Cleanse...

I have come off my cleanse that I was doing the last 18 days. The first of February I was just going to do a water and lemon juice fast for five days and it turned into 18. I ended up following The Master Cleanse for 15 of those days. Today, I am attempting the ease-out routine but I'm not doing so well. I haven't eaten any food for 18 days and my stomach knows it but my senses don't. My senses tell me how good that roast chicken would taste, it tells me to eat some of that soup even though you are only supposed to drink orange juice today. So, I've "cheated a little". I do it very little here and there but now my stomach feels a little full and crampy. I am going to try to go slower but I know I have NO will power. I was hoping to do the diet 10 more days but feeding the children each day is challenging and most challenging is the lemon taste in my mouth day after day. I felt absolutely great, lots of energy, more energy than usual. Food can really slow you down. I was doing it to detox, lose a little weight and hopefully jump start my eating habits back to a better level. I did lose 20 pounds but I know that as soon as you start eating you gain nearly all of that back. I hope to keep some off by trying to add an exercise routine but that has been a challenge for me in the past.

I researched online about all kinds of people who have done the Master Cleanse and found someone who did it 40 days. I really wanted to but I don't think she has any children. If there wasn't the smell of baking bread most days and other tantalizing things cooking in my kitchen I could easily do 40 days. Again, I am amazed at how much energy I had. It was great to make it as long as I did. I hope I can do it again in the future.