of trepidation about the road ahead, I am determined and optimistic that this will be a successful process. See y'all on Day 1.
HAPPY NEW YEARS TO EVERYONE...BE SAFE OUT THERE!

Hey, welcome back!

Please dont view your 16 day MC as a failure. We learn as we go and really that is a good stretch..Big congrats!!
I like your enthusiasm

It does help to journal here, i did 28 days in 2007, with much support here.
I started again too today, Jan 1st

Take courage ,
See ya on board,

I will post on my journal more detailed tomorrow.

Chrissy

Thanks Crissy for the kind words! I am so excited to start...I was going fot 1/1/2011 as day 1 but decided to start tomorrow instead as my boyfriend and I had a special celebration before he left for out of town. I am very happy to a certain degree that for the first week or so, he won't be here to tempt me with dinners out or me cooking for him etc. It is especially hard the first week when you have people around you constantly eating for the first few days. This time around, I am so lucky because I have the entire place to myself for at least 5 days and that should be enough time to get me stabilized on the routine, without added temptation. I look foward to hearing your progress and sharing ideas as the weeks go on. I am going for 40 days this time.
Cheers!

Hey that was fast!
I just edited my last post to you, after reading you're blog on general questions.

What is your time zone?
I'm PST california

Hi Crissy..I'm in California as well--Northern Cali to be exact! So we are in the same time zone

Hi Geeky,

I picture u working for the "geek squad"...... are u a computer geek?

((CONGRATS)) on your first day, celebrations in order for u and me. I'm really struggling today. Made some delicious coleslaw for family, wanted to devour it........mmmmmmmmmm. Didnt eat it, yeah

About the SWF. I too cant take the salt water flushes. I have weak kidneys and its not good for me. What does work the same, believe it or not, is drinking 4 cups of warm water without the salt. I get the same results in the morning. I too drink at least one smooth move tea in the evening.

Nice ur in S.Calif, time zone wise,

See ya manana, now i have to post my journal.

Chrissy

BTW: did u notice we are the only MCers starting the new year off right?? Kinda lonely here huh?

So good to hear back from you! It is lonely over here! I actually am not a computer geek...more like a medical/science geek! I am a medical student who practically lives in the library and my entire life has been dedicated to wards pursuing a career as a Neurosurgeon...

Anywho...please tell me more about your raw veggie supplementation...that sounds like a really good idea as I am struggling with serious hunger pains as well! I don't remember it being this hard last time..

Anything I can do to prolong my days on this cleanse would be appreciated! Your ideas are welcome!

Thanks!

RE: veggie juice, i use Hurom slow juicer, bought last year. Any juicer will work.
I made carrot,celery,kale,apple....... added 1T psyllium powder. Drank it, still want FOOD

RE: Your career,WOW. I admire you for that! Such challenging work, with never a dull moment I'm sure!

Do you adhere to any specific natural doctor's programs for diet?

See ya later,
C

Congrats on starting your MC, it's a wonderful journey. I am doing it again after a wonderful cleanse in the summer. I lost almost 30 pounds in just a little over a month, looked and felt great!

It is best to stick to the MC rules and only drinking the lemonade, tea, and the SWF (if you can). Drinking other juices or even chewing gum can effect your cleanse and progress. It increases your hunger and prolongs how long you crave food. Your body will feel less craving usually after the third day, your best bet is to hang tough and stay with the rules. Youll feel better sooner and be so proud you stayed true.

My number one tip, If you do go off and have something else to drink or eat, start counting the next day as day 1 again, this is very important. If you have a cheat here and there your body is not truely going through the cleanse process like it should be so when people say they are day 5 but have ate several times..... they are only fooling themselves and hindering their progress. One thing that made me stay true was knowing if I cheated I would have to start over at day 1, not something you want to do after you have stuck to it for a few days, or weeks.....

Stay strong, stay true to the cleanse for the best results, you can do it!!!!

Have you read the book, it is really helpful. I will also checking on your thread to give you encouragement

Crissy: Thanks for all the information about the different juice methods...definitely something to review in the future especially after the cleanse and the maintenance period. About school..you're absolutely right, this field is fascinating, humbling and scary all at once and I am very lucky to have discovered my passion at such an early age and stuck with it. I am totally obsessed with the human brain Weird...I know!

Breezy girl: your journey so far is inspiring and I really appreciate your feedback. Will definitely try to stick to the regimen to gain the most benefits out of the cleanse! I definitely don't want to be back to derail my progress on it.

Letting u know i edited my posts here, they were too chatty, and outside diet/fasting information not necessary.
Hope u dont mind.
Chrissy

No worries Crissy! Feel free to edit as you please..besides I appreciated the information and did not think it was too "chatty" at all! Information is power!

Love your ticker, i forgot how to get one, could u guide me?

sure...I went to tickerfactory.com and created one follwoing their simple guidelines...then I followed the direction on viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8373
1. Click on "User Control Panel" (upper right of screen)
2. Under Options (on left) click Profile > Edit Signature
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5. Make sure the box that is labeled "Disable BBCode" is NOT selected.
6. Click Submit, or Preview and then Submit.
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8. Post a message in this forum thread if need help.

That was a bit tricky so I did everything but instead, I copied my ticker factory-provided bB code into my signature box, clicked on preview and it showed up. The above directions from #3 onwards did not display the results I wanted...
Let me know if I made any sense at all....