OK, Star M!
I hope when you make your lemonades you are not adding the cayenne pepper until you are JUST ready to drink it. The pepperiness just increases as the liquid sits there, and a couple of hours into steeping, the cayenne can magnify to "ay caramaba" levels of scorch.
I watched one person enthusiastically post a photo of about 8 or 9 tupperware'd distinctly orangey lemonades, ready mixed at the start of his or her workday, so that the drinks would all be ready to sip when needed throughout the day. I sort of gasped out loud and thought, that is a recipe for disaster!! I mean, even by the time they chug a late morning lemonade, if the cayenne has been fiendishly brewing since 7 am or whenever it was concocted, that person is in for a 5-alarm experience.
The post was made with such wonderful exuberance, I did not want to rain on that person's parade by commenting about the cayenne. But, looking back, seeing that the person never posted again, I think I probably should have dropped a hint. I mean, it's one soul lost to the Cleanse, due to a totally avoidable mistake in the recipe.
Yeah, I always add my cayenne at the moment before drinking.
OK, enough of that. Kid, you better be drinking tons of water. You're cleaning out your system. If you can't stomach a full 6 cups of lemonade, please drink (preferably spring) water as much as possible. Your body needs it to function, but you also need to continue the flushing action.
Virtual hug here... you are doing so well on this thing, and I wish you luck on your future plan post-cleanse. I am a bit of a quantity eater, myself, but I will be doing a diet per dr eric berg (he has a website and a TON of really informative You Tube videos on weight loss and gain and body chemistry). The one I've chosen is the liver cleanse diet, which lets me eat UNLIMITED vegetables and that is very satisfying if you love quantity eating.
I'm sorry to beat this thing into the ground, but Berg changed my life and his The 7 Principles of Fat Burning book is my food bible.
I tell everyone about Berg, basically. But the only reason I do is because I really care about the health of my fellow man. We lack the true data about sugar and fat and how grain is converted to sugar and then stored as fat ...blah blah but all in his fascinating videos on You Tube.
I have a dear friend who struggles with her weight (and has lost about 30 lbs last year, but she's got that many more to go) who says, "all things in moderation." That's a real trap. It will get you only so far if you eat less but don't acknowledge that grains and the human body make a rather perfect fat factory. It's all about WHAT we eat. Anyway, I swear by Berg, who tells me why sugar and protein (ribs, anyone?) is a deadly combination, and why I can have unlimited raw apples. He deserves the Nobel Prize, but the wheat and corn lobby would probably put him on a hit list.
My advertisement is done. Sorry to hijack your journal.
Love ya, Mac. Water, water...
Bali Lemon
|