2012: What Day Are You On and How Are You Doing?

[BaileysMama]

Day 6!!

And just like that, the weekend is over and I'm over halfway done. Saturday I felt like absolute poo - cranky, headache, body aches. It was beautiful outside here so I did go out for a little while but mostly I watched half a season of House on my couch. Sometimes you have to cave to a detox day Yesterday though, I felt awesome. I did laundry, cleaned my house, even went through kitchen cabinets that had junk in them and cleared that out. All in all it was a good day.

So far, besides regular detox symptoms, the only ongoing issue I've had has been that I am FREEZING!! Being cold on the cleanse is pretty typical for me but for some reason, this time around, I have yet to feel like I'm at a comfortable temperature. I used one of my dogs as a space heater last night while I was sleeping because I was so cold!!

Bob - To make my detox shot I use a double shot glass, put about a 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne in it, this is in addition to the cayenne I have in my regular lemonades that day, and then fill the shot glass up with lemonade, mix and drink. Have some lemonade nearby to chase it with because it's not tasty, so be warned, but it will bring on detox. At least it does for me The symptoms I get are generally headache and being unbelievably crabby. The day after that I feel great though. And labs are such fabulous dogs - I have a black male and a yellow female

I hope everyone has a fantastic day!!

[rachel1213]

This is the morning of day 8. I have noticed that the more I do the mc, the easier it gets. This cleanse and the last one I did in Dec, I didn't get a migraine that had me in bed. No headaches, but I've been achy. That can be contributed to me hitting up the gym, not the cleanse. This is the first time I've worked out while cleansing. I am 3 months into working out and thought it would be hard while cleansing, but I had tons of energy. I am really looking forward to eating an apple, some hummus, some bread and jelly, drinking something other than lemonade and maple syrup. Started at a bloated 177 (the week after vacation drinking tons of high calorie frozen alcoholic drinks and eating junk - gained 10lbs in one week). I usually ease into a cleanse by cutting out alcohol, caffeine, meat, junk food. But went cold turkey into this cleanse. That is why I'm really surprised my detox symptoms haven't been so severe. Orange juice will be the most delicious thing I've ever tasted, can't wait until Thursday to have some. Last night my tongue was coated with white, so I feel good going to day 10. Has anyone used probiotics after the cleanse?

[sybest]

Day 3

On day three of my cleanse. Feeling pretty good. Had a lot of energy yesterday. Cleaned like crazy! My house will be spotless if I keep this up. Cravings aren't as bad. Sat. was pretty hard. Family cooking and expecting me to cook. Everyone in my house is old enough to cook for themselves but they were not giving me any support. I was so crabby they just stayed away from me. Hubby came to bed with garlic on his breath and I wanted to sleep in the other bedroom! My senses are so strong now. Smelled horrible. I can also smell myself! At least I think I can. I smell like cayenne pepper. Maybe I am the only one who smells it but I can't stand myself right about now. I remember this from other cleanses and it is one of the worse parts for me.
I encourage everyone to make it to day 3. It definitely gets better from there. If you are in a house with spouse and kids, expect no support! Life as usual for them so that is why this forum is important to me. Only fellow lemon heads can understand! Best of luck to all.

[c.w_bob]

Day 6

Rolling right along.

Not much to write about.

Down 12lbs.

Bob

[johnlennonslemons]

hey everyone,
today (monday) is my Day 1. I'm going for 40 days. I've been on this board before but forgot my password and email I used so.. new account.
This is about the 7th or 8th MC i've been on. The longest I have done is 30 days (i was going for 40)...I read that rachel says it gets easier but
it's the exact opposite for me - it gets much harder each time! Anyway, just checkin in....i'll go into more details later, but for now - time to squeeze some
pretty little lemons!

[BaileysMama]

Day 7!

Ok so it's the dreaded day 7, we'll see if there's some detox. I definitely had some yesterday, my hips and legs were killin' me all day yesterday and today it's gone. Hopefully that's all I get.

On the downhill slope now

Have a GREAT day everybody!!

[johnlennonslemons]

Day 2.

lemonzada - i'm going 40 too and i have a feeling i wont stop any earlier so i'll be there along with you.

i got a couple stacks of books i need to read, that'll keep me busy....maybe a couple movies. i always get a lot
of organizing and planning out of the way on the cleanse which is nice.

anyway, i'm doing this more for health reasons.
i always believed that doing the cleanse was the answer to many health problems but i had severe stomach pains
about 7 months ago and couldn't eat a thing. i thought the cleanse was the answer - but it wasn't.
i couldn't do the cleanse, it only made things worse. long story short, i ended up having to have a colonoscopy (i'm young
and generally a healthy person) - i had a hernia, diverticulitis, gastritis, gilbert's syndrome, etc. etc. LOTS OF STUFF!
boy was that a nightmare! So I can be the first to say that - NO, doing a cleanse while having any of these conditions, symptoms, etc.
is NOT A GOOD IDEA. Trust me. I spent months with multiple doctors, g.i. specialists, etc. and there are certain things and times
the MC is not the answer.
I'm not saying all that stuff trying to bash the cleanse, I am just saying it because I remember trying to search diverticulitis, gastritis, etc. on here
and couldn't find anything, so now there's something at least...
ALAS - here I am, doing it again -
I am doing it because after i had surgery I begin to eat poorly (i was deprived food for about 6 months straight so I jumped back in big time) -
and put on too many pounds, and it has gotten my stomach and hernia back in bad shape (not horrible but certainly "not good") -

I plan on this being my last cleanse for a couple years that's why I am going for 40 days. I am going to get back to feeling the way i need to feel
and then work on building it back up and just getting my body as strong and healthy as I can get it (within reason!). I also do love the mental challenge
that it is. There is nothing better than going for such a long time and feeling that sense of accomplishment. As many have said - if this were easy everyone
would be doing it!

there's my rant...time for some lemons.

[sybest]

Day 4!

All is well! Much easier when I am at work than at home. Everything just smells bad to me. I smell like cayenne pepper, my house smells like garlic, I smell food on everyone's breath. I had a remarkable sense of smell before but this sucks! I swear while working out yesterday I was sweating lemonade! I smell it in my car, at my desk. Everywhere. Then I realized, it must be me!! LOL. I just hope no one else smells me. Shooting for 14 days but 10 will do.
Good luck everyone and hang in there!

[johnlennonslemons]

^ I thought I was the only one that smelled garlic when on the cleanse. I smell it all over the house, everyone and i mean everyone's breath smells like horrible garlic. It's so weird because
I know that it was coming from people - this smell of garlic - i had my gf at the time breath on my nose so I could see if it was actually coming from people's breath - and it almost knocked me
over the smell was so bad! Even after repeated mouth rinsing and teeth brushing by others i could still smell this horrible, god awful smell of garlic!

[sybest]

For me it is the smell of garlic and cayenne pepper. Everywhere!! I get the smell every time I do the cleanse. I think I could stick with this for months if I didn't get this smell. Makes me sick to my stomach!