None of us are perfect. I’m not, you’re not, none of us are. it’s easy to look back at some of the things we’ve done in life and say to ourself that “I shouldn’t have done that”.
But life is a collection of experiences, and good or bad those experiences shape who you are.
No matter what you’ve done in the past each day gives you the opportunity to turn over a new leaf and completely turn your life around. We all have this potential, and today I want to share a story about a person I’ve never met. This is a letter that was left on this blog, and it moved me to the point of tears.
Hi. This is my first time doing this. By “this†I mean 1. attempting to do any kind of fast/cleansing 2. making my upcoming experience available for anyone to read. What if I fail….but more importantly….what if I SUCCEED? I know a little about both options since I’m a recovering drug addict. As of March 21, 2008 I have 9 months “clean†and feel like I have been released from prison.I had been using drugs since I was 15 years old (I’m now 51) and finally realized that my body (mental and physical)is a precious gift that I need to take care of.
I have absolutely no idea how or even why I ended up on your Master Cleanse web site but I’m so greatful that I did! OK….now the real deal. I went shopping today (April 6, 2008) and picked up all the supplies needed to get started. I am going to formally begin the Master Cleanse tomorrow but I did test the lemonade at 4:00 PM. I mixed a glass of it and “bam†(haha) finished it in less than 20 seconds. It was so good I probably could have finished a whole days worth in about 5 minutes. At around 10:00 PM I did a test run of the 32 ounce salt water flush and as of 11:22 I am feeling an approaching thunder storm. Well anyhoo….thanks for reading this and I’ll try to share my strength, hope, and experience with Master Cleanse over the next 10 days. Paul R.
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I'm on my 4th day, and I can tell I'm going to be one of those who are hungry the entire 10 days! But, as sick as it sounds, I love the feeling. Before starting I had no real appetite for about a year. When I would eat it was only out of depression over my wieght gain. You see, I work out a total of 2 hrs a day, I used to drink a ton of water, but a doctor told me I was drinking too much, and I had overhydrated myself at one point, so I started to fear water and cut back. ( First lesson, you know your body better than any doctor that only spends 5 minutes talking to you.) As a result i started retaining water, and as the scale went up, so did my depression. Then I kicked up my workout intensity, and cut calories. This was a very bad move, I think my metabolism must have slowed to a crawl and my kidneys went on strike. And I feel like I've been yo-yo dieting ever since. I finally figured out (just before I started the cleanse) that I must have some carbs in order to urinate. It seemed like the more I drank and the more I exercised the larger I got, and all along I had thought it was an electrolyte problem.
I was very sceptical about the cleanse, it's hard to get over my fear of water. I'm also a recovered bulemic, and I'm terrified of laxitves, but I'm doing it, I'm just making certain I get plenty of water. So far, I lost 4.5 lbs. The hardest thing for me to control is the urge to lift weights, I drastically cut back on my cardio, but I normally lift weight each day, it breaks up my work day, and seems like the only thing that burns fat for me. I have a very slow heart rate and the workouts seem to help circulate some of the fluid. Is there specific reason I should not continue lifting while on the clense if I feel fine durring the workout and I am still losing wieght? I don't want to lose muscle. Would I lose more muscle by continuing to workout while fasting? One of the big reasons I'm doing this is to restore my metabolism, will working out defeat that purpose?
the video of the lemonade didnt work
I stated the master cleanse 5 days ago, and everything was goning great 'till now I got a headache, feel hungry and tired, I know this happens to some people who have done the master cleanse, but most of the time is the second or third day that they feel like this, but I'm hoping it will go away by tomorrow. The lemonade is good and after the first day the salt water is not that bad.