I have started the Master Cleanse today, and it is going well so far. For those who don't know what that is, I will explain. No there is not enough time. I will sum up. (Can you tell we just recently watched The Princess Bride?) Okay, so it's 10 days where you don't eat anything. Every evening you are supposed to drink an herbal laxative tea and every morning you are to do a top-down enema of salt water rinse. The rest of the day you drink as much water as you wish, and 6 - 12 10oz. glasses of "lemonade" made with lemon or lime juice and grade b maple syrup. This is to cleanse your system of toxins and give you a fresh start.
The reason for me doing the cleanse is to help with my knees. Everyone knows that my knees are the standard party trick for grossing everyone out. And before I head to the doctor who will for sure be saying that I need a knee replacement before I turn 30, I wanted to give it a go and try this out. I also need to lose some weight, but the cleanse isn't really a diet per se, but it does have that effect. As such, I did take my weight and measurements which I will not post here, but will post a total lost when I'm through. Christina, my sister, was supposed to be starting today with me, but she ended up chickening out having a migrane and not starting today. My brother, Bruce, is already on day 7, and looking forward to eating again soon.
Okay, so I had my lemon mint laxative tea last night about 11pm, and woke up at about 5am with stomach cramps. Thinking they would go away, I curled up in a ball and attempted to go back to sleep. At 6, I just got up and eliminated and felt much better, no cramps. Went back to sleep. The salt water rinse, was bad. I only drank half of what I was supposed to. I seriously though about it coming back up, but it did it's job. I dropped Melissa off at my parents this morning, and felt a few hunger pangs on the way, so I slurped up some more lemonade and water. So far so good.
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Evening update.....
Neil made rice to go with the curry chicken I made on Sunday, and it smelled so good! I never knew plain rice smelled so yummy! Even with a stuffed up nose. I am pretty hungry at the moment. And I did speak to Christina who is going to start tomorrow. I was expecting to be running to the bathroom every hour, but so far it has been going pretty good. Just as you would expect if you drank a bunch of liquids, I have peed a whole lot. Bruce said that the second day was harder for him. I feel like I may be able to do this for the full time, but I'm taking it as it comes, one day at a time. I have no idea what tomorrow will bring. But at the same time, I feel prepared for it. The week I spent in the hospital on a liquid diet was so much harder than this. Granted, I was really sick, and drugged up and feverish, but I couldn't get up and move around much, and Melissa was away from me. It's about 8:00 now and I am finishing up my 6th glass of lemonade. I may have 1 or 2 more.
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