Thank YOU 2Skinny for joining my diary. It will be good to see the different ways our bodies react to the cleanse.

Yes I slept fine last night despite the headache. I usually just need to sleep when I get a headache like that, so the problem yesterday was that i was out of the house until 2A.M.

That quote you put in made me feel better about the cayenne lol. I have drank 2 cups now with a sprinkle of cayenne, I will just try to work up to 1/10tsp.

Thats awesome about the spiritual aspects that you are going to utilize. I'm sure you will have a AHA moment lol. I don't have a specific issue with the spirituality, but I am looking forward to having a clearer mind, cause right now it just feels all fuzzy.

An update for today:

No headaches today. I'm just a little achey and lethargic. Not in a horrible way, but the book said to expect this type of thing on bad detox days. I am getting used to the lemonade with a little cayenne.

I just realized now that I am the lowest weight I have been, even from before I gained back some from finals and my vacation. I don't really want to set a goal for weightloss with this, but anywhere in the 220s would be nice. After I am done with my 20 days on this I will probably go raw vegan or at least vegan for another 20 days so that my body doesn't freak out on me as it re-adjusts to food lol. But for the first few days after the cleanse you are supposed to only drink fruit juice, and eat salad and some vegetable soup.

I guess I still have a while until I need to start thinking about that....right now I'm just enjoying the ride of the cleanse. If my tongue gets really white I might post a picture just to gross everyone out :P right now it just has a thin white film on it.

wow I'm totally transfixed. This sounds like something I would like to do once I'm closer to my goal weight. You guys are great for posting your results on here, I'm so curious! Thanks for sharing Lisa and Anna!

Day 4

Todays weight: 238.4 (+1lb)- my body is probably starting to realize whats going on.

Today I feel a little better....less lethargic and no sign of a headache. I got the salt water down today, but it was hard lol. I had a lot of BMs today, much more than yesterday. I'm actually going to leave the house today lol, yesterday I just kinda bummed around since I was so tired. But today I need to go to the store and re-stock on lemons and water. And I want a lemon juicer, cause it sucks to have to hand squeeze all of them.

I can't believe I have gone 3 days without eating. That's amazing to me.

Hey, congrats on getting to 3 days, i found them the hardest of all! Its now getting towards the end of day 18 for me, and i find the evenings the worst for cravings! Im quite shocked ive nearly reached 20 days, didnt think i would have the willpower! How are your cravings at the mo? What do you do to forget about your cravings?

Wow! 18 days! Congratulations! I really would like to do 20 days. The cravings are worse today (day 4) than they have been the first 3. I went to the store to get more lemons and water and it was painful to see all that food lol. I am trying to get myself to drink more of the lemonade (I have only been having 7 glasses a day) but I am not really a fan of the taste, so its hard to force myself to drink more. But when I do drink it, it does help a lot with the cravings and feeling hungry. Its almost instantaneous relief.

I have a few questions if you dont mind my asking. Have you taken the salt water flush every day? If so, are you still having stuff come out? sorry, thats a little bit of a personal question. Also, just out of curiosity, how much weight have you lost?

I have taken the salt water every morning, i used to go to the toilet ALOT!! But havent been now in probably 3 days.. sorry i know thats kinda gross! But i think most of the yucky stuff must have been flushed from my system by now. In all i have lost about 20 pounds. As im fairly busy in the days with work i sometimes only manage to get 3-4 glasses of the lemonade down, which is no way near enough, but i average 5-6 glasses on normal days, are you using the madal bal syrup, or just normal maple syrup? Ive been using just regular maple syrup but wandered if the results are different with the madal bal?

Hi Luke; great to have you around here too!!
Emmalauren; wow...almost 20 days...I'm impressed. You can definitely get through the next two nights. For cravings...sometimes I take out my nicest jeans or dress out of my closet, that don't fit yet, and I try them on and look in the mirror. It helps me remember why I'm disciplining myself. When I told the health-food-store guy I plan to be on this cleanse for only 3 days, he said I might be surprised at how good I feel and after 3 days I'll believe I can do far more. Are you already planning your re-entry into food with vegetable soup and orange juice the first couple days?

Hey Lisa; sounds like you're going along tickety-boo. Cravings appear on day 4 huh? I'll watch for that. They should re-name this cleanse the Poor-Little-Pooper cleanse. Thank goodness for soaks in Epsom salt baths. Whew! Like you and Emmalauren, I had most waste the first day.
Today is my 2nd day and I already notice way less trips to the thrown. I don't mind the salt water flush in the morning ... I like the tea at night, and I have 8 glasses of the lemonaide per day. I mix two drinks at a time so I end up drinking the lemonaide 4 Xs per day. So one whole organic lemon, 4 tbsp of the organic maple syrup, 1/5 tsp of cayenne and 20 oz. of lukewarm purified water. I include the lemon pulp as well. I don't really like the taste of the lemonaide...far too sweet. That's why I drink 4 double drinks instead of 8 glasses.
Monday is my day 4 and my first day at the office on this cleanse. I hope to do my salt water flush at 6 a.m. so by 7:30 am when I walk to work, I won't have any accidents. Can you see me running to a house, banging on the door and saying "please let me in, I need your bathroom". A crazed zombie from 28 Days Later, trying to get into someone's house.
Then I'll mix 3 double drinks while at the office and have my final double drink at supper. Like you, I have gained weight so I'm removing my stupid ticker so I don't get discouraged. I bought groceries for my sons today and didn't really feel like eating any of the stuff I was buying. I might feel differently in a few days...but right now I feel oh so pure. ha ha ha

When we were in a smaller store we had eight employees on the cleanse at one time & ONLY one bathroom... talk about a stressful moment or two there. Not to mention you certainly learn alot about each other when you do this cleanse at the same time with coworkers or who ever!

& you are right... as someone who works in a natural foods store.. we ALL know exactly what is up when the lemons & maple syrup come through. Some cashiers even just automatically ask if they need the Smoothe Move tea also!

Hope you all are doing well.

Ok, thanks for answering all those personal questions. I have been wondering if stuff comes out all the way to the end. I am using the organic grade B maple syrup, im not sure if that is the madal bal syrup you are talking about. It really is inspiring, though, to know that you have made it through 18 days. Today was a hard day mentally. My mind battled for a long time and started rationalizing quitting after 10 days, but I really want to go for 20. These 4 days have gone by really quickly, so I'm hoping I will get to day 10 without even realizing it and then be ready and roaring to go another 10.

This is so crazy.

Good idea with the trying on clothes when you get cravings. Today I went to Whole Foods to get more lemons and some mint tea (which apparentally we are allowed to have). But when I was at Whole Foods, oh my gosh I was craving everything in there. And they have all the samples of the fruit and cheeses lol.......... it was hard.

I need to get some Epsom salt....a nice hot bath sounds really good lol. When I make my lemonade I make 1 1/2 servings (cause thats what fits into a water bottle). I usually end up just chugging it (I have gotten really good at chugging with the salt water and lemonade-I'll be a hit at keg parties- just playing :P )

Once I get a job (I'm still looking for a summer job lol) I will have to do that where I get up extra early so that I have time to get the salt water flush down and out lol.

lol that would be HORRIBLE having only one bathroom and 8 people. I get nervous when my mom or brother goes into the bathroom when I am doing the salt water flush, I can't imagine 8 people. And thats funny about all the workers knowing exactly what is up when the person shows up with 30 lemons and quarts of maple syrup. Its kind of nice to know, though, that the workers themselves do it and don't think its just some fad.

lol i thought so too at first...

Update for today:

I went to the movies again (I saw Pirates for the 2nd time lol) and my brother got butterfinger minis.....I really think my sense of smell has gotten better, cause wow, those smelled sooo good and sooo strong. but I got through it and drank my lemonade (I brought one with me lol).

After the movie I got this huge burst of energy, and I still have it. Its really nice cause I have been so lethargic for the last 2 days. But suddenly I felt like going out and singing lol. and my mood improved a lot too. So far I have had 5 1/2 glasses of lemonade, so I am going to have 1 1/2 more and then have the tea later.