Master Cleanse Day 2

I slept well and had dreams of many bathroom visits.

Last night I drank the herbal laxative tea for the first time. A lot of MC vets wrote about stomach cramps, some so severe that they stopped drinking the senna leaf tea. They must have been male, because the stomach cramps I experienced last night/this morning were nada compared to menstrual cramps. The MC cramps aren't constant, instead they are short and distinct and a bowel movement usually follows. It is possible, and I predict, that the cramps will increase in discomfort as the MC progresses.

Tuesday

5a Stomach cramp = Toilet run and false alarm
6a Stomach cramp = Toilet run and false alarm
7a Stomach cramp = toilet run
8a Stomach cramp = toilet run
9a Prepared full day serving of Lemonade

10a-1p
Sipped on lemonade while at the office. 3 servings.

1p
Sat through lunch at Amigos Mexican Restaurant with Andy and Justin - and it actually wasn't torture! Community chips and salsa, Andy's tacos and torta, and Justin's carne asada burrito smelled delicioso, but didn't break me.

3p
Lemonade 4
Bought more lemons (expensive! 1.19 each) and stocked up on toilet paper (the house was clean out).

4p
Saltwater Flush (1/2+ liter and 2 tsp of sea salt)
I didn't wake up early enough to do it before work.

4:30p
Diarrhea x 4
The cayenne pepper is burning my... it's on fire.

8:30p
Lemonade 5 & 6

9:30p
Saltwater flush
I have read Master Cleanse literature that suggests doing the SWF in the morning and in the evening, and one that just recommends the morning with laxative tea in the evening. Last night I did morning SWF, evening SWF and evening herbal laxative tea. I hope that doesn't kill me =). I will try to get to a book store tomorrow -- I'm pretty sure they stock the book at the Jamba Juice I worked at in Lincolnshire.

I bet the book will reveal a handful of things I'm doing wrong, but I'm confident that all is okay nonetheless.

Written by Peter Glickman:

I have grouped the detox symptoms I and others have had into five groups:

1. Cravings — Only 1 person in 4 experiences any hunger on this cleanse and drinking more lemonade or water handles usually handles that. I have, however, observed that people on the cleanse crave what they are detoxifying. Proof that this is true is that the cravings usually go away the next morning with bowel movements. You can crave anything when detoxifying, but most likely you will experience cravings for the most toxic foods, such as pizza, hamburgers, barbeque ribs, etc. The way to tell if it's a craving rather than true hunger is to imagine sitting down to a large, green salad. If that inspires you, you're hungary. If all you want is pizza; if that is all you can think about; then, you're experiencing a craving.

2. Tiredness — When your body fights toxins, whether from detoxifying or an infection, it diverts energy into healing and away from the energy you use to work and play. On my first 20 day cleanse, I was not tired except on the fifteenth day. The next morning, I experienced heat in my bowel movements, an indication that acidic toxins were being eliminated. I also lost all sense of tiredness after that morning's eliminations.

3. Irritability — This includes boredom and the desire to "just chew something solid".

4. Physical aches, pains, nausea, vomiting, etc. — These are the most severe reactions and only occur where a person is severely toxic, only a small percentage of people experience these. Fortunately, these have gone away after only a day or two in every case I have heard about.

5. Hot bowel movements — Your body wastes are acidic and when you eliminate the most toxic ones, they actually feel anywhere from warm to burning. This experience is very infrequent, but worth mentioning because hot bowel movements after a day of heavy detox symptoms will confirm that you just eliminated significant toxins.

Peter

Today went extra well. Weird. I read that Day 3 and 7 are the worst days. So I better have an action plan for tomorrow.

I finished reading Bringing Down the House today - 21 the movie comes out Friday, Torre and I are going. I'm writing a Digest article about a Church blackjack team, Bringing Down the House, and 21 the movie for the April 4th issue.

Netflix arrives tomorrow: Feast of Love and Being John Malkovich.

I have an LSU regiment that I NEED to stick to in order to get done by graduation. eeek.

Three Chicago Eagles players are staying at our house for the long weekend. They are from Houghton College (NY), Union University (Tenn), and University of Florida - three new locations to add to our multi-state household.

Nick Isaac and Dustin English are starting the Master Cleanse tomorrow at Washington State University. I hear that you have to travel outside Pullman to buy some of the ingredients. Good luck.