2010: What day are you on and how are you doing?

[jane65]

Perhaps I will start alternating lax tea and SWF in the mornings starting tomorrow. Other than that, just continuing with 6 glasses of lemonade and lots of purified water during the day and lax tea at night... same old, same old. Skin brushing and hot epsom salt baths everyday and my body seems to be feeling happy!! Thank you Master Cleanse

Kissy, You might want to read back a couple of pages. A couple of people had really bad cramps during the day from doing the tea in the morning instead of the salt water. BTW, 1 1/2 minutes may be a record!
Good Luck,
Jane

Such a difference! Especially in my mind!!! I went from being depressed, SO IRRITABLE, to calm & full of gratitude today!!!
As my friend Pie just got through her first cleanse after learning about some of my past ones, she reminded me not to quit last night, just do one more SWF in the morning & see how you feel...well she was right! So I am taking it 'one day at a time'

Kait,
Is that the Pie that was on the board a couple of weeks ago? I wondered what happened to her, I thought she may have quit because she was having some trouble. I'm glad she was able to finish if it was her.

Cheers,
Jane

[Lahontani]

Silly story to share.

So, feeling strong, I decided to go to the store to look for a stiff natural bristle skin brush. I have a med. bristle hand brush, but I don't see much effect from it, and someone here recommended the stiff bristles....no luck with the brush, but GUESS WHAT? My local health food store is now carrying the flavored agave. Whole Foods (1 hr. 45 min. away) has agave in Vanilla, Hazelnut, and Amaretto. Not good for the cleanse, of course, but great for coffee afterwards. My local store (Grass Roots) now has: Vanilla, Blueberry, and - here's the funny part - MAPLE SYRUP flavored agave! What a waste! Now, I do understand that there are people out there somewhere who use agave for things OTHER than the master cleanse, and maybe there are a few who are allergic to actual MS, but STILL!! I just think the idea of maple flavored agave is soooo ridiculous!

[KaitMC]

Kait,
Is that the Pie that was on the board a couple of weeks ago? I wondered what happened to her, I thought she may have quit because she was having some trouble. I'm glad she was able to finish if it was her.

Cheers,
Jane

Yes it is. Her fiance is my brother too!

[Chunky monkey]

Hi. I'm on day 3 of my 3rd attempt at the cleanse (have never made it past day 4 and always eaten a little something everyday ). I was doing really well until a friend persuaded me to go out with her and I ended up eating. I am so annoyed with myself as had not had a bite of anything until this point and I was feeling really positive.
Have I ruined all the good work I had done over the last two and half days?! Please help, I don't want to start all over again but don't want to waste my time continuing if I have spoiled everything already

Thanks in advance,

Chunky Monkey.

[jane65]

Yes it is. Her fiance is my brother too!

Awesome! Tell her I said "Hi".

[KaitMC]

Awesome! Tell her I said "Hi".

Will do!

[Lahontani]

Hi. I'm on day 3 of my 3rd attempt at the cleanse (have never made it past day 4 and always eaten a little something everyday ). I was doing really well until a friend persuaded me to go out with her and I ended up eating. I am so annoyed with myself as had not had a bite of anything until this point and I was feeling really positive.
Have I ruined all the good work I had done over the last two and half days?! Please help, I don't want to start all over again but don't want to waste my time continuing if I have spoiled everything already
Thanks in advance, Chunky Monkey.

Well, you haven't "ruined" the good work you did - you spent 2 1/2 days detoxing and that's always good for your body. BUT... you DID go off the cleanse. A lot of people ask if they need to start over again because they had ONE cookie or 3 chips or something like that - and I always encourage them to just get right back on the horse and keep going. I don't know if that's what you did, or if you had a whole meal...and that makes a big difference. My advice is: if you ate a full meal or even half of a meal, you need to start counting from Day 1 again. But don't just jump right in - since you KNOW that days 1 - 4 are very difficult for you, try to plan the start of your MC on days when you know you can stay at home (alone, if possible) and avoid all temptation. If all you had was a cookie or a pickle, then keep going, but don't count today as Day 3, because you DID cheat - tomorrow would be your Day 3. You would need to continue doing all the right things as if you hadn't cheated (lemonade, tea, SWF tomorrow am). If you cheat a second time, you can't keep fudging on the days - like a day and a half on, then a cheat, then another day on, then a cheat, etc...then you are completely losing your detox status. The cleanse builds on itself to get you into a deeper and deeper cleanse. There is a thread called "Detox Stages", which New Direction posted a link to yesterday...so if you go back and read that, you will see that it's much more critical to NOT cheat on a cleanse than it is on just a diet.

At least half of this cleanse is getting in the right mental attitude. It really helps to PREP for it emotionally. Good luck with whatever you decide.

[cat.]

Hi all!
Day 3 for me and hanging in there! SWF this morning was a little rough on my bottom......
This is my 4th cleanse and I have always just run into the bathroom as needed???? Today, I tried to sit with a book the entire time- started at 5 am and sore by 7??? Should I have introduced my first lemonade before then?
Also, I have been really chilly tonight, but it could be that I live in Dallas and it is pouring rain and expected to freeze tonight. But no one else is cold but me?
I tried google to jump on this web page and ended up in the wrong place twice- it is scary how many imitators there are out there and what people are saying compared to this site.
Hang in there everyone and let us know how you are doing.
CAT

[Guyanaluv]

Hello all, this is my first MC, and I am on day 5 today. I am following everything exactly as indicated by the book. However, my concerns are that I am having NO symptoms AT ALL of detoxing, no headache, no coated tongue, nothing but a 6 lb weight loss. I do not consumed pork or beef, I do not smoke or drink but I am far from healthy, I am at least 90 lbs overweight and have a terrible diet that consist of mainly fast foods. I do not feel real hungry but I am ready to quit, because it does not FEEL like anything is happening. Any advise, comments, suggestions? Thanks in advance

[Chunky monkey]

OK Lahontani, thanks for the reply.
I did eat a bit more than just a couple of cookies so I've decided to keep going, counting today as day 4 (in my head) but continuing to 'day 14' (which will really be day 10) in an attempt to try and convince myself I haven't ruined everything!! Might sound a bit daft but I'm going to give it a shot.

Also had a look at the post you mentioned about the cleanse stages and it was really interesting, so thanks for the pointer.

Anyway, just had my SWF and am about to start getting ready for work (and hoping it kicks in soon otherwise I'm in trouble )

Good luck to everyone for today...