Adventures From the NH Seacoast to the Jersey Shore

It is hard to believe but i have made it to day 14 (including the ease out period of 2 days). In the end I have shed 17lbs and I have given my body and day to day existence the jump start it has needed for some time. I do not know many people that could go through this, but if you are determined to make a change then there is no reason why you cannot succeed. Like anything else in life, it is a matter of setting a goal that is challenging, yet attainable.

I first heard about the master cleanse in the summer, did some research and decided after Labor Day, when the kids are back in school this is what I am going to do. It was an interesting journey as I prepared my daily potion and ended each evening with an all cleansing salt water flush. I will not miss downing the salt water mixture and running to the john 45 minutes later each night.

Overall I am very pleased with the results as I have dropped some serious lbs. and have a renewed sense of energy in my day. the only thing that did not happen as I expected was the “cleanout” of my insides. Maybe I was not all that bad to begin with? Not quite sure but I am not going to stress about it. I have just launched a message board for master cleanse related topics here.

Now I am embarking on the first phase of the South Beach diet. I will chronicle my journey here with some hopefully interesting and insightful posts. A South Beach diet message board is also available here.

I broke down this morning and had to hop on the scale. Going into my 11th day I have dropped 13lbs! I new I was losing weight but did not expect to see that much. I think I am going to stop this at 14 days as I am really missing the act of eating and tasting food. Making the kids homemade pizza’s tonght and it is killing me I wont be able to have any.

I guess I’ll start my entry for Day 8 with the a tale from the end of day 7.  I had to meet a client after dinner time (note I said dinnertime) getting home around 9;45pm.  I went right to my SWF for the day and then proceeded to assume the lie-on-the-right-side position on the couch to wait the usual 30-45 mins for things to get going.  Well I woke up at 1:45am shitting my pants(figuratively) because I was afraid I had done just that!  Was worried more about the couch that my pride at that point.  Miraculously, I was able to keep everything in during my slumber.  I ran to the can thinking it was imminent..but nothing.  My body must have absorbed it.  Go figure.

Day 8 has been real good.  Energy level still sky high, still not hungry at all but I will admit to really really really looking forward to eating something just for the taste, smell, etc..  I have decided to push this to 14 days which will be next Monday.  I do not want to end on Thurs, to have to ramp up to nomal food over the weekend.  I will go to Monday…ramp up over the week and then celebrate my victory with a very tasty meal.  Might be something up at the club or maybe a chilli dog over at Gilley’s. 

Read on another board about you temperature going down during this.  Mine is 97.6, must be the reduction in metabolism.  Also for those of you out there doing this…bright-dark piss means you are not getting enough fluids.  Was on conference calls all day and really did not drink much resulting in the same thing as this past weekend.

Today has been like the past number of days.   Did the juice thing, was not hungry and had great level of energy.  Was very excited today to put on a golf shirt (that I got yelled at for wearing a couple weeks ago because it looked to small on me) and have it fit nicely.  I have still not weighed myself.  Maybe I’ll wait till day 10 to do it.  I am actually contemplating going beyond 10 days since I am in such a groove right now with this thing.  If I do I am going to definately add more excerise into my daily regimen as I want to make sure that my metabolism is up when I come off the cleanse…as I have read the weight gain after coming off is due in great part to your body downshifting during the cleanse.

I will admit to picking up a piece of french bread off the counter and taking a look sniff.  I call it a Food Hit(tm)… and yes I inhaled  ;-).  Not sure if that is cheating; but certain foods smell so very good.  I may have to come off the cleanse just to enjoy good foods again.

Gotta run out and meet with a client, let’s see how I feel when I get home tonight.

Kinda of a weird and tempting day today.  Day started off with a bright orange piss in the am.  Had no idea what was going on..but after some Googles I found that this could be a sign of dehydration.  I really did not drink that much water on Saturday so I made sure I got some fluids in me quick and throughout the day..worked like a charm.

Still feeling well, but had a very large challenge ahead of me as we took the kids to the Seafood Festival down at the beach.  Walking through the tents of lobster rolls, frid clams,clam fritter, sausage subs and fried dough was providing sensory overload.  The smells were so good but I stayed true and did not get hungry.  I am really looking forward to eating solid food soon just for the anticipation of having those tastes.  I am expecting that I am going to savor my meals more and hopfully this will be a postive change in the overall plan to move forward with my future dieting habits.   I’ll post on that in a few days.

Woke up today…energized again.  Have not craved any food all day.  Even the sight of it is not doing anything.  This is really bizarre…because there is not much I won’t eat :-)  When I make my juice drink in the am I will admit to licking the spoon that is covered with the maple syrup and that is very satisfying.  The leomonade concoction is getting a little old and I am struggling to finish my second liter.  Gotta do it since it is my only form of sustenance.

Excercised a bit today riding bikes to school with the kids in the am followed up by picking them up in the afternoon.  My legs were a little sore, I wonder if this is due to the lack of real protien in my diet for the past four days.  Keeping an eye on that.  I am not in any real pain, and to be honest I feel very good.  Bridgit and Julia are probably going out to dinner tonight, I am not really dissapointed that I will not be able to partake.  I am going to head out and play in the local 5pm poker tournament and see if my heightened levels of concentration and pick up any tells from my competitors.

 Tomorrow is the big day for the weigh in…not sure if I am going to do this in the morning or evening.