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It’s Day 7, and a lot of the difficulties with hunger I went through during the first few days of the cleanse have let up. I’ve found that’s usually the case with most people who go on the Master Cleanse - If you can just get past the first 3 days it does get easier.
One of the most important parts of succeeding on the Master Cleanse, or just about anything, is learning to enjoy the process.
If you have a running dialog in your head that goes something like…
“I don’t like this I want to eat”
“I don’t like this I want to eat”
“I don’t like this I want to eat”
ect.
You wont last long on the Master Cleanse.
Know that all the things you’re going through are part of the process of cleansing your body, and whatever satisfaction you might get from breaking the cleanse to eat is nothing compared to how great you’ll feel when you finish the cleanse.
I’m going to meet up with some friends latter on tonight which means I’ll almost certainly be around food. Sometimes I think they enjoy tormenting me by eating in front of me when I do the cleanse, but that’s what friends are for. 
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5:00pm
I’m about to head out to pick up some more lemons to carry me through the next 3 days, but I thought I would give a piece of advice to a problem I see some of you are having.
In the comments below Tina wrote:
“I also tried the sea salt again last night and it didn’t work as fast as before although I still experienced some cramping but nothing like before.”
I’ve had this happen to me as well. I’ll do the salt water flush or drink some laxative tea and sometimes nothing happens for hours. Other times it works in minutes. The trick to making it work is to move around. If you take the laxatives and sit down they won’t go to work right away, you have to move around.
I know some of you have experienced this first hand. You take the laxatives at home and nothing happens, but then you leave the house and start walking around and it feels like the dam is about to burst.
If you can move around after taking the laxatives you’ll have much more predictable eliminations.
It doesn’t take much, and you don’t even have to leave the house. After you take the laxatives just move around for a few minutes. Walk around the house, jump up and down, stretch, or do a goofy dance. Sit ups work good too. Even flexing your abdominal muscles while sitting can help get things moving.
That should solve the laxative problem.
Awesome job to everyone doing the Master Cleanse. The highlight of my day is to log on to this site and read how everyone is doing. Keep up the good work!
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Day 7 and a great day!! All is well and I feel like I could go forever today. Lots of energy and feeling great!!
Good Morning -
its about 830 am my time and I feel lousy. I woke up at 130 am and then again about five times from 330 am till 7am, and I am completely stuffed up and am still in the bed which is not normal for me as I am a morning person. I did about 5 hrs work outdoors yesterday - digging holes, cutting branches, raking and thought my bosy would be killing me, but that feels fine - go figure - anyway, I am going to get up and make my batch of lemonade and keep it moving - I have lots more outdoor work to do today before the weather cools down again.
Have a Great Day!!!
Day 7 for me–after I blogged yesterday, I started feeling very tired and weak and had a dull headache. I gave into it and rested most of the day. I also had more hunger pangs than I’ve had the entire time on the cleanse. I weighed myself this morning for the first time and noticed that I’ve only lost 2 pounds since I started the cleanse–and, I’m not using the full strength of syrup the recipe calls for. I’ve been waking up with puffy eyes and am wondering if I’m retaining salt–my abdomen is feeling bloated, too. I’m going to drink more water today to see if I can flush more stuff out. I’m committed to the 10 days now and am hoping today is better than yesterday! Hang in there, everyone!
Dinner time at the end of day three, I broke down and ate. I was miserable, light headed, mean-spirited, and wanted to eat something. I find it very difficult to have to make dinner for my family without being able to eat any of it, and smelling all the wonderful smells. I even tried buying stuff that they liked and I didn’t. So, here I am drinking my lemonade again this morning. Let’s try this again.
Day 10 for me!
Hi all, Day 7 and now know I am going to make it! Yesterday I was a bit weak and grouchy and not feeling all that great in the evening. I am committed but am ready to get some nutrition in me on Sat. The wheat grass shot for lunch is my treat for the day. It really makes me feel like I am getting something really great in me. It is loaded with vitamins, chlorophyll and a little protein. The psyllum husk powder is good at night because it fills my gut before I go to bed. I have been sleeping hard and a couple of times during the cleanse, I have slept 9-10 hours. That is way too much for me but, evidamndently, my body needs it. I am truly looking forward to the benefits when I come off as I know I only want really healthy food right now. 3 1/2 more days to go… I keep telling myself, I can do all things through Christ whom strengthens me… 10 days of our lives is nothing, He went 40
Okay I cheated
I had some pork rinds last night..it is strange day one and two I wasnt hungry but the next days i want to eat, why is that. I also tried the sea salt again last night and it didnt work as fast as before althought I still experienced some cramping but nothing like before. Also, I am not eliminating a lot of waste, I am only going once a day and that is when I drink the laxative tea or like last night the sea salt, is that normal? and when I do go it is mostly liquid with the pulp form the limes.
Day 10 for me!
Feel good, however somewhat tired at work, my eyes were somewhat hazy. Unfortunately this is one of the side effects, so I took a vivarin. Bad idea. My stomach felt upset afterwards and now I am kind of shaky. I no longer intake caffeine (for about 1 year now) and drink only water so my body would have reacted this way regardless.
Well, I am almost through the required time frame of the 10 days but am still hoping for the 15 to 21 days I originally stated. It is hard knowing that I have reached the goal of 10 days and anything additional is a bonus, it makes me want to eat food. Not because I am hungry, just out of habit. It is amazing how the body can sustain itself without food.
I have noticed some back pain starting yesterday, probably my kidneys. Not a piercing pain, just an annoying, always there pain. Another one of the side effects.
Wish me luck on my journey as I am wishing all of you the will the stick to your 10 day cleanse.
Day 9 and I feel terrific…..the only problem I have is being a teacher at Easter means chocolate for my class we started today with the little foiled wrapped chocolate eggs (something I would not even normally bother with) and wow…do I ever want one. I think I will give the bag to one of my collegues for safe keeping!!!!!! Keep up the good work everyone….
day 5, I made a late start. I’m having a limation problem. I drink the tea and the salt water. I guess not enough. I love banana cream pie and my wife made one yesterday. I don’t think she knows that she is sabatoge me. Courage, courage
DAY 5! I can’t believe I’ve gone 5 whole days! I felt really tired this AM not much energy. Not quite as hungry today. . . took 4 hoodias this morning. I’m still having visions of nachos bell grande and crawfish etoufee and some good homemade boudin . . . all the Louisiana food that ballooned me to almost 270 lbs! Anyways, I’m OK. All of you keep me encouraged! Much success to all!
Hey, I’m back to say that I got on the scale and lost 5.5 lbs in 5 days. I probably weigh a little less, but I weighed in the PM with lots of water in my belly. There is no big rubbery eliminations like other people talk about (hardly any acutally) and thats confusing because I have this big gut that I know is full of glump! I wonder if that’s because I use herbal cleansers regularly. Also, I haven’t yet lost all desire for food that people report after Day 3. Still achy and cold. Hope to start seeing all these great results people boast about. I will need to see and feel a lot better to keep my motivation up to continue this. Talk to y’all tomorrow!
where can I find the recipes for this cleanse and are the ingredients expensive?
I only made it 2 and half days and I ate on Sunday after church like I thought I would. I also ate last night, so I am not doing so good. I am certainly not going to start over now because Easter is Sunday and I know I am going to eat. In fact, I don’t think I am going to try again. I don’t think the cleanse was right for me because I had the wrong intentions. I wanted quick weight loss and did not consider the real importance of the cleanse.
Congratulations to everyone who has made it this far. Even though I am not going to continue I am going to check in for the next 3 days to note everyone’s progress. I wish I could have hung in there with you guys.
P.S. Help your fellow cleansers and not mention the food you have been craving. A person might be at there breaking point when they read your comment about (insert food here)!
Shiniqua,
I am so sorry youll no longer be with us. I beleive you had some great comments and are a good person. I did pray for you on Sunday like I said I would. I Know the cleanse is hard,but being on it I truely beleive hunger is all in the mind. We eat out of habit and the magority of it is not nessasary I have now learned. On day 7 I feel great.Day 6, I was tired and kinda upset so I went to bed earlier than usual Please dont be offended but i think you should give it another try (this is my 2nd time the 1st time I quit on day 4 and boy did I fell like a failure, and it didnt even taste good. I think thats why I not going to quit this time. I to am looking foward to a beautiful Easter filled with @3*&%*#$%& but I will do a big veggie plate first (Im sick of carring around this belly)lol
Your fellow cleanse buddy
Day 9 and while it hasn’t been easy….seems to take up all my mental energy…..I feel amazed that I made it this far. My problem is I have a killer sore throat……anyone else experience this? It is driving me crazy because I know there is nothing I can take for it. I have been drinking peppermint tea but it only eases the pain for a moment….
Shiniqua, maybe try to work the lemonade in for one meal as Raylen suggested. Eat a healthy breakfast, drink one for lunch and have a light dinner. That could get you jump started and also try it for 3 days and then the next maybe 5 days. Ten days is a loooonnnng time and I believe a cleanse for a day is even beneficial. You are stronger than you think you are!
Hello everyone, Day 6 for me yesterday I was irritable. I went to bed later than usual and was feeling horrible at work. It is so important to get your proper rest while on the cleanse. I also went for some days without the laxitives or the swf,but I did it after work today. It worked well and it is so important to do it consistantly.I have a slight headache. Didn’t drink as much lemonade today and when I did I had to force myself. We all are going to feel so much better if we don’t give up. Shiniqua this is my third time trying this. Once I got to the ninth day and stopped. A old friend once told me “nothing beats a failure but a try” and you tried so don’t beat yourself up. You are right you have to think of it as a cleanse, the weight loss is an added benefit. Hopefully you will try again. Well everyone have a good night.
I can’t believe I am about to talk about bowel movements on this site! I can’t do the salt water, nor can my husband, it makes us sick, as in nauseated. Because of the gastric bypass I had 12 years ago, my intestines are not normal any longer and if I even drink the laxitive tea, I get severe dirihea that is like water since I’m not eating. Then I don’t feel well at all. So I’m not sure how all this will work for me. I’m drinking only the lemonaide- 4 days now, but I feel like I’m not cleansing because nothing comes out of me. Is that grose for me to say{sorry) I am determined to do this anyway, Karry too. I dont understand how to get old waste to come out when you are not eating anything. Nothing at all has come out of Karry either-oh, gross again-sorry. Does anyone have any suggestions on how we can get this stuff out? I look so forward to writing each night, it makes it so much eaiser to stay on this! Thank you all!
Linda Monterey, CA
for those of you with high blood pressure or thyroide problems I would think twice about the cleanse. Do not atempt unless under a doctor’s supervision. I completed the cleanse but my blood pressure was through the roof. I stopped all medication to do the cleanse. I lost 15 lbs but gained it back n 2 weeks. I followed this diet to a “T” If you have any medical problems do not atempt this fast!
what about diabetics huh! No one makes any mention of these issues in the blog. I think it is very irresponsible for self proclaimed homiopathic practitioners to boast the benifits of this cleanse. Just ask your MD if its a good diet. If you have health problems beware! And what ever happened to stanley burroughs?
I’d like to know when will you initiate another 10 day cleanse. Sorry I missed out on this one.
I am at day 4 and I am proud of myself to stay out this long. I want to continue 4 the Ten days