I have been hearing about the Master Cleanse on and off for the past couple of years now. I only thought really stupid people did it and it was just another crazy diet fad. Well, last week I came across it again and was more sold than ever that this was something I needed to do. I want to lose a few pounds and have been eating nothing but crap for the past few weeks (thanks to lots of birthday parties with cake and ice cream) and felt my body could use a “cleansing”.
The Master Cleanse is also know as the “Lemonade Diet” and for a minimum of 10 days, up to 40, you basically live off of water, lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper…no joke.
Since I had gotten in my head that I must try this diet (after browsing youtube for videos of successful master cleansers) I ran to the store and purchased all the ingredients:
Lemons
Cayenne pepper
Grade B Maple Syrup
Non iodized sea salt
The catch of this cleanse it that you also must do a daily “Salt Water Flush” to eliminate toxins from your body since you aren’t eating any actual food.
The night before my Master Cleanse I went to Burger King and pigged out. I figured if I couldn’t eat food for 10 days I might as well go out with a bang. We hardly ever eat BK, and it was SO GOOD.
Next morning I wake up to my first Salt Water Flush. All I can say is the SWF is brutal. You need to consume 1 liter of water mixed with 2 tsp of non iodized sea salt. Ack! It makes me nauseous just thinking about it. Anyway, I pushed forward and drank my liter of salt water which I believe was successful. It was then time to make my “lemonade” for the day.
Basically you take 2 liters of water and mix it with 12 TBS lemon juice, 12 TBS Grade B Maple Syrup, and 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper. Believe it or not this concoction tastes rather good and I happily drank it through out the day. Day one was successful for me.
Day 2 on the other hand, not so much. I again did the salt water flush in the morning and then by afternoon I decided this diet wasn’t for me and had a green smoothie. Later that evening I gave in to dinner and had some fish, beans and rice, and now I am drinking a big glass of Sangria.
SO I failed the Master Cleanse. I am obviously not a strong willed person as the temptation of food was just too much for me.
