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• I have just finished my 2nd 10 day master cleanse using SWF. I have lost 9.9 pounds. It is a great experience. The SWF , agreed, is not pleasant...but requires patience to see it thru daily.
  My first cleanse was for 15 days using 8 cups of boiled salt water (recipe per Buddhist monks in Tibet). So my 2nd round using only 4 cups of room temperature salt water was sooo easy compared to the 8 cup SWC. My advice to anyone wanting to do this cleanse is to go to the Real website of Peter Glickman...wwwThemastercleanse.com. Learn to do it Right the first time with only proper ingedients. Please do not waste your precious time on others pretending to know whats best for you when they have not even Completed a full cleanse themselves. This cleanse takes dedication and some willpower. It is not expensive and will permit your body to release toxins fast and easy. The SWF is to help get the junk out. Drink your sienna tea but keep up the SWF and please make sure you go to at least the 10 day minimum of cleansing. Sure the detox symptons can be difficult but each symptom only last 2-3 days max. Afterwards they are GONE for good, unless you go straight back to a unhealthy lifestyle, drugs, alcohol etc. Blessings and all the Best!
  P.S. This cleanse Also helps rid of Hotflashes, cellulite and clears your skin. Ladies take note!!

• Hi am on. My 6 day and still going strong,my third day was the hardest so I slept to get through it. Don't do the SWF I use the laxative which works for me. I see results on my body so just wating to see how it will end

• Further more, it has totally screwed-up my menstrual cycle!

• 2 weeks on from doing this diet, I have had severe digestion problems when returning to solid (yet healthy) food! My metabolism has changed and my whole experience of eating is somewhat unpleasant. I now do an intermittent-fast - far better. Do not do this MC!

• Sorry, so I'm clear -

  Where I said *with this you only lose water and muscle mass, not fat* I was referring to the MC :)

• And I know, I know, I at first too didn't want to hear it, but knew deep down I had to and what is said here is based on real evidence and will give you healthier results. The MC is exciting and as it is guaranteed to lose weight that is what celebs and others do it for, a quick get the pounds off fad diet. This is supposed to be done as a cleanse, not a weight-loss, the weight-loss is a side effect (as great as that is). It is not a healthy way to lose. But I see you are doing it to then begin to eat healthy! Seriously the alternate 24 hr fast is the best fast and has the best results....with this you only lose water and muscle mass, not fat. Read my above post, that was my experience ;) Good-luck :)

• Hi Shelia, seriously read this before continuing :)

  http://theyogadr.com/master-cleanse/#comment-40772

  All the best! 5.4 and 145 is not so bad. I am 5.3 and 128 Lbs (I am 39) :)

• I am now on day 3. So far I've lost about 4 pounds and I feel just okay. I haven't been doing the SWF mainly because I'm 18 and I try to get all the sleep I can get before going to school. ? However, I have been doing the laxative tea. While in school I'm very distracted therefore I'm able to really stick to it. But getting home in the afternoons are tough. Especially watching my brother and sisters eat. On day 2 I was having the weirdest cravings. I guess this is supposed to happen because your body is detoxing. But anyway I was craving spaghettios with a piece of white hostess bread with a slab of butter smeared on it. I actually came extremely close to going to the store and buying it. Thank god I had my mom who has been a great support through all of this. She convinced me not to. But I found it funny that I wanted something that I used to have as a kid. But anyway I've been trying to go to bed as early as possible to prevent me from cheating but I find it so hard to sleep and stay asleep while on this cleanse!!! I always feel stimulated! I even checked the laxative tea just to make sure there was no caffeine. I am sooo determined to finish this diet though, and on the first day that I can back to a normal diet I think I'm gonna have an organic, healthy version of spaghettios with a slice of Ezekiel Bread. I simply CANNOT wait! But most importantly I can't wait to kick bad habits and start living healthy so I can look axing when I go to Aruba in 7 weeks. I am 5'4 and my current weight is 145. I hope to get down to 115! After this my plan is do low carb and no sugar diet.

• Day 4: Woke up 7am, decided to have one last SWF at 8am, just to clear out any final matter. I am now just waiting for happenings! I have decided to call it a day with the cleanse (which I have read lots on and take on board it is not really a cleanse as of consuming approx: 944 calories within 24 hours as of the Maple Syrup and lemon juice combined. So I think my body is telling me that it has, had enough and I listened to some good advice that this is the best time to stop if I am going to stop early,,,,as if I am to gain anything from the MC, it would only be in the first two or three days anyway:) So I am happy with that!

  I do not feel (like some have mentioned they feel) a loser, or disappointed in only making it three days, I think that is good going! It took determination and will-power at it's strongest and I know I have done some good, and it is more than doing nothing.

  I will break the cleanse gently by having some All Bran with water, and then some orange juice later, some raw veggies and then tonight some home-made veggie soup, nothing added!

  I am proud I made it this far and in the future I plan on doing a 24 hr ,every other day proper fast, no Maple Syrup, just lemon water :) Following this advice:

  Half of the calories consumed are from fructose (a poison) without its antidote (fibre).
  With all that sugar, there’s no rest for the liver, no period of catabolism without anabolism. Studies of fasting have shown tremendous benefits from zero calorie intake for sustained periods, ideally 24 hours.
  There’s no fibre in the intestine, especially after 10 days of only sugar water, to bind toxic chemicals like PCBs and dioxins released from fat cells. Fibre escorts toxins out of the body and prevents the bad guys from finding targets and creating victims.
  Glutathione is depleted after about 24 hours of fasting. Without its replenishment, the body’s natural ability to detoxify is seriously hampered.

  Speaks volumes and makes a lot of sense to me. Anyway the end result I do feel better, much more energised and have also lost about 5Lbs in the 3 days :)

  Best of luck to anyone else doing the MC, I am glad I tried it, but when your body is saying "Enough" , then it is time to stop :)

• I will report more soon ;)