What day are you on and How are you doing: General Check in

[sk7979]

I'm on Day 3 - wanted to give up today but haven't yet - the guy at the health food store said that day 3 is usually the hardest.

I've been nauseaus and crabby all day - yesterday I cried all day.

I don't know but I have been starving, even after drinking the lemonade - my stomach was growling when I went to bed last night - is anyone else having that problem?

I just don't know if this is for me - I just want to eat but I know if I go off, I can only have raw fruits and veggies - that is absoulutely fine.

Some advice and encouragement would help.

[aaalllen]

sk7979: you can do it! the first 3 days are always the hardest. stick thru it and you'll be well rewarded. if now isn't a good time for you emotionally, mentally, or physically, you can always stop and try again later. we'll love you either way

[firsttimemastercleanser]

Congratulations deba ! Glad to read you made it, and with brilliant results!

[Supercleanser]

Heyyoooooh!

sk7979: Do NOT QUIT!!!! I swear with every fiber of my being, that if you hang in there - you will be SOOOOOO psyched. The first few days are unbelievably difficult for me too , including alot of hunger and obsessive thoughts about eating. Here's the thing - just get through tonight. Do anything you need to distract/soothe yourself- watch a movie, take a bath, get a trashy magazine or two, anything!!! And drink as much lemoande as you need to quell the hunger. And go to bed early if you can. When you wake up tomorrow, you will be SOOO happy you stayed on, and so miserable if you don't. And with the morning's eliminations, you will be over another major hump. You are detoxing and your mind/body is going through major upheaval, but you can definitely do it. Keep posting if you need to vent. That always helps me. Hang in there!!!!

Deba Darling: you are so dear!! I will miss you terribly, sniff, sniff, but stay close and let us know how your re-entry is going. We're hooked on you too!!

Coming to the end of day 13. WHAT?!?!?! This afternoon, I had a funny thought - about how I start everyday with a cup of coffee, sometimes two, and how in those first few days I thought I would die without it. I don't even THINK about it now. Funny how those habits are so ingrained mentally and physically.....food, um, I mean lemonade, for thought.....

see you later!!

[Supercleanser]

and p.s .....

hapyhappyjoyjoy: you are a Rock Star!!! Way to go on Easter!! A triumph!!!
(and you ake ME laugh too)

hugs

[peanutterb]

In answer to your question peanut, i am using one quart of lukewarm water and two level teaspoons of celtic sea salt. and i am drinking it in about 5-10 minutes with water breaks in between to make it easier. so weird! i should mention that i have never had the best bowels. i have often had issues with constipation but i really thought this cleanse was going to alleviate that. i don't feel constipated, i just feel like my body isn't doing what it should according to everyone else's experience with the MC.

Bummer, huh?

Well, thanks for your help though!

Feeling a little tired today. What's all this about day 7? Is that the worst day? Now I'm nervous. Tomorrow is day 7 for me. I was going to try to get a thai massage. I heard those were really great.

sammy - I think the culprit is the drinking water in between your quart of swf. that's diluting the mixture. (Remember, he has to be a very specific concentration to pass right through you.) you're not allowed to drink any water until after it starts to work. Try it again tomorrow, with a little more salt, maye just 1/4 of a tsp and NO water in between. then rub your belly, do the stretches, then lay on your right side until it works. I usually hear my stomach grumbling and I know it's coming uo.

let me know how it goes.

[happyhappyjoyjoy]

Hey everyone!
Well today went rather well considerin i was crankypants this morning. I had a long discussion with myself and made it go out to fetch my mojo. I went out and brought my expenditures to my CPA. He didnt make my day thats for sure, but it gives me more reason to work harder Went to the grocery store today and browsed the produce. Ya know before this cleanse I would only go to the produce section just for potatoes and tomatos. I never thought Id be in there grabbing everything you can imagine for my broth post cleanse. I know I have 4 more days but I couldnt help myself. I came home and put them veggies all in a pot and started simmerin..Oooooweee! It smelled soooo good...That actually made my day. I have tucked my prize in the freezer for when I am done..

Everyone I love...that means everyone..Good nite and Happy cleansing!

Peanut..I can see you fainting like Scarlett o' Hara..Not to make fun but you just seemed refined like that!
I am glad you are better
Deba..You make me wanna cry ..DONT LEAVE MEEEEE! lol congratulations love.
Supercleanser... Rockstar I am not..but I can blow in my fists and make a bull horn..lol

[deba]

Hey Lemonheads...
Re-entry is going great.
I just can't believe how much I miss doing the cleanse already.
My bf just doesn't believe that I can feel so good not eating anything.
One day he even said "I'm not playing tennis with someone who isn't eating anything".
I guess until you do it, you just don't realize the energy and over all well being that comes with it.

Sammy, part of your SWF problem could be that you are drinking plain water in between drinks of the SWF. That off sets the density. The purpose the SWF serves is to create a weight of the water that matches the weight of blood. I took this next part from Peter's book..."When the salt water and the blood are the same the body will treat the salt water as tthough it were blood, not absorb it from the digestive system and will flush the salt water through tthe system instead of absorbing it."

I believe that if you drink water in between, you aren't allowing that tto happen.

SK7979...I know it doesn't help you out, butt day 3 was a "starving all day long" day for me as well. Did youu ever take diet pills? I had read tthat one reason for hunger in some people is thtat they took diet pills in the past and when that layer is detoxing, it can create hunger. Day 3 must have been my phentermine day because no amount of lemonade nor extra water quinched thtis girls hunger on dayy 3. Day 4...a breeze! :-) Hang in there. I promise that you will feel so accomplished for sticking it out and after 10 days...you'll think cleansing was the best decision you ever made for your body, mind, and soul.

Firsttimecleanser...thank you for the congrats! I look forward to doing this again. It's hard to imagine going a full 3 months beforer doing it again!

Supercleanser...you're so very sweet! See...I'm so hooked on you guys that I am still here!

On another note...did you have a caffeine withdrawl headace at tthe beginning of your cleanse? I didn't and I am going tto try to not go back to coffee at all. I plan to drink a lemonade every morning. And let me tell ya...for me to even contemplate not going back to my morning coffee is miraculouus. I lived to wake up to it each morning. Now, it's not even calling my name. I'm amazed the difference cleansing for 11 days can make!

OK...I'm off to play a little tennis with my son.
I'll check in on you all in the morning!
XO
D

[deba]

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Deba..You make me wanna cry ..DONT LEAVE MEEEEE! lol congratulations love. [/QUOTE]

Not to fear...I'm here for all the moral support you need dear!
You can e-mail me too... deba@cableone.net
Hugs....
D

[CLK]

This is my 6th day on the cleanse, all was well until yesterday when I became very hungry and had a vicious stomach ache, same story today. The lemonade seems to make it worse.

I have been a vegetarian for 11 years, yet have not had a BM since I started... the only thing coming out of 'that side' is orange liquid. I have followed the directions to a T, have not had any issues with the SWF. On the morning of day 5 I increased the amount of salt and had a glass of the lax tea also in hopes that it would induce a BM. No go.

I have not had any food cravings, infact my stomach hurts so much at times that food sounds unappealing.

Is the master cleanse not for me?