Here’s a comment that was posted on my master cleanse and food post about why people like us do the Master Cleanse…<\/p>\n
“I decided to do the cleanse because my live-in girlfriend was attempting it and I like a good challenge, as well as a yearning for the simple solidarity that doing something like this together would bring.<\/p>\n
We are not necessarily in it for weight loss, but more to break the cycles of binge eating, drinking, cigarette and ganja smoking we tend to get into. I entered the game as a bit of a skeptic, having done very little research on it and having read very few testimonials at the start. By the end of Day 1, however, I was glued to the computer screen trying to find out if I was crazy for even trying this.<\/p>\n
We are now on Day 6, both feeling pretty good, and I will summarize our experience thus far. We have had similar reactions but at different times over the past week. I was extremely hungry but mentally fine for the first three days. She was super cranky and in a terrible mood for day one and day two. We argued about nonsensical stuff, but were able to reunite our moods rather quickly due to the fact that in the end, we are in the same boat of hunger and deprivation. On day four I felt truly fantastic, then got a bit gloomy again on day five, and now my spirits have risen once again. It is certainly a roller-coaster ride of emotion. My partner is the same, up and down, alternating from a sense of physical and spiritual empowerment, to just feeling a bit overwhelmed and downright hungry.<\/p>\n
The Salt Water Flush was terribly hard to get down the first time, a bit difficult the second, but by this morning (5th time) I can take it down without any problem at all whatsoever. Two teaspoons of salt to one liter of H2O has been the right combo for us. Also, make sure the water is either room temperature or slightly warmed up. My partner had a very hard time keeping down the SWF for the first couple episodes but has gotten used to it. It gets easier!<\/p>\n
Anyways, we are both feeling great today, on the same page, craving random food items here and there, mostly whatever we are feeding our three-year-old at the time. Our dreams have been incredibly vivid (I had several all-you-can-eat buffet dreams the first couple of days!). I have no doubt that we will be able to complete this. For me, so far, the Cleanse has not been about losing weight, but becoming aware of the negative trends and cycles of daily life that tend to develop. When I eat, why I eat, what I eat. Same with drinking alcohol. Same with smoking the various things I smoke from time to time. Breaking the impulses and regaining control of my desires is extremely empowering. I have been struggling with quitting cigarettes for some time, off and on with them, but feel pretty confident right now that I will never smoke again. If I can go ten days without food, I can go without cigarettes forever. In fact, I am feeling very confident that all of my negative cycles have been broken, and that I will be much more aware of how I eat, when I consume alcohol, and what healthy limits are. Good luck to everyone out there.<\/p>\n
I have gone from skeptic to believer in just six roller coaster days!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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