Rex how much LA are you drinking a day to be that active? I was a big runner my first few cleanses and I'd always drink a strong LA before and after my run - but still was only drinking 8, occasionally 10 a day.
RES!!! Does this mean you've officially started?
Bjbub you're doing great! This cleanse for me has been a slow starter (I am Day 7 and finally starting to see some real weight loss - 2.5 pounds from yesterday.) Every cleanse is different, starting fast finishing slow, vice versa and everything in between. You have nothing to worry about. You're doing great and you're body will thank you!
Yes, the more quickly you consume the salt water the better it works by moving through your system in a larger mass rather than a slow trickle. Try different positions while drinking (I drink it most efficiently leaning back in a semi-sitting position propped on pillows on my bed, while my best friend finds his goes down most quickly if he stands), different drinking containers (I have to have mine in a small opening container - like a 32 water bottle - in order to drink it quickly) and different ways to trick yourself into drinking more at once such as count your swallows - then try and take a couple more... a couple more... in no time you'll be faster.
If all else fails and you can't get it down faster it's not the end of the world. Try a few of those things, though, and I'll bet it will be easier on you. Good luck. =]
Hi LilRed. Welcome! I am totally with you - I put off my cleanses for this reason and that for 6 months! I also fell off the raw vegan wagon, followed by the vegan wagon, followed by the vegetarian wagon
and was full of all sorts of random aches and pains that were making me feel WAY older than my years.
Glad you've joined us!
Re: 2010: What day are you on and how are you doing?
Originally Posted by MegsD
Thanks Res! I think those tips will definitely help! I split into two 16oz glasses, and drank the second one with a straw which did seem to help. I also counted the gulps, which I had read helps, but while I was counting I was watching my glass, and that REALLY didn't help. All I could think was "Oh god look at how much more I have to go"... so surfing the web tomorrow! I'm sure I can find something to read.. *cough*TA*cough*My record for downing it while "pre-occupied" is 4 minutes and I didn't really notice or dread it. It's another one of those things where its all in the mind. If you think it's going to be horrible then guess what? Yeah, it will be. If cleansing and the flush were ALL THAT BAD then no one would be here and the people who do this over and over wouldn't come back, so it's all back to being all in the mind.
Healthy things grow, Growing things change, Real growth is measureable. 
Yeah, it didn't work. If only Stanley were here. I'd pitch it to him just to get him to think about it. 
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