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Jan15

Master Cleanse Break: Day 3

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Nia

Posting Thursday’s notes…

Morning weigh-in: 143.8 lbs

7:57 am – 26 oz orange juice

Drinking the juice is going pretty slowly again today.

At this point, there is no conflict between breaking the cleanse (per the Day 3 instructions in Master Cleanser) and participating in FullyRaw Kristina’s 21-Day Challenge — orange juice for breakfast, raw fruit for lunch, and raw fruit or veggie salad for dinner. I feel like I have been anticipating this day forever!

I combined 2 pints blackberries, 1 lb. strawberries, 5 kiwis, and a pom. So, I have a good 7 cups of fruit for lunch. According to cron-o-meter, it is an 837.3 calorie meal! I’ll probably be working on it ’til dinner! Lunch is supposed to be 700 to 800 calories, so I’m well in the clear.

Raw Fruit Lunch

For dinner, I started with banana ice cream and strawberries. Yums! And finished with a low-fat raw vegan (LFRV) dish of lettuce, cucumber noodles, and a papaya dressing. The recipe is from RawsomeHealthy. The dressing turned out greener than I expected, but it was soo delicious! Double yums!!

First Course Dinner: Banana ice cream + strawberries

Second Course Dinner: Salad w/ Cucumber Noodles

Eating went very well today. I maybe had a cup or less of fruit leftover from lunch. That’s fine, considering the fruit totally filled my 7-cup container, which I packed for the work day. So, I’m glad I ate that much. Lunch? Dinner? Ate all of it!!

Jan8

Master Cleanse Break: Day 2

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Nia

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Morning Weigh-in: 143.6 lbs

7: 57 am – 1 quart Cara Cara OJ

The juice is going down more quickly. It only took an hour today. On a side note, I actually had a movement this morning. Those were refreshingly missing yesterday!

I juiced the Cara Cara’s and Valencia’s separately today. Yesterday, I just grabbed whichever variety of orange. I wanted to see their distinct, different colors once finished. = )

Juicing Cara Cara’s

Juicing Valencia’s

Cara Cara on the left; Valencia on the right

I didn’t juice as much Valencia as I wanted, due to time, so I will probably head to Urban Juicer to make up the difference.

10:08 am – 22 oz Valencia OJ (finished drinking it at 10:36 am)

My arms are sore from juicing!

1:00 pm – 24 oz fresh OJ from Urban Juicer

My cycle started tonight. In hindsight, I realized I didn’t have any cramps during the cleanse, and the mood dips were barely noticeable.

Jan8

Master Cleanse Break: Day 1

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Nia

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Posting yesterday’s notes…

Morning Weigh-in: 144.8 lbs

8:01 am – 32 oz orange juice (OJ)

I juiced 64 oz of OJ this morning to take to work. The Cara Cara oranges yielded at least 4 oz of juice a piece; the same for the organic Valencia oranges. I had only four oranges left afterwards. So, I may stop by Whole Foods or Urban Juicer for lunch.

Juicing Cara Cara and Valencia oranges

Juiced and ready to go!

The Master Cleanser book advises to drink the juice slowly. No worries there! I wasn’t able to gulp it down like I thought I would. I started to feel full after a few sips. It’s going pretty slowly, naturally. = )

An hour into it, I’ve only drank half a quart. I finally finished the first quart at 10:30 am…two and a half hours after I began!

I’m glad I didn’t fix a smoothie or other food to eat today. I would not have eaten all of it.

12:00 pm – 1 quart OJ (sipped on it til 3:25 pm)

I shopped for more oranges on my lunch break.

7:08 pm – 1 pint OJ

Reflecting on the Cleanse

This cleanse was very gross. It’s most definitely referred to as a “cleanse” or a “flush”, as opposed to a “fast”, for a reason! I was constantly flushing, in every sense of the word. This detail is one that I didn’t even really think about. For other detox programs that I’ve done, sure, there is some cleansing and elimination going on the first couple of days. But on this cleanse, it is every day! Throughout the day! It is not so bad that you could not make it to the restroom in time, but it is very close.

And I never noticed the white tongue thing. I didn’t seem to experience it.

Still eating ice! Though I haven’t craved or eaten as much ice as usual.

I feel very alert, and my stomach is quite calm. I have lost 8 pounds so far. The cleanse is over, but breaking the fast lasts three days. So, I’m still monitoring results.

I started out thinking I would do it for “10+” days, but ten days was more than enough for me! I’ve been wanting to eat for days, though I experienced only a little hunger. I debated about how to break the cleanse, but since I’ve put in the “work” for ten days, I would not want to ruin it by jumping back into eating. It’s only for a couple more days…I can do it!

I don’t know that I would do this cleanse again! It was cool to do once for sure. If I should just need it for some reason in the future, I definitely would do it again. It was simple, and the lemonade was yummy.

Jan5

Master Cleanse: Day 9

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Nia

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Morning Weigh-in: 145.0 lbs

Today’s Intake:

8:10 am – 12 oz herbal laxative tea

9:50 am – 1 quart lemonade

11: 30 am – 6 oz water

1: 45 pm – 1 quart lemonade

5:57 pm – 1 quart lemonade

7:54 pm – 1 cup mint tea

9:00 pm – 1 cup herbal laxative tea

I got up at 3:25 am to use the restroom and found my energy bottomed out. I felt hot, flushed, and on the verge of passing out. I had to lie down immediately. When I felt a little more stable, I made it to the fridge to eat some ice, which helped. The ratios of lemon juice and maple syrup were likely off yesterday and the day before. It would also explain why some of my mixes have been much darker than normal…and I thought it was due to the dark syrup! I called myself eyeballing how much lemon juice it takes to make three batches in one quart — six tablespoons, which comes halfway up the first line on my Mason jar, so 2 ounces. And the same amount for the syrup. I’m going right back to measuring! Or perhaps I just got too hot. My heat was on at least 80 degrees. I felt completely fine when I got up for the day around 7 am.

A quart from yesterday…a little too much syrup!

I was kinda surprised I lost two whole pounds since yesterday morning. The massage and sauna likely contributed.

I’m drinking the laxative tea first thing again, since I’m going to a special fellowship service to commemorate Master Yogananda’s birthday later this morning. The herb tea works much more slowly than the salt water flush.

At this point, I’m going back and forth as to how I want to break this cleanse — do the two and a third days of orange juice (OJ) as recommended OR just have a smoothie Tuesday morning. I wonder if Burroughs knew of smoothies when he wrote the Master Cleanser book? A smoothie seems to me to be easing back into eating, too. It is also how I broke my last fast. One minute I think “I’ve done ten days, what’s two more?”, and the next minute, I just want to get on with it!