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• Beginning day 3 ... no weight loss.. disappointed... yes, I've been following the directions.. not doing swf today but I'm drinking the laxative tea

• To Marylin, who posted 1/10/14 , you should be coming off the mc now. I was just wondering how it turned out for you. Did you end up losing weight in the end? Hoping things went well for you. If you are not over weight to begin with that could be a reason for not losing much weight.

• I am on the 5th day of the MC. I am following it to a T. Unfortunately I haven't seen any results. No weight loss' barely any BM. I do feel more energetic. Although tonight I feel blooded. Any suggestions

• Secretly I hv been crying during these master cleanse period... Today I am on 10th day n I just hv lose 2.20 lbs although I didnt cheat with it. When my frens ask me how much weight I hv lost yet I lie them that almost 15 lbs.. I wish if I could tel them the truth but I dnt want to be a topic to laugh at every time they gather.. I wonder how others have able to loss that large amount?... My tears hv not yet stop rolling down... I dont say master cleanse is a lie but it didnt work for me at all... Its just my personal experience pls do read my comment but dont upset urselves.. Who knows mc might b great for u.... M so hurted. Frm tmrw I am getting into my regular eating routine.... Hope everything goes well with all other who ever are doin mc... Hv great day ahead frens.

• I am not losing any weight. M on my fourth day.. I am full of energy but I surely m going through headache, cold n cough, Constipation. Pls help I need to shed of my weight in any cost. I weigh 68 kg. I hv substitude maple syrup with sugarcan juice n molasses otherwise I am following every instruction mentioned.

• I am on day 6 and my waist is the same size. I know this is a cleanse, but I figured I would also loose some fat due to not taking in my normal calories. I am guessing because I am not working out while on the cleanse. Hmmm. Would love to hear your input. I was really hoping to loose inches and by day 10.

• For those who don't think that the Master Cleanse is a good method for weight loss, here is a direct quote from page 9 of 30:

  IS THE LEMONADE DIET ALSO A REDUCING DIET?
  As a reducing diet it is superior in every way to any other system because it dissolves and eliminates all types of fatty tissue. Fat melts away at the rate of about two pounds a day for most persons—and without any harmful side effects.

• If you are not seeing results for the master cleanse, consider stopping the salt water flush!!!

  In my opinion, the reason you are not losing weight is due to the SWF. Every time I have seen people complain that they haven't been losing weight on it, they are following the routine precisely including doing the SWF. In the original book written by Stanley Burroughs, he says that the SWF is probably the best method but that if it doesn't work for you can use the lax tea day and night instead. My point is I am not a heretic for saying to skip it.

  I have experimented with this. The first time I did a cleanse I went 3 days with just the tea and then thought I'd up my game on day 4. I ended up gaining after three consecutive days of losing.

  Later, I was easing into the cleanse and doing some days 100% on and some days only used the lemonade for 2 meals. I was losing weight consistently until I added the SWF. I tried it two days in a row and ended up gaining 7 lbs. of water weight, puffing up like mad and feeling terrible for those two days. On day two of trying it particularly, I drank the SWF, did not experience any flushing, then went on to drink my lemonade all day and was amazed that I hardly had to pee at all. My body just latched on to the water like crazy. I learned my lesson and didn't do it again, assuming that my body would simply she the excess water in the next day or two. Not so! I only lost a pound a day from there when I had gained 7 from water retention! I actually had to break my fast and do a watermelon cleanse, eating just watermelon for a day, as it is a natural diuretic, before I shed the water weight. The next day I restarted the MC from the beginning.

  During this next phase, I went for 12 days on the MC, and I did great. Loved it. However, in the middle of there I did try the SWF one more time and predictably gained weight the next day. I actually realized that I lost 3 days of weight loss for each time I did the flush. I was 157, 157.8, 157.2, and 156.4. I normally would have just gone from 157 to 156.4 overnight.

  Anyhow, it frustrates me when I see people being adamant about you HAVE to read the book, and then you HAVE to do the Salt water flush, and also you HAVE to use grade B maple syrup. Actually, if you read the book you will see that both skipping the SWF if it doesn't agree with you, AND using grade a maple syrup and just fine according to the author. What I do personally is use 7 tbsp. of grade a maple to one tablespoon of deep rich organic blackstrap molasses. That way I am not spending literally $7 a day on just maple syrup (the price for grade b where I'm at) and I'm still getting all the goodness of those minerals. Blackstrap molasses is amazing stuff! Just my solution.

  You can read the book online for free through this link:
  http://healthandlight.com/mastercleanse.htm

• Hi, so I was wondering if anyone on the master cleanse is having difficulty loosing weight on it. I've done the cleanse in the past about two times and in each I lost about 15 lbs in the 10 days but now this time on day 6 I have lost only 1 lb. Do you think my body got used to the cleanse and that's the reason why there isn't weight loss? I just find it weird how I'm not loosing weight but I'll hang in there and see my progress in the 10 days.

• Can you do the internal salt water bath in the evening ... the morning is impossible with work etc...

  Is this normal that one feels cold even in the summer while doing the Master C. I am usually quite warm even in the winter ...
  I also only lost a bit of weight after 5 days but feel better