Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet - Day 2

12:00 Noon

Two pounds down, and I'm feeling pretty well right now. I was feeling exhausted, headachy, hungry and really craving some cheese this morning, but after the salt water flush, I'm doing a lot better. According to the book, you feel the worst during this program if you are not elimating often enough and the toxins are circulating around in your bloodsteam -- the salt water flush really does flush toxins out of your body and right down the toilet. I feel much better now.

I plan to get a workout in today in the form of a long wog (walk/jog) with the baby in the jogger stroller this afternoon. Heck, I figure I better get in some exercise during this 10 day stretch if I want to really make this effort worth it. Master Cleanse + Exercise = Loss of Extra Tonnage. I need regular exercise in general and will get to work on a post-cleanse plan probably consisting of a mix between our health club, and DVDs/wogs at home. Or maybe something a little more divalicious like tennis lessons.

I'm liking the lemon drink a lot. It's tart, sweet and hot all at once. The aftertaste is also really good -- especially if you're a fan of spicy food. It gives you a circulating warmth throughout your body that feels really good - sort of like spicy teriyaki, or jalapeno poppers, or a big fat spicy Chipotle burrito... without the satisfying and filling sensation of actually eating something. Sigh.

HOWEVER, at this point I'm really wondering if all this cayenne pepper is going to come out in the form of flames at some point. What goes in, must come out -- right? I'll be able to do the college frat boy methane booty (gas + match) fire trick, minus the match. If you see Headline News in a day or two of some woman spontaneously combusting on the West Coast... that would be moi.

A note of advice on the salt water flush/laxative tea for those of you that are considering trying this cleanse:

If you use the laxative tea at the wrong time of day, you will have problems! The tea is used every night right before bed. The book also says that if for some reason you can’t do the salt wash in the morning, you should have another cup of the tea instead -- although I wouldn’t recommend the tea without the salt wash to flush it out of your system… unless of course, you have neighbors you don’t like. When the tea kicks into overdrive your bathroom door is likely to be blown right off its hinges onto their roof or through their living room window! …or if the tea kicks in at work, you will likely suffer extreme humiliation when everyone sees you crawling your ass back and forth from your desk, down the hallway and to the bathroom on your hands and knees every ten minutes moaning in pain. Enough said.

11:00 p.m.

Struggling a bit tonight with hunger and severe food cravings. I want peanut butter and white rice, like I want air to breathe. I also feel sort of cold and dozy. I'm heading off to bed now to get unconscious and forget about my empty tummy -- I think tomorrow after washing away more toxins (which, according to The Master Cleanse book are causing all these racing thoughts and detox symptoms) I will feel much better again.

I've started getting congested sinuses and a sore throat tonight, which I understand are also probably a sign of pushing out the toxins from all the nooks and crannies of the body. I'm looking forward to getting this rush of energy in a couple of days that I've read so much about. I'll weigh in again tomorrow and report my progress -- hoping for another two pound drop!