MC-Day 1

Pre-Cleanse-Late the Night Before
I’m feeling very excited about tomorrow. I was going to wait until Tuesday (birthday) to start the program, but my mind is ready now so why wait? I ate a Ceasar Salad tonight and had a can of diet coke (odd as I rarely drink soda) followed by a large cup of the laxative tea. The tea has a strong, earthy, and slightly spicey taste. Probably not for everyone, but I love it. Went to sleep around 3 am.

Full Day 1 (January 5th)
Whahoo! It’s midnight of day one and I’m happy to report that I flew today with no problems. This was supposed to be the first of 2-3 very tough days while the body and mind get used to 1) not eating, and 2) the somewhat sudden jolt of the elimination system kicking in. I never did get hungry until around 4-5 pm, and that was only when I could smell my husband cooking some bean and bacon soup.

I read I could expect to feel dizzy, weak and maybe have some uncomfortable abdominal cramping as toxins start to slowly release into the blood stream before being swept out by the body. Umm..nope. Zip. Nada. Nothing of the sort. No headaches (glad I got off the coffee a few weeks ago) and very little abdominal cramping. I had good energy all day, too. My stomache felt a little quesy after the swf, but other than that, nothing unusual. Either I’m really lucky, or really full of toxins and this is going to take a while.

I started the morning by gulping down a nalgene bottle ( 1 quart) of the salt-water flush (swf). Wow. NOT very tasty. I didn’t expect it to taste good, but I wasn’t exactly expecting it to taste THAT bad. I’m prepared to follow this cleanse to the letter, though, so I guess I’m going to have to learn to grin and bear it. After taking laxative tea in before bed, the sea salt is supposed to work at accelerating elimination in the morning by washing your digestive tract from top to bottom. Ideally, one can expect 2-3 movements daily (at least right away) despite not eating any solid foods. The swf can also mean staying near the bathroom for the next 90 minutes. I did have two movements today (very close together and quite loose), although it took a couple of hours (and walking the dog) before things really “got moving.” In future posts I'm not going to get too detailed about this subject (unless something really exciting happens!), but nevertheless, it's a huge part of the cleansing process so the topic needs to be addressed.

About 15 minutes after the swf, I had my first glass of lemonade. I decided to mix up a two-quart pitcher of the lemonade so I would have enough to last all day. The organic lemons I bought are small, so it took almost a dozen of them to get enough juice for a pitcher’s worth of lemonade. I used a knife to help peel each lemon and dropped sections into the juicer. I’m straining out all of the pulp for now. I want to make sure that what I’m seeing in my extractions is not just undigested pulp.

The flavor of the lemonade is actually quite good. I really enjoy the extra bit of kick the cayenne pepper gives it. Mmmm. A glass of bliss every time I feel hungry for the next 39 days. I’m about to have another glass of tea, then it’s off to bed.