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10 DAY MASTER CLEANSE EXPERIENCE
Night before starting cleanse: Drank a cup of Senna Leaf tea
DAY 1: Awoke early having to relieve myself desperately. Lasted for about 30 minutes and was pretty normal. Prepared 60 oz. of master cleanser lemonade (known from this point on simply as “lemonade”). Drank it in approximately 6, 10 oz. amounts for the entire day. Did not have my normal caffeine fix or take my vitamins…had nothing but the lemonade. Had a pretty nasty headache (later discovered to be caffeine withdrawals) and felt a bit tired all day, but not too bad. Did not work out, as I still was not sure if it would be “safe”, or if I would pass out (oh, the drama!) I made another 20 oz. or so of the lemonade at about 8pm…just couldn’t stand the sensation of being hungry. Drank it all and felt great. Drank the Senna Leaf tea before bed.
DAY 2: Again, awoke early having to “go” twice before it was time for me to wake up. Ugh…nothing like being awakened by stomach cramps. More elimination than usual. Did the salt water flush and OH MY GOODNESS…if you ever are constipated, this is the ticket. Within 10 minutes of guzzling that grueling potion, I was again in the bathroom for about 30 minutes. Yikes. Had a headache again. Drank about 75 oz. of the lemonade all day. Did a workout and felt a bit out of it…mostly from the headache, I think. Drank the Senna Leaf tea before bed.
DAY 3: Again, awoke early having to “go” (this time only once) before it was time for me to wake up. Skipped the salt water cleanse (it was just SOOO foul) and instead drank another cup of Senna tea. Drank about 75 oz. of the lemonade all day. Had a headache for the first part of the day, but it started to go away later on. Muscles felt a bit sore…kind of like flu (later learned that this is a symptom of the “detox” process.) Did a shortened workout (stopped early mostly out of “fear”…still wasn’t sure if this cleanse was gonna kill me or not and was scared to exert myself, LOL!) Had my first mid-day “bathroom incident”. Eliminated matter is started to look and smell different than usual and is definitely a larger amount than usual. Muscles still a bit achy. Drank the Senna tea. Went to bed and slept like a baby.
DAY 4: Did the saltwater flush upon waking and spent about 45 minutes in the bathroom. Eliminations are starting to look weird…weird shapes and colors. NOT normal. Oh well, this is good, right? Drank about 70 oz. of lemonade. Worked out and felt pretty good. No headache today, but muscles are still a bit stiff from the achiness I was experiencing. No biggie. Starting to think of all the food I can’t have, but strangely enough, not really hungry for it. When I get hungry, I just have more lemonade and don’t deny myself however much of it I think I need. Drank the Senna tea.
DAY 5: Did the saltwater flush upon waking and spent about 45 minutes in the bathroom. Eliminations still looking weird. My tongue is starting to look and feel weird…kinda coated and sore. Ouch. (Learned this is another detox symptom.) Felt “cranky” today…after all, it was hump day for the cleanse (1/2 way through!) No headache, have energy, but just in a foul mood over it all. Drank only about 50 oz. of lemonade today…kinda getting tired of it. Not hungry for anything else either, though…just not hungry, period! Did a work out and was fine. Drank LOTS of water all day and had a cup of mint tea (this is allowed). It was a nice change and made me feel fresh and clean. Skipped the Senna tea tonight (had to go to work early in the morning and didn’t want to deal with THAT at the office). Worked all day and barely noticed anything different…just brought my lemonade to the office and sipped it all day. No big deal. No bathroom business at all, until I got home. Out of guilt of not drinking the tea the night before or doing a salt water flush that morning, did a salt water flush when I got home from work. OH ME…that is the worst thing in the world. And, it is optional…it is highly recommended, but you can just drink the Senna tea twice a day if you just can’t handle the salt water flush. It really CLEANS you out though. Experienced for the first time what “butt pea” is (seriously, that’s what people call it!) This is when your elimination is purely liquid and is basically the color of urine. Feelin’ clean…!! Didn’t drink the Senna tea before bed, since I had just done the salt water flush (well, that was my excuse…sounds good, doesn’t it?)
DAY 6: Woke up feeling BALANCED. I can’t explain it, other than to say that I awoke feeling strangely aware, alert, in control, and healthy. Maybe it was psychological, but I just felt so PURE. Mind and body were aligned and all was well in the universe. Sounds cooky, but that’s how I felt. Did another salt water flush and again, just liquid was eliminated. Made my 60 oz. of lemonade and sipped it like a fine wine on my back patio. Felt really good. No headache, lots of energy, no muscle aches. Full of vem and vigor, I did a 60 minute sweat fest workout and felt so incredibly empowered when I realized I wasn’t even tired from it, despite not consuming any solid foods for almost 6 days. Tongue is still sore, but I couldn’t care less. Stomach is starting to look really flat. Have not lost any weight and consider that to be a good thing…not trying to! Just want to cleanse. Liquid eliminations only again…am starting to wonder if I am already clean and have nothing left to eliminate(?) Drank the tea before bed. Eww…hate the tea…well, I hate what it does to me!
DAY 7: WHOA. OK. Nope, definitely wasn’t “clean”. After 2 days of nothing but liquid eliminations, some STRANGE stuff is starting to come out, now. Not worms, but wormy looking things beling eliminated. Just little squiggly solid things, along with really dark, thick, cruddy, tar-like stool. And not to be really, REALLY gross, but it smells disgusting. Ugh. (I am getting nauseated just thinking about it now). Did the salt water flush and more stuff is coming out. Drank my quota of tea, did a great workout, and am still feeling really good and strong and however disgusting it may be, am relieved that I am eliminating some weird looking stuff. It is such a good feeling to know I am getting rid of it and is grossing me out to think it’s been there all this time. Had several small eliminations today. Yuck. Drank the tea before bed and slept well.
DAYS 8 & 9 are the same as day 7, pretty much. Eliminating really yucky, weird stuff – crud-like black, icky stool and little squiggles (NOT worms, trust me, just deposits from the intestinal wall!) It is happening all throughout the day now. Feeling good though and don’t miss food AT ALL. Worked out hard and relished every drop of sweat. My body has completely eliminated all excess mucous and even though I usually clear my throat and blow my nose throughout the day (particularly during a workout) I haven’t done this in days. Weird…it’s like my body is empty of all disease. Am actually a little anxious of the idea of again “contaminating” my nice clean body with unpure foods. Don’t really want to go back to normal living since this feels so good. Senses are extremely heightened…I can smell things from a mile away. People are starting to smell disgusting…as soon as someone comes home, I can *smell* them from the other room. And it’s foul, like mucous. Not body odor…just a weird, unpure smell. I don’t even want to be around anyone. And when they cook…ugh…it’s nasty. Fast food commercials on TV are making me want to hurl. The idea of watching someone eat seems so nasty - I can't bear it. As for me, I am feeling like I could take over the world if I wanted to. Drank the tea before bed, as it is the LAST night of the cleanse!
DAY 10: Woke up feeling good and more positive than I have in years. Full of energy and vitality. Drank my last bit of lemonade and then cheated that night and began the orange juice/chicken broth already (you are not supposed to do this until day 11…oh well!) Am done eliminating junk…just liquid again now. Did my final salt water flush…thank goodness! That really was the worst part of this, for me. EWW.
DAY 11: Well…you are supposed to “ease” off the cleanse by only having orange juice and/or chicken broth for a couple of days. Yeah, right. My mom made homemade spaghetti sauce and I just HAD to have some. I ate a small bowl very slowly and was fine (no noodles, just the meatless sauce). Made some homemade vegetable soup and ate this slowly all day.
DAY 12: Ate the rest of my soup. Felt great.
DAY 13: Back to normal! I usually eat pretty healthy, so it wasn’t a drastic change for me. It’s not like I ran out and grabbed a Whopper and fries…I just ate healthy foods, like normal.
Overall, I am very happy with the results. The fact that I am a person who has always worked out and followed a “clean” diet does not exempt me from the intestinal build up that occurs over time. I did eliminate some nasty toxins, there is no doubt. And the fact that my muscles were sore the first couple of days further supports the detox theory (and let’s not forget the coated tongue, which didn’t go back to normal until about day 20!) Another thing I didn't mention earlier...I never had to wear deoderant while I was on this cleanse...no bad breath, no B.O...it's almost like you are an alient or an android with no nasty bodily fluids (other than the bathroom busines, that is.) I would do this again and probably will in the next few months. Since I don’t want to lose weight and/or mass, I will drink more lemonade than some may choose to do. I actually miss the lemonade and the feeling of cleanliness I had during those 10 days - can' t wait to do it again.
Just be smart and careful and listen to your body! If you get hungry, HAVE MORE LEMONADE. It won't hurt you to have more. If you can't handle the salt water, just drink the tea twice a day. This is not as good, but it's better than not doing the cleanse at all.
OH…and my sense of smell is still here…I can still smell people 7 months later. Not so much those who work out, drink lots of water, and eat clean…but others, oh yes, they stink to me now. I guess I will have to live with it. ;-)
Dianna
Night before starting cleanse: Drank a cup of Senna Leaf tea
DAY 1: Awoke early having to relieve myself desperately. Lasted for about 30 minutes and was pretty normal. Prepared 60 oz. of master cleanser lemonade (known from this point on simply as “lemonade”). Drank it in approximately 6, 10 oz. amounts for the entire day. Did not have my normal caffeine fix or take my vitamins…had nothing but the lemonade. Had a pretty nasty headache (later discovered to be caffeine withdrawals) and felt a bit tired all day, but not too bad. Did not work out, as I still was not sure if it would be “safe”, or if I would pass out (oh, the drama!) I made another 20 oz. or so of the lemonade at about 8pm…just couldn’t stand the sensation of being hungry. Drank it all and felt great. Drank the Senna Leaf tea before bed.
DAY 2: Again, awoke early having to “go” twice before it was time for me to wake up. Ugh…nothing like being awakened by stomach cramps. More elimination than usual. Did the salt water flush and OH MY GOODNESS…if you ever are constipated, this is the ticket. Within 10 minutes of guzzling that grueling potion, I was again in the bathroom for about 30 minutes. Yikes. Had a headache again. Drank about 75 oz. of the lemonade all day. Did a workout and felt a bit out of it…mostly from the headache, I think. Drank the Senna Leaf tea before bed.
DAY 3: Again, awoke early having to “go” (this time only once) before it was time for me to wake up. Skipped the salt water cleanse (it was just SOOO foul) and instead drank another cup of Senna tea. Drank about 75 oz. of the lemonade all day. Had a headache for the first part of the day, but it started to go away later on. Muscles felt a bit sore…kind of like flu (later learned that this is a symptom of the “detox” process.) Did a shortened workout (stopped early mostly out of “fear”…still wasn’t sure if this cleanse was gonna kill me or not and was scared to exert myself, LOL!) Had my first mid-day “bathroom incident”. Eliminated matter is started to look and smell different than usual and is definitely a larger amount than usual. Muscles still a bit achy. Drank the Senna tea. Went to bed and slept like a baby.
DAY 4: Did the saltwater flush upon waking and spent about 45 minutes in the bathroom. Eliminations are starting to look weird…weird shapes and colors. NOT normal. Oh well, this is good, right? Drank about 70 oz. of lemonade. Worked out and felt pretty good. No headache today, but muscles are still a bit stiff from the achiness I was experiencing. No biggie. Starting to think of all the food I can’t have, but strangely enough, not really hungry for it. When I get hungry, I just have more lemonade and don’t deny myself however much of it I think I need. Drank the Senna tea.
DAY 5: Did the saltwater flush upon waking and spent about 45 minutes in the bathroom. Eliminations still looking weird. My tongue is starting to look and feel weird…kinda coated and sore. Ouch. (Learned this is another detox symptom.) Felt “cranky” today…after all, it was hump day for the cleanse (1/2 way through!) No headache, have energy, but just in a foul mood over it all. Drank only about 50 oz. of lemonade today…kinda getting tired of it. Not hungry for anything else either, though…just not hungry, period! Did a work out and was fine. Drank LOTS of water all day and had a cup of mint tea (this is allowed). It was a nice change and made me feel fresh and clean. Skipped the Senna tea tonight (had to go to work early in the morning and didn’t want to deal with THAT at the office). Worked all day and barely noticed anything different…just brought my lemonade to the office and sipped it all day. No big deal. No bathroom business at all, until I got home. Out of guilt of not drinking the tea the night before or doing a salt water flush that morning, did a salt water flush when I got home from work. OH ME…that is the worst thing in the world. And, it is optional…it is highly recommended, but you can just drink the Senna tea twice a day if you just can’t handle the salt water flush. It really CLEANS you out though. Experienced for the first time what “butt pea” is (seriously, that’s what people call it!) This is when your elimination is purely liquid and is basically the color of urine. Feelin’ clean…!! Didn’t drink the Senna tea before bed, since I had just done the salt water flush (well, that was my excuse…sounds good, doesn’t it?)
DAY 6: Woke up feeling BALANCED. I can’t explain it, other than to say that I awoke feeling strangely aware, alert, in control, and healthy. Maybe it was psychological, but I just felt so PURE. Mind and body were aligned and all was well in the universe. Sounds cooky, but that’s how I felt. Did another salt water flush and again, just liquid was eliminated. Made my 60 oz. of lemonade and sipped it like a fine wine on my back patio. Felt really good. No headache, lots of energy, no muscle aches. Full of vem and vigor, I did a 60 minute sweat fest workout and felt so incredibly empowered when I realized I wasn’t even tired from it, despite not consuming any solid foods for almost 6 days. Tongue is still sore, but I couldn’t care less. Stomach is starting to look really flat. Have not lost any weight and consider that to be a good thing…not trying to! Just want to cleanse. Liquid eliminations only again…am starting to wonder if I am already clean and have nothing left to eliminate(?) Drank the tea before bed. Eww…hate the tea…well, I hate what it does to me!
DAY 7: WHOA. OK. Nope, definitely wasn’t “clean”. After 2 days of nothing but liquid eliminations, some STRANGE stuff is starting to come out, now. Not worms, but wormy looking things beling eliminated. Just little squiggly solid things, along with really dark, thick, cruddy, tar-like stool. And not to be really, REALLY gross, but it smells disgusting. Ugh. (I am getting nauseated just thinking about it now). Did the salt water flush and more stuff is coming out. Drank my quota of tea, did a great workout, and am still feeling really good and strong and however disgusting it may be, am relieved that I am eliminating some weird looking stuff. It is such a good feeling to know I am getting rid of it and is grossing me out to think it’s been there all this time. Had several small eliminations today. Yuck. Drank the tea before bed and slept well.
DAYS 8 & 9 are the same as day 7, pretty much. Eliminating really yucky, weird stuff – crud-like black, icky stool and little squiggles (NOT worms, trust me, just deposits from the intestinal wall!) It is happening all throughout the day now. Feeling good though and don’t miss food AT ALL. Worked out hard and relished every drop of sweat. My body has completely eliminated all excess mucous and even though I usually clear my throat and blow my nose throughout the day (particularly during a workout) I haven’t done this in days. Weird…it’s like my body is empty of all disease. Am actually a little anxious of the idea of again “contaminating” my nice clean body with unpure foods. Don’t really want to go back to normal living since this feels so good. Senses are extremely heightened…I can smell things from a mile away. People are starting to smell disgusting…as soon as someone comes home, I can *smell* them from the other room. And it’s foul, like mucous. Not body odor…just a weird, unpure smell. I don’t even want to be around anyone. And when they cook…ugh…it’s nasty. Fast food commercials on TV are making me want to hurl. The idea of watching someone eat seems so nasty - I can't bear it. As for me, I am feeling like I could take over the world if I wanted to. Drank the tea before bed, as it is the LAST night of the cleanse!
DAY 10: Woke up feeling good and more positive than I have in years. Full of energy and vitality. Drank my last bit of lemonade and then cheated that night and began the orange juice/chicken broth already (you are not supposed to do this until day 11…oh well!) Am done eliminating junk…just liquid again now. Did my final salt water flush…thank goodness! That really was the worst part of this, for me. EWW.
DAY 11: Well…you are supposed to “ease” off the cleanse by only having orange juice and/or chicken broth for a couple of days. Yeah, right. My mom made homemade spaghetti sauce and I just HAD to have some. I ate a small bowl very slowly and was fine (no noodles, just the meatless sauce). Made some homemade vegetable soup and ate this slowly all day.
DAY 12: Ate the rest of my soup. Felt great.
DAY 13: Back to normal! I usually eat pretty healthy, so it wasn’t a drastic change for me. It’s not like I ran out and grabbed a Whopper and fries…I just ate healthy foods, like normal.
Overall, I am very happy with the results. The fact that I am a person who has always worked out and followed a “clean” diet does not exempt me from the intestinal build up that occurs over time. I did eliminate some nasty toxins, there is no doubt. And the fact that my muscles were sore the first couple of days further supports the detox theory (and let’s not forget the coated tongue, which didn’t go back to normal until about day 20!) Another thing I didn't mention earlier...I never had to wear deoderant while I was on this cleanse...no bad breath, no B.O...it's almost like you are an alient or an android with no nasty bodily fluids (other than the bathroom busines, that is.) I would do this again and probably will in the next few months. Since I don’t want to lose weight and/or mass, I will drink more lemonade than some may choose to do. I actually miss the lemonade and the feeling of cleanliness I had during those 10 days - can' t wait to do it again.
Just be smart and careful and listen to your body! If you get hungry, HAVE MORE LEMONADE. It won't hurt you to have more. If you can't handle the salt water, just drink the tea twice a day. This is not as good, but it's better than not doing the cleanse at all.
OH…and my sense of smell is still here…I can still smell people 7 months later. Not so much those who work out, drink lots of water, and eat clean…but others, oh yes, they stink to me now. I guess I will have to live with it. ;-)
Dianna
