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

[megandoesthemc]

Good morning all!

My name is Megan and I'm embarking on my fourth MC. I've done it three times: the first in 2007 was 10 days, the second in 2009 was 14 days and, the third in 2011 was 21 days. Now, in 2012, I'm hoping for 30 or 40 - I know I can do it!

I'm currently easing-in and this Friday will be my first day. Best of luck to all of you!

Megan

[Christene]

Morning all -

I have downed my first SWF of this cleanse. Sometimes people write how awful it is and how they sometimes throw it all back up. I've never had that problem, but I'm sitting here feeling very poorly. I think it's the quality of the sea salt. I sometimes bring good celtic sea salt down from the U.S. but don't have any right now so I just got some local sea salt. It has an unpleasant flavor and it makes me queasy. I wish I had a source for some better salt around here, but I don't. Right now not looking forward to 14 more days of this part. Looking forward to my LA soon which will hopefully settle this bad feeling before I go to yoga class.

--Colibri

Its tough when the salt is not the right one...hope you get some good salt soon (you might even get some from the MC shop here and get it shipped to you asap). I love the grey Celtic Sea salt...I used to buy the one in the plastic bag but this year in my travels discovered it in a jar (and that tastes even better...I can hardly taste it at all).

[Christene]

Officially Day 1 after a lead in from the 26th...Have been so ill lately that I havent had the energy to do the MC (so eased into it slowly by going off coffee and other 'unmentionables' that sit within the SAD American Diet etc). When taking the strong pain medication I had to eat something because I would get bad reflux and indigestion. Okay biting the bullet here today and jumping in and doing it. Will post again as soon as I am able......all the very best to you great wonderful 'LEMONHEADS'

[Purangl07]

Good Morning MC'ers...
Day 2... Nice white tounge this morning. Feeling great and have lost 6 lbs so far in one day. I think it was the added water that I drink during the day. I drink a 16 oz bottle of water in between each of my 6 Lemonades.

[colibrimhs]

Hello All!

Great to see posts here - so encouraging!

megandoesthemc - wow, going for 30-40 - excellent for you! the most i've done is 19 ... not sure I have it in me to do more than that - but you don't know until you try! I'm sure I could if I had a huge issue (such as cancer or other big health issue) to get out of my system. Good for you for easing in for a few days!

Purangl07 - glad you're feeling good so far - me too! Wow - just read your latest post - 6 pounds in one day?! Wow! Time for me to add more water intake to my day!

Red Rose - hang in there and keep going! The delicious food in Mexico is well worth the wait.

burmsx4 - what you describe about re-orienting yourself to good food is one of my biggest reasons for doing this cleanse. AFter I did my longest cleanse (19 days) I bought so much great healthy food it was hard to keep up (once I could start eating again). Yeah!

little piper - keep going! Sunny day here too :-)

Day 1 for me felt very sluggish. I had a mild headache most of the day and I just wanted to be grumpy and sleep.
Day 2 for me so far is much better. I have pretty good energy and the SWF didn't nauseate me this morning.
I just made the most amazing-looking mango-avocado salsa (sorry Red Rose!) - I live in the avocado capital of the world and the mangos right now are amazing. Sigh. OK, I'll stop making all of your mouths water. I'm always amazed how I can still prepare yummy foods most of the time while on the MC. I'm bringing it to a margarita party later today. I will simply enjoy my LA, conversation, etc. while ignoring the margs and yummy foods. Maybe I should put my LA in a margarita glass! Haha.

Well, keep going everyone - we're all doing this together - great results to come!

--Colibri

[joeyzane]

Aloha.

began the cleanse today, as a first-timer, my hunger isn't really bad but really not looking forward to each glass of 'lemonade', i know you're meant to have at least 6 a day but i've only managed 3 today and really looking forward to the herbal tea if i'm honest.
pretty confident i'll be able to go through with it for my first 10 days especially with the live comments and info on these forums. so glad for the internet.

[Red Rose]

HI to all the MC's glad to see yall are doing good. I am now on day
6 and looking forward to doing the 10 day cleanse.
I had a weird dream last night that I was eating and rememberd
that I wasn't suppose to and started spitting and that is how I
woke this morning LOL! So I have a question to anyone that might
know about The Omnivoure Vegetarian Soup.. what is the recipe.
I want to be prepare for when I break the cleanse. I know the first
day and a half its only OJ but after? Please help if you can.

Colebrimhs... You made my mouth water... yumo, I like avocados and
mangos but never had them together, you'll have to give me the recipe.

[Purangl07]

Day 2 still... no detox symptoms yet, except for being cold and a white tongue this morning. Sat in bed all day keeping warm and applying for jobs lol.

Joeyzane... welcome! Good luck to you... there are a lot of us who just began the cleanse also. I know it's hard, but you do need to get in the minimum 6 LA's for the full detox effect. I'm a little behind today too... on #5!

Colibri... ya I agree... mouth watering mango salsa YUMMMM... If I go to restaurants with friends or family I just get a glass of ice water with lemons! Although I would rather have the margarita!!

Red Rose... interesting dream!! I haven't had that happen yet, but I still have to keep remembering that I can't just go to the kitchen and prepare the next meal... weird feeling about that this time. Probably because I haven't done the MC in awhile.

Hope everyone's having a good day... as well as can be expected. I really want to get as healthy as possible and lose as much weight as possible. I don't have any plans for the next couple of weeks so my goal is to go to 20 days. Most I've done is 14... I don't list the partial cleanses that I didn't complete...

[colibrimhs]

Buenos dias MC-ers!

This is so great that we're all here for each other - it sure helps!

Red Rose ... I have at least one of those dreams during every cleanse!! This time I actually had one the night before starting. I guess it was the anticipation. I remember during the dream thinking, "well I spit it out and it's the first day, so I can keep going!" Also on the first day my husband was having some almonds and I almost reached in the bag out of habit.

The mango avocado salsa was a huge hit at the margarita party. People were raving about it and I just kept saying "is it good? you like it?" .... almost no one knew that I didn't even get to taste-test it while making it. I put my LA in a glass (instead of the water bottle I had brought it in) so I felt like I was sipping margs right along with everyone.

joeyzane...It is important what purangl07 said - it's very important to get a minimum of 6 LA's down over the course of the day. As I understand it, otherwise your body goes into "starvation" mode and holds on to things (like toxins and fat) instead of releasing them. I get an early start and just keep sipping all day .... remembering to get as much water as I can between LA's. I always have to remind myself to get more water down.

Well I'm on Day 3 and feeling pretty good. I got on the scale this morning and have lost about 3 pounds (I didn't do an official starting weigh-in). I had to get up at 4:30 this morning to bring my daughter to her school for a trip, so I went ahead and did my SWF really early. AFter I brought her in I decided to lay back down (had to get up at least three times), but did sleep for about 1/2 and boy did that ever feel good!.

I usually feel more energized on the cleanse. So far I haven't really hit that yet. I've mostly been feeling a bit more tired so far.

One good thing for me is that I'm in the middle of a kitchen remodel so we're not really cooking (stove is completely disconnected). Mostly we just have some fruit and cereal and nuts around and so far haven't been tempted by them.

Well, back to work. Keep it up everyone!
--Colibri

[baddison]

Its great to be back again, lovely lemonheads. I promised myself that I would do 3 MC's in 2012, so here I am kicking off my May 1st - 10 day Master Cleanse. This will end in just enough time to enjoy Mother's Day with the family.

So I started on the 1st, and today is DAY 3. Still going strong except for the occasional hunger pangs here and there. I've learned quite well how to put my body under subjection, so I just ignore it until my next "mealtime" of lemonades. I enjoy my cleanses and what it does for my body. After each clenase, I find myself eating healthier and healthier. I have finally decided to give up cow's milk, and have switched to Unsweetend AlmondMilk. Oooo.....what I've been missing all these years.

Now If I could only find cheeses I love that are made with out cow's milk....but I'm sure thats too much to ask. LOL....'til tomorrow!