So I decided to partake in the Master Cleanse. Its a body detoxification diet where I drink and eat nothing but a Lemonade of water, fresh squeezed lemon juice, grade B maple syrup, and cayenne pepper for a minimum of 10 days. Sounds gross, and I havent really had a chance to try it yet, so I will let you know but I am going to give a day by day description of whats going on every morning while I wait for my elimination process to end.
To start, last night I drank my Spring Cleaning herbal tea. When I was looking for a laxative herbal tea, and came across this tea, I just had to buy it. The name Spring Cleaning was just too funny not to buy it. It was marketing at its best. I guess I am spring cleaning my colon so its fitting. Anyway, regardless of the name, it actually tasted really good. Not a bad start to a long potentially torturous process. Fast forward 5 hours. I am awake and part of the cleanse is to drink 32 floz. of water with 2 teaspoons of non-iodized sea salt. Again this experience wasnt that bad. It was difficult to drink it all at once, and the last few gulps didnt go down nearly as well as the first, but I managed. In the book, Lose Weight, Have More Energy, and Be Happier in 10 Days it describes the morning eleminations as taking place within 30 to 60 minutes after you drink this water, and should reoccur for about an hour after they star, Stay near the toilet. Well it wasnt kidding. I figured I would have a short amount of time so I could weigh myself, and then take my measurements to start this blog no. Within the first 20 minutes I had the pains to go. I managed to weigh myself before I sat down let just say I lost 4 pounds in my first elimination. I am not going to count that towards my total weight lose, because honestly I ate a lot of pizza last night for dinner, and gave myself a few fast pounds to lose. So now I am going to shower, make enough Lemonade and be off to my pool tournament. Lets hope the eliminations dont keep me running the rest of the day.
To start, last night I drank my Spring Cleaning herbal tea. When I was looking for a laxative herbal tea, and came across this tea, I just had to buy it. The name Spring Cleaning was just too funny not to buy it. It was marketing at its best. I guess I am spring cleaning my colon so its fitting. Anyway, regardless of the name, it actually tasted really good. Not a bad start to a long potentially torturous process. Fast forward 5 hours. I am awake and part of the cleanse is to drink 32 floz. of water with 2 teaspoons of non-iodized sea salt. Again this experience wasnt that bad. It was difficult to drink it all at once, and the last few gulps didnt go down nearly as well as the first, but I managed. In the book, Lose Weight, Have More Energy, and Be Happier in 10 Days it describes the morning eleminations as taking place within 30 to 60 minutes after you drink this water, and should reoccur for about an hour after they star, Stay near the toilet. Well it wasnt kidding. I figured I would have a short amount of time so I could weigh myself, and then take my measurements to start this blog no. Within the first 20 minutes I had the pains to go. I managed to weigh myself before I sat down let just say I lost 4 pounds in my first elimination. I am not going to count that towards my total weight lose, because honestly I ate a lot of pizza last night for dinner, and gave myself a few fast pounds to lose. So now I am going to shower, make enough Lemonade and be off to my pool tournament. Lets hope the eliminations dont keep me running the rest of the day.
I am not a registered dietitian, but i worked in weight loss long enough to know these diets give you temporary at best results and can be really dangerous.
Luckily you arent really overweight for this to be a serious risk but its still not good for you. Our bodies were not designed to drink liquids only for 10 days straight.
Good luck, be safe.