Master Cleanse: Three Day Detox Diary

Master cleanse?? Better known as the lemonade diet, And you guessed it its that crazy diet Beyonce did to nail that part in dream girls. Jared Leto did it to drop all the weight he gained for the role in panic room. Many people have tried it, Some not lasting a day, many making it midway, and lastly some who lived to tell, making it right to the end.

According to This diet you could use 2lb's a day, IF, and i stress IF.... done correctly. Many people I have seen, go on this diet and think, drinking the mixture it all it takes. completely ignoring the no smoking, no drinking alcohol rule. They only seem to completely ignore the salt wash and laxative tea (which aids the weight loss).

Although the diet is used for weight loss, its actually a detox. So i decided to carry this Detox out. I thought it was due time i start taking care of my self. 25 years of just eating pure junk, had taken its toll on me. I began being lazy, Comfort eating. I also had this really bad habit of over eating. Even when I knew I had a bloated Stomach, I still kept eating till I was sick. My friends at uni had dubbed me "Miss Piggy", I never did mind I thought it was true.

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So I carried this detox out for three days. Its only for a detox, I do not want to loose weight like this. I really want to loose it by eating good food and working hard in the gym. But the detox will control my cravings for unhealthy food.

So the Master Cleanse is made in the following way for a daily Serving.

Purchased from Asda

1700ml of Boiled water (Usually people use mineral or filterd water)
12 Tablespoons of organic grade B maple syrup (Grade B means pure, so it contains all the minerals)
3 large organic lemon juice
1/2 Teaspoon cayenne pepper powder

I also purchased a Laxative Tea, this is the exact one I used. I purchased it from Holland and Barretts for around £1.70. This is to agitate the bowel.

You will Also need Sea Salt (from what I'm told no other salt can be used) Any Sea Salt can be used. This is to flush your bowel. The salter water is made from

1) 1 Litre of water 2) 2 Teaspoons of Sea salt. Mixed Together to drink warm.

Diary

So the last time I ate was 12 hours ago. I slept late so I woke up late. Before I started my detox today I carried out the salt water flush.

The salt wash had to be one of thee most disgusting thing I have ever had to drink. Luckily my bedroom is next door to the Toilet so I could stay in my room. With in a hour I had to use the toilet, This carried on, on and off for 4 hours. I drank a lot of water hrtough out the day.

The Drink tasted disgusting and near the end of the night I began getting a headache, not to mention how moody I got. I was Starving and the drink was not fixing that, I still carried on. Lastly I drank the Laxatee. It wasn't very pleasant.

Woke up with no energy, Done my salt flush, No stomach aches but for some reason, I felt really dirty. So I carried out some hardcore cleansing routine. I brushed my teeth with bicarbonate soda and lemon. Steamed my face and thoroughly cleaned it, used lemon juice as a toner and then got in the shower. I dry brushed my skin (that helps the skin flush out toxins) and showered, scrubbed my self down, used a moisturising put on new clothes. I felt a lot fresher but still energy less. Although I woke up with a headache, but the end of the day it was gone. As usual by night time I had my laxatee, and went to bed.

Last day of the detox. Done the usual, woke up, Salt flush and felt weak, I had no maple syrup left so I went out to get some. I felt really weak, I felt like I was going to faint Asda. I made it back safely, but one thing that really amazed me was, when I went out it felt like I walked outside for the first time. I appreciated the sun the grass the flowers so much more.

Due to feeling so weak I took 4 spoonfuls of maple syrup to give me some energy when I got home and it really worked. I felt a bit more energy, at this point I was no longer hungry and I had no headaches. The third day was amazing although I was scared to start eating again. That night I did not drink the Laxatee and went to bed. The morning after would be the ease out phase 1.

So Easing off has three phases you meant to go by. This is meant to help your digestive system adjust to digesting more complex food. so it basically works like this

day 1) you drink lots of water and orange juices
day 2) you eat broths and soups
day 3) you eat fruits and vegetables

day 4) you can go back to eating proper food but still need to be careful to have something not too oily or unhealthy.

I had been reading a blog by someone, I cant remember who it was but they had told how on the third day of the master cleanse they had given up and went home had ate a curry which resorted in to vomiting it all back out because the stomach couldn't handle it.

So I was really scared to eat, which was good cos it meant i would stick to drinking orange juice all day.

So on my first day of Ease off Phase one. My friends had begged me to come to the cinema (giving me 1 n half hours advance notice, not to mention it would take me an hour to get to the cinema). After 15 minutes of arguing, I agreed to come (still feeling weak at this point)

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When I got there my friends had ended up buying me nachos, and I never have my nachos without salsa and jalapeños. So as I was scared to eat them I took rabbit bites and chews my food so much before I even considered swallowing it. After eating a few, nothing happened, so I had more, still nothing, 30 Minutes in to the film, I had finished the whole lot. I was glad to know I made it home and I was still fine.

I know the rooms a mess, the joys of living with 6 kids

So at this point I got really brave, My brother bought home a 20 inch pizza. I ate a slice and some other junk my mum made like chips and battered fish.... and Nothing happened

Lucky for me I have a really stubborn stomach, When i go abroad my family tends to get sick when they eat something when I'm usually fine. I wouldn't advice anyone to do what I did.

Although I didn't log my weight loss. People had notice I had lost weight in just three days. My stomach was flatter and my face was thinner.

I did try and stay good with my food after, the detox really helped it took away all my evil cravings and I appreciated food so much more, I felt less lazy. I was also satisfied by eating small portions. I would defiantly do this again, but this time for 10 days

But I do have one word of advice, if you get brave and eat without easing off. don't eat anything hot or deadly chillies just because when you go to the toilet... well I'm sure you can figure out the rest.

Thank you for reading and I really hope this diary helped, when I wanted to find a 3 day diary non existed. Although there were accounts on people who reached day three, but that's not the same because you would want to know what happens when you ease out after three days.

Kandee Monsoon

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3 comments:

estherrosenfield8 July 2013 at 05:02
It's good to plan ahead when doing the Lemonade Diet and make sure you have enough maple syrup on hand. A run to the store when you're out and hungry isn't ever fun.

Lyman Burchett21 March 2021 at 03:21
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