Using the lemonade diet for weight loss is a popular trend these days. Even though the lemonade diet is not technically a weight loss diet (it’s a cleanse that promotes whole body health) it is a fantastic way to drop a quick couple pounds.
The question I often get asked then is, “how much weight will I lose?”
Assuming you stay on the lemonade diet for 10 days, which is what most people do, you can expect to lose anywhere from 5-15 pounds. Some people will lose a little more but that’s the average.
Keep in mind that this is not all fat. During the lemonade diet you’ll be passing a lot of internal waste. You’ll also lose some water weight if you started the cleanse a little bloated. One tip for losing even more weight is to follow a healthy diet after the lemonade diet because you’re body will be used to a reduce calorie diet so it won’t be so hard to transition into a healthy low calorie diet.
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In response to comments: The master cleanse is NOT a diet! It is a cleanse, a detox, and a natural method to clean your intestines, colon, and other inner body parts of its toxins, fecal matter, and mucus. I do not recommend using a variation of the master cleanse to loose weight – you will gain it back. Please follow the instructions for the master cleanse because drinking coffee and eating yogurt is interrupting the lemon drink from doing its job.
Hey everyone, I’m on day 8 of the lemonade diet and I already lost 12 pounds! I’m happy with the results but being around so Mich food especially around the holidays makes me wanna stop n just start eating. Right nw I’m at 140 and I want to loose ten more pounds so ill do this for another week after my 10 days(:
Hello Everyone,
I plan to start the Master Cleanse tomorrow 12/31/2011. I’m focus and ready !! I plan to stay on the cleanse for 21 days really looking for a change and believe this will jumpstart my diet and get me started in the right direction. I will post here every friday with updates on my weightloss and on how everything is going …… I do plan to workout on the treadmill for at least 15 to 30 minutes everyday ..
I’m ashame of what I’m about to share but here it is :
Starting Weight: 188.8 Height: 5’7”
I want to reach: 160 w/ the cleanse
Goal: 150
Wish me luck !!!
This last summer I was down to 122 lbs. I know I’ve been gaining weight, but I didn’t realize how much. I weighed my self the other day and the scale said 142 lbs!!! I felt embarrassed and shocked to how much I’ve gained in a short amount of time. I am turning to the Master Cleanse to jump start my journey back down to my weight. I’m doing it for 10 days along with the Saltwater Flush in the am.
It’s day two and I am 139.6 lbs. Even though it’s hard to drink 1 liter of saltwater at once, it works wonders! I know it’s mostly water weight and waste that has been stored in my body, but it does feel good seeing the number go down. Ultimately, I want to be 112-115 lbs in the course of 2 months.
I’m doing 1 hour of various cardio exercises a day and some light weight lifting to keep toned. I’ll be in touch.
Hey guys, just giving an update on how I am doing. I weighed myself this morning and it said 137. It is day 3 and I started at 142 lbs. So, I lost 5 lbs in 3 days! I’m about to do the SWF. Good luck everyone!
I am 5’10, 30 years old and 180lbs, female. I will check in with progress. Starting on Tuesday.
Hey everyone Chris here, just turned 23 and want to start off the new year with a healthier me. hopefully i am looking to lose 15 pounds in the full 10 days. wish me luck!!!
Im at the end of day one and I honestly wanna tear the refrigerator dwn! Lol I try to stay busy and not at home because I will want to eat… hopefully I can make it to day 10!
I started January first, day 1 at 127.6pounds and day 3 at 121.pounds. I am happy with the results so far and want to complete the full 10 day program. In the past I have never fasted for more than 2 days. This is a real accomplishment. 7 more days to go to a new internally detoxed clean body.
I hope I can do this. Day 1 and i wanna get to day 20 at least. I’m 16, 5’4 and weight 167. I gained 17 pounds this year. I can’t believe it. I need to do this for myself. Any support would greatly be appreciated. I need to be thinner by spring break. At least 140 and i have 2 months to do it! WISH ME LUCK.
I want to know if I’ll loose 7 pounds afta 10 days by just drinkin the lemonade with no excersise or tea?
Hey everyone!
I started on Monday. I’m doing it 90% for the cleanse and the weight loss will be a bonus cos I want to lose 7-10lbs anyway. I hope I do. I couldn’t afford whole foods $20 for tiny maple syrup so I haven’t used any yet. I can’t find it anywhere but online. Does anyone know if the syrup’s important or is it only for the taste? It doesn’t taste great and I might need the syrup for the next 5 days. Tomrw is my halfway mark and I get headaches and insomnia. I feel kinda out of it today. I don’t feel good. I just need to sleep. On the 2nd day I felt great. Does anyone else get insomnia from it? I haven’t slept for 2 nights. I hate that. I doubted I would be able to finish a day. I always like the idea of fasting and I knew it would be a challenge. Im proud I got so far but last night I broke an had some kale soup, I’ve been picking at grapes and celery since day 2. Otherwise it’s realy too hard for a beginner like me. I want to finish 10 days. Does anyone know how important the grade b syrup is in the mixture? I do the salt flush at night and that sure is something. Like a racehorse! Much success to you all!
Hi all,
I’m 15, 5’7 (and a half :p) and weigh 135. I recently recovered from anorexia, lowest weight 114, and then the doctor put me on a special diet to gain weight, which I obviously have. now, I do not want to go back to how I was, I just would like to lose 5-10lbs, but I’ve just had a very hard time getting into a healthy diet plan. everytime I dry to diet in anyway, my sort of freak out, and also my body reacts really weirdly, like I keep gaining fat. I would like to do this clense just to relax and take my mind off of worrying about food. Is this a bad idea? I just don’t feel so good about myself right now, and nothing else is really working for me. all comments are welcome. thanks
Hey everyone when I started the mc I was at 146.6 today I’m at 140. I am on day 5 of mc so far I have lost 6.6lbs my target weight is 130. I have 10lbs more to go only wish me luck!!!!!
I started yesterday Jan 9th it was the day my daughter turned 9 months. I gained 64 lbs with my preganacy I was very discouraged and now I feel like I’m ready to do this. I was originally 130lbs size 6 went to 194 lbs. My goal is 10 days but if I can go for and extra four days I will do that. I lost 2 lbs so far.. Good Luck to all and lets keep encouraging each other.
I am about 250 pounds and aabout to do this diet am hoping to stick to it
I’ve been on this diet for four days now and i’ve lost 5 pounds. I feel really great, full of energy and no headaches. good luck to everyone. believing inyouself is your number one motivator. Tell a few people your going to do it and start. let them know you started and believe me them watching and waiting to see how this is going to turn out is what motivated me to keep going. and i cant wait to go shopping for my new wardrobe of clothes.
Tomorrow is Jan 14th 2012 and im starting the MC. Im 5’1 135lbs.. I have gained my lovely winter weight, that i gain every yr but im doin this bc i plan on going to Florida next month so im actually planning to do this for 20 day, 30 if i see ok results.. Summer time im tiny like 120lbs. So im lookin to only go down to 115lbs but thats it.. Good luck to me. And to everyone doing this…hope its worth it..
Hello,
Today was my first day of the Master Cleanse. After a few days of hearing about this detox and what great things it does for the body, i’ve decided to try this for myself! I hope to see great results as i’ve heard many of you had from this cleansing. I’m aiming for 10 days, and hoping to lose at least 15lbs if not more.
Can we take it at night?
I do have a few questions though..Must you do the salt water flush every single day? If I do it every other day, will that be okay? I would hate taking the salt water flush in the morning before I go to school
The lemonade is not as disgusting as I was expecting. The only problem I have with it is that the ceyanne pepper is way too strong and I didn’t even use the full amount of table spoons as suggested. My throat burns everytime I swallow. I dislike the pepper but everything else I can deal with. Am I able to just lower my portions of ceyanne pepper without harming the process of the master cleanse?
Thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone!
Hello Again,
This is Day 3 of my master cleanse. I can’t believe I made it this far! My will power has truly shocked me! So anyway, on day 1 I was 181.8 and now, day 3, I am at 176.8. I am very pleased with the process I am making and hope that I lose 10+ lbs my Day 10. If I really had it my way, I’d hope to be at 160 by day 10! Tomorrow I’m going to try working out (about 30 min) to help get better results.
Btw, I have not done the salt water flush yet. My father tried it and said it was very hard for him to get it down. And when it did come down, he was in and out of the bathroom about 5 times. So, I tried an alternative which is the herbal laxitive tea they recommended. That tasted disgusting and I nearly barfed.
Hopefully I can try the swf for myself over the weekend because doing it in the am is really not going to work for me. I have to be out of the house early for school, and I can’t manage getting ready as well as running in and out of the bathroom.
Anywhooo…Happy Cleansing everybody! I’ll keep in touch.
Hello Everyone
I would like to thank everyone for posting you progress. I am 37 years old. I am 5 Ft and weight 230 lbs. I am tire of being overweight and feeling bad all of the time. For years I have maintained a steady weight of 215. Already overweight, that was my limit. I have struggled for the last 11 years to lose the weight. Usually I able to maintain weight at 215, if I gained over that I would do what I needed to do to get the weight off. Well this past year I have gained 15 pounds and I am miserable. There has been nothing I can do to get it off. I am excited about trying this cleansing. Not only am I going to use this cleansing as an opportunity to lose weight, but to build up self confidence, courage and self worth. Thanks for letting me share
Hi im lotanya, this is day one for me on the master cleanse, I feel very encouraged! I’m 5′ 2 160lbs, my goal, 135-140 , wish me luck!
Thanks for all the information!
Ok I start tomorrow…i’m nervous and excited..I just hope I finish…I hope to do it for 14 days..wish me luck
EllO everyone!
Today is my third day on MC. I have no problem starving but I can barely drink 5 glasses of lemonade in a day and the smell of maple syrup makes me feel YUCK.
I was 201.3 before and now I’m 199.1 . It isn’t much though the way I ve heard people dropping so many pounds. Is it because I don’t take any tea at night and I hardly take 5 glasses of lemonade . I hope somebody will help me out on this. Thanks
I’m on day 7 of the master cleanse and i’ve already lost 11 pounds..just 19 more to go!
Hello! I’m starting my cleanse tomorrow. Seeing all of u guys testimonies has been very uplifting. I just had my fourth child five months ago & I’m 174lbs. I want to get back to a more comfortable/healthy weight, so I’m shooting for 130lbs.. Wish me luck on this 10 day journey & if it’s not to bad I’ll go longer.. Best of luck everyone!! Xoxo
I am on day 6 of 10. This is my 4th time doing this cleanse. I feel pretty good other than the constant food cravings. My energy level is ok. I haven’t felt faint much. I’m drinking 60 oz. of lemonade through out each day. I also drink water as much as I can. I am thankful that I have reached the half way point. This fast is never easy but in the end I always feel better and am proud of myself for sticking with it.
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Hi, i just starting the mc and i heard sugar free decaf coffe make lose more weight, what kind of coffe should i get please help
On the fourth day. Weighed myself this morning and had lost 5 pounds! Yay! Hope to keep it going. I started at 161 pounds. I’m 5’5. Now I’m 156.2
Just lost another pound. Woke up at 155 pounds. 5th day!!!! Only 5 more to go! Just want to be under 150 so I’m no longer considered overweight! Wish me luck!
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