I would like to start by saying that I have never been a fan nor advocate of big, long, extreme cleanses. Rather, I've tended to side with ongoing, daily healthy habits for cleansing. This belief stems from seeing people start and stop cleanses prematurely and hurt themselves and their self esteem more, or from people so full of toxins who pick a cleanse and try and manage it without an experienced person walking alongside them.
So, in all honesty, this belief might also come from the fact that I have never been able to get past day three before and therefore think its too hard and unreasonable for most people to do! Either way, I believe that there is truth to all of these statements.
However, last year the concept of actually doing a full cleanse kept coming up. I decided last November after reading The Complete Master Cleanse by Tom Woloshyn that I would do it. My wonderful friends Carol and Taylor did this cleanse last year and were new to transforming their diets. They did the whole thing! My pastor, Vince Antonucci, from Verve just completed his first cleanse. He doesn't even like healthy things (just kidding Vince ;-)
People kept asking my opinion on cleansing. And I kept coming up with reasons why not to start. "Oh, but I'll be traveling....It's my daughter's birthday...there might be a shortage of lemons if I do it." ;-D
That is, until last Monday. I woke up and on an empty stomach said "That's it! Today day is D-Day." With no day of ramping in I armed myself with my first internal saltwater flush, a bag of lemons, some organic maple syrup and cayenne pepper. The Following is my "Diary of a Whimpy Master Cleanser" Part 1 and will be continued upon finishing the cleanse and then coming off of it.


So for 10 days was my best friend:
My Modified Version of the Master Cleanse Recipe
*2 1/2 Tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice
*2 1/2Tablespoons of Organic Grade B Maple Syrup
*1/4 Tablespoon of Cayenne Pepper (I like mine spicy)
*1 Glass Quart size Mason Jar with filtered water.
My Modified Version of the Master Cleanse Recipe
*2 1/2 Tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice
*2 1/2Tablespoons of Organic Grade B Maple Syrup
*1/4 Tablespoon of Cayenne Pepper (I like mine spicy)
*1 Glass Quart size Mason Jar with filtered water.
Day 1: Monday January 16thI decided to jump in with both feet this morning. "No More Excuses" just do it and quit stalling. First thing was drinking a warm internal saltwater bath/flush. Although I didn't look forward to this, it really wasn't that bad. However, it did not seem to flush within the 1 1/2 hour window my book said, so I decided to have my first "lemonade." Viola! The flushing occurred!
The kids were home for Martin Luther King day and I felt like a warrior going to battle, I decided to finally bake those gluten-free, white chocolate, peppermint essential oil cookies for my publisher (Life Science Publishing) that I had meant to send over the holidays. (remember: this is now Jan. 16th) Do you know how hard it is "not" to lick your fingers during a project like that?
The kids were home all day long along with half the neighborhood as I continued to bake cookies, make lunches and drink copious amounts of my new best friend...lemonade! They say the key is in drinking the lemonade before you feel hungry, and this seemed to work.
However, by bedtime, my mouth really wanted to chew something crunchy, chewy or I think I would have settled for stale at that point! I was a bear to my tonight. But Hey! Day 1 was under my belt. Sorry family :-(
Day 2: Tuesday January 17th Holy Cow! What is up with the mouth full of ...of... I don't know, what the heck was that covering my teeth?!?! No, seriously something small and furry must have crawled through my mouth while I was sleeping and shed fur.
Day 2: Tuesday January 17th Holy Cow! What is up with the mouth full of ...of... I don't know, what the heck was that covering my teeth?!?! No, seriously something small and furry must have crawled through my mouth while I was sleeping and shed fur.
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http://thehealthyhabitcoach.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/the-diary-of-a-whimpy-cleanser
For "Diary of a Whimpy Master Cleanser - Part 2" go to:
http://thehealthyhabitcoach.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/diary-of-a-whimpy-master-cleanser-part-2
Disclaimer: Tara Rayburn, The Healthy Habit Coach is not a doctor or nutritionist. She shares her own stories with the intention of helping support, inspire and encourage others on their journey to health.
Also, Tara does not advocate any one specific diet, including the vegetarian diet that Stanley Burroughs, the Master Cleanse original creator, advocates. She believes that there is no one size fits all perfect diet for everyone. She does believe that there are, however, certain principles to build into our diets for longterm health.
Disclaimer: Tara Rayburn, The Healthy Habit Coach is not a doctor or nutritionist. She shares her own stories with the intention of helping support, inspire and encourage others on their journey to health.
Also, Tara does not advocate any one specific diet, including the vegetarian diet that Stanley Burroughs, the Master Cleanse original creator, advocates. She believes that there is no one size fits all perfect diet for everyone. She does believe that there are, however, certain principles to build into our diets for longterm health.





