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

[cleanasawhistle]

Greetings Everyone,

Happy New Year!!!

MC2/Day 5
Doing well this time around. I've been more active and had a little more energy than last year. I had a strange desire to cook yesterday...just had to chop something. So I cut up lettuce & tomato for my daughter's burrito. I have no problem being around food this time. That is wonderful. I really would like to have some champagne tonight but I'm not willing to start the cleanse all over again...so...my lemoaide is in the freezer getting nice and cold.

SWF-What can I say...I really am having quite a challenge with it. I've tried it hot,cold,room temperature (that was the worst), I've thought of it as chicken broth and various other delicious things. Not working! But I won't give up.

Peace, Joy,Love & Happiness to you and yours.

Cleanasawhistle

[thatoneguy]

I have a cold, is it okay to do the MC wile I'm sick?

Also, I need backup on Veggieboards. These people won't get off my back.

Thanks

[JACK STRAW]

Hi Nurse
Thanks for the reply. My sister is a nurse for about 25 years and has all sorts of letters after her name...lol.lol. She last told me she didnt know if it was bad or good to fast for 20 days. I am grateful to you for your response. I have not been as kind as you when it comes to responses to people about fasting. I guess they really dont know. I have to try and think what would Jesus do here? Then I can respond to my inquisitors.Thanks again...God Bless...Matty

[hongkongluna]

Happy New Year Lemonheads !

Day 7 today.

Feeling very clear, focused and energetic. I'm going in the water today with the Polar Bears at Coney Island, in Brooklyn. Why? I don't know, my buddy talked me into it. Perhaps I'm not that clear and focused at all, haha.

Hope everyone sticks with it today...

Cleanasawhistle, I had the same issues with the SWF and going with room temp water did the trick for me. I was using cold water before and it ached while it was still in my system. Bad. Hope you work out the kinks...

Rainier

[liza1311]

I'm on also a newbie. I'm on day 3 and have lost 3 lbs already. Aside from bad cravings and minor headachs at night, it has been surprisingly easy to stay on the cleanse (although I did fall asleep before I could sneak in my evening senna tea last night). Overall I feel alert and a little less tired. I do have some concerns/questions:

1. I would really like to brush my teeth. Is this ok? The book reccomends using a bar of soap? Or water and mint tea? I just don't feel like this would make the cut. Especially since I'm detoxing and have a very white tongue.

2. I made the mistake of telling my overreactive/nurse mother that I was doing the cleanse. She was alarmed when I told her about the salt water flush, saying that it could be harmful to my kidneys. Since I have had kidney problems in the past (I actually have an autoimmune disorder which causes irregular protein dumpings in my urine) I'm letting my mom get to me. Now I'm nervous doing the SWF!!! Please tell me it's ok. The first day I was a little swollen around my eyes but I still had large BMs that continued for the first hour. The second day I didn't notice any swelling but I didn't have as much coming out the back end (liquid or solid). Do smaller BMs mean that I'm retaining more of the salt water??

3. Is there a way to test your home for levels of flourine in the tap water??

Thank you so much for any imput! And thank you for this message board. It's nice to know there are others out there!

Thinking warm thoughts for 2008,
Liza

[Ratton]

Greetings Everyone,

SWF-What can I say...I really am having quite a challenge with it. I've tried it hot,cold,room temperature (that was the worst), I've thought of it as chicken broth and various other delicious things. Not working! But I won't give up.

Cleanasawhistle

Hi Clear,

What type of sea salt are you using? I would highly recommend you use Celtic Grey Sea Salt or some label it Celtic Grey Sea Minerals. This is a product of France and is very, very mild in taste!!!! It does not have that strong, harsh salty taste. You can buy it at you local health food store.

Make sure you are only using 2 teaspoons of salt in a quart of water and not 2 tablespoons!!!!!

Hope this helps, as the SWF is a very important part of the Master Cleanse!!

[SyllyGyrl]

I'm on also a newbie. I'm on day 3 and have lost 3 lbs already. Aside from bad cravings and minor headachs at night, it has been surprisingly easy to stay on the cleanse (although I did fall asleep before I could sneak in my evening senna tea last night). Overall I feel alert and a little less tired. I do have some concerns/questions:

1. I would really like to brush my teeth. Is this ok? The book reccomends using a bar of soap? Or water and mint tea? I just don't feel like this would make the cut. Especially since I'm detoxing and have a very white tongue.

2. I made the mistake of telling my overreactive/nurse mother that I was doing the cleanse. She was alarmed when I told her about the salt water flush, saying that it could be harmful to my kidneys. Since I have had kidney problems in the past (I actually have an autoimmune disorder which causes irregular protein dumpings in my urine) I'm letting my mom get to me. Now I'm nervous doing the SWF!!! Please tell me it's ok. The first day I was a little swollen around my eyes but I still had large BMs that continued for the first hour. The second day I didn't notice any swelling but I didn't have as much coming out the back end (liquid or solid). Do smaller BMs mean that I'm retaining more of the salt water??

3. Is there a way to test your home for levels of flourine in the tap water??

Thank you so much for any imput! And thank you for this message board. It's nice to know there are others out there!

Thinking warm thoughts for 2008,
Liza

I have Lupus with kidney involvement and the SWF was my concern as well. I chose not do it it only because I was unsure. I'm back on Cellcept because my kidneys are dumping protein and I don't really want to mess with that.

I'm interesting to hear other's opinion about this

[Res]

Good Morning and Happy New Year! This thread will be closed today so we're moving over to "2008 What day are you on and how are you doing?"

Happy Cleansing Everyone!

Love,
~Res