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

[bee_lop]

Today is day 1 for me. I have done the MC several times, but my recent attempts to stick with it and stay motivated have been unsuccessful. So here I go again. There are so many benefits of the MC, but I really need to lose some weight. I weighed myself this morning, so I have my starting weight. Is anyone else starting the MC today?

I'm starting today! Sometimes its a lot less difficult to keep motivated during the cleanse if you have others on the same day as you, and to relate to eachothers progress. I do the cleanse mainly to clean out all the junk i've consumed within the last year. Last year when i did the cleanse i lost 20 pounds, but gained it all back (and a little more) because I didnt maintain healthy eating habits. The cleanse, in my opinion, is just a small part of what should be a long-term change in a persons eating habits.

But just keep to it, and i'm sure you'll do awesome! Good luck

[ExtraGarlic]

One thing Im trying to do is just stay busy. Make some music, watch TV, work out, go online. This cleanse really shows me how much time I spend on food. Going out to eat, buying it, cooking it. I'm prob freeing up a good 2-3 hours of my day.

[Doctor Bunsen]

I hate the first couple of days. This is when I usually fail. The lemonade tastes like dog pee and it's hard getting into the salt/lemonade/tea routine after eating junk food for months.

My challenge for this cleanse is NOT to weigh myself for the ENTIRE cleanse. Yeah, that's right! I'm NOT going to step on the scale until I start the orange juice day! I'm just going to enjoy the cleansing process without that pressure of feeling like I have to lose weight every day.

[bee_lop]

I hate the first couple of days. This is when I usually fail. The lemonade tastes like dog pee and it's hard getting into the salt/lemonade/tea routine after eating junk food for months.

My challenge for this cleanse is NOT to weigh myself for the ENTIRE cleanse. Yeah, that's right! I'm NOT going to step on the scale until I start the orange juice day! I'm just going to enjoy the cleansing process without that pressure of feeling like I have to lose weight every day.

Not weigh yourself the entire cleanse.. now that's a good idea. I would have to remove my bathroom scale from my house though, haha.

[reyzilla]

First timer here, just drank the tea.........more to come tomorrow. Never been on any diet or done any cleanse, so this is all new to me. I will keep the forum updated.

[debejay]

Will start on master cleanse on Wednesday 3 January. Had the worst caffeine headache today hopefully it's done for! Cheering all my fellow lemon heads on!

[Nanainvegas]

Happy New Year! Day one down effortlessly! Today was definitely the easiest swf I've ever done. I usually try to chug it because its so awful. This time I took my time and sipped on it for about 10 minutes and managed not to gag it back up as usual. Aiming to at least match my record of 21 days, with hopes of going 30.

[sadsak39]

just starting day 2 and I literally feel like they portray the heroin junkie going through detox. I have seriously been FREEZING since about 4:00 yesterday. Drank some hot mint tea, took a hot bath, slept with a heat pad near... Freezing! Also my caffeine headache is much worse today than it was yesterday. Any ideas?

Hi robertamae! I've found the best way to get rid of the headaches is drinking lots of plain water. Actually, that's the best cure for any of the detox symptoms. Just don't try to drink it all at once! Keeping your body in a state of constant "flushing" of the toxins, alleviates the discomfort. Never let your water glass sit empty- keep refilling and drinking. You'll feel the difference immediately. Good Luck!

[MrsKelley]

I hate the first couple of days. This is when I usually fail. The lemonade tastes like dog pee and it's hard getting into the salt/lemonade/tea routine after eating junk food for months.

My challenge for this cleanse is NOT to weigh myself for the ENTIRE cleanse. Yeah, that's right! I'm NOT going to step on the scale until I start the orange juice day! I'm just going to enjoy the cleansing process without that pressure of feeling like I have to lose weight every day.

Goodness, you've got some willpower. I've got a piece of paper above my scale where I record my weight daily. XD I'd go crazy if it wasn't for that. I tend to drop at least a little bit on a daily basis when I cleanse and hopefully me exercising this time around will help flush everything out even better.

[Sherri3]

I started Friday by taking a liver cleanse from the book Cure for all Diseases by Hulda Clark. I've used that a few times over the years and it has helped tons with my allergies. I had heard of this cleanse a few weeks ago and decided that since I was already somewhat empty I may as well keep up the detoxing. I am on day three of MC today. I had a horrible headache for the first two days, not from caffeine because I gave up caffeine in October 2010 except for the very rare piece of chocolate. I also lowered my sugar intake when I gave up caffeine so the maple syrup has been very hard for me. I haven't been able to take two spoons full at the same time without retching. I haven't been hungry but I have had cravings, my husband has been making the more aromatic food because he's worried I'll make myself sick by not eating.