Day 3

Hmm, well I think I’ll be writing mostly about this cleanse for a while.  Mostly, it gives me something to look forward to typing, which is nice.  I don’t end up typing many of the not so thrilling details about the cleanse, but no need to type all that out 😛

I’ve been asked what type of cleanse this is.  It’s called the Master Cleanse, also knows as the Lemonade Diet.  It’s a well known cleanse that has also been used by doctors for patients with weight and/or medical problems.  I did this cleanse last year and went for 13 days, although the more I think about it I’m thinking it may have been 9.  Regardless, I failed when I licked the knife after finishing making PPJ sandwiches for the kids.  BIG mistake, as I couldn’t stop devouring things 😛  This time, although I never planned to do the MC, I had been eating roughly a 90% raw diet for the 2+ weeks proceeding the start of MC, that I have had virtually no cravings.  It’s said the first 4 days are the hardest, and they’ve been a complete breeze for me.

Tonight though, as I sat here hungry and looking at the time wondering if I should drink some more or not, I had a virtual whiff of the smell in Krispy Kream donuts (mmmmm!!!!).  Tonight walking in the back door I smelled someone cooking stew of some sort, and it smelled SO GOOD!  One thing I’ve read is that your sense of smell and taste definitely does increase.  I have to agree with that.

This morning I did the salt water flush (SWF) and the new salt definitely works MUCH better – tastes much better.  After that though, I was on the move with the kids and didn’t have my drinks until I was back home again.  So, the first time I "ate" for the day was roughly 3pm.  Oops!!  I ended up downing 32oz, another 32oz at 7pm and came home at 9pm only to feel hungry again and started craving food.  Finally got off my backside and fixed another 32oz – down it all went, and I feel MUCH better.  I’m sure I was dehydrated also from not drinking anything during the day.  Normally these drinks are spread throught the day, not all within 6hrs! LOL

I read today that on top of my drinks, I should be drinking 1/2 my body weight in oz of water.  So, I should be drinking an addition 87oz of water – yuck – I have such a hard time with water.  Oh well, time to get to chugging *blech*  Drinking enough water has always been a challenge of mine.

I purchased a scale today and stepped on it tonight – I know, one is suppose to weigh in the morning, but I was curious!!! – 174.5.  Not bad!!! 

7/15 – 179.5 (6am)

7/17 – 176.0 (4pm)

7/19 – 174.5 (7pm)

7/20 – 171.5 (7am) – without clothes.  With clothes, as the others were taken, 173.0

I’m going to weigh myself in the morning and start going by that weight.  I do keep reminding myself that I’m not doing this for the weight loss but to go through a cleanse, but I’m lying to myself 😉  Once I’m done with this cleanse, I do plan to go back to my normal raw diet way of eating.  I really enjoyed it.