- Day 5 by johndagasman
14 y
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Blog: My First Master Cleanse
1/29/09 - 6:52 a.m. It took me only a few minutes to down the SWF this morning and I’m not going to lie down in hopes that this will bring on the urge to go, unlike yesterday. How bizarre is it that I can say that this is my favorite part of the day, the drinking of salt water. It reminds me of the left over soup from a Cup O Noodles. Well here I am at the beginning of day 5 and I feel much better and more positive. This just proves that this is mostly mental, I can’t say this enough, being in the right frame of mind is essential! I’m not hungry at all and I’m that much closer to reaching my goal. It’s been quite a long time since I’ve tackled something so difficult and I’m hoping that I’ll be able to use the motivation gained from this to tackle whatever my next challenge may be.
I was doing the math on my supplies yesterday, and I’m not sure if I have enough maple syrup. The instructions call for 64 oz of maple syrup but I think that’s based on 6 glasses. According to my math, and let me tell you figuring tablespoons and fluid oz’s/how many oz’s available is so much fun…really I love math, if I continue to increase the number of lemonades I drink in a day I’m going to run out. This stuff is expensive, not to mention I wouldn’t use it when I’m done with the cleanse. So I’ve decided to stick with 8 glasses per day, win-win.
9:35 p.m. – I’m sipping my tea and I’m another day closer to reaching my goal; I’ve reached the end of day 5. I had a much better day today, and there is no doubt in my mind that the despair and intense hunger that I felt yesterday was a combination of detox symptoms and the idea that I wasn’t even half way through the cleanse. Proof of how powerful the mind really is. Well I’ve reached that half way point and I can start counting down. Before I started the cleanse, I was entertaining the idea of going beyond 10 days. At this point I think 10 days will be sufficient. Maybe on my next cleanse I’ll take it to 15 or 20 days but for now I’m going to stop at 10. My hunger was minimal today and I kept it at bay with 8 lemonades and plenty of water.
I did notice something a bit strange, a white coating on my tongue. In Glickman’s book he talks about the tongue turning white and even furry; Furry? When I read this I thought, Oh man I can’t be around people with a furry tongue. Well I don’t know if furry is exactly what it is but my tongue definitely had a white film on it, which in turn left a filmy taste in my mouth. Not bad just not good. Still now my mouth doesn't feel fresh but actually stale. Glickman suggests that drinking mint tea will freshen up your mouth, so I think I’ll pick some up tomorrow.
I wanted to mention one other thing that I both read about and experienced; Cold. Glickman responds to a blogger, who claims that she was really cold during the cleanse, by saying the lack of solid food and digestive movement lowers your metabolism causing you to feel cold. On day 2 I was so very cold. I kept asking everyone “Is it cold in here” and they all answered no. I was really cold for a couple of days but today, day 5, I feel pretty good.
That’s another thing, I actually feel really good. I mean I’m hungry and I can’t wait to start eating again, but besides the obvious, I feel good. By the way have I mentioned…I HAVEN’T HAD ANY FOOD IN 5 DAYS!!! How is that possible? It’s completely surreal. I could have never imagined, feeling this way after fasting for 5 days, wow! I’m feeling really positive about the rest of my journey and I’m actually looking forward to tomorrow.
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- Re: Day 5 by #38782
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HATS OFF to you! Your blog is very inspiring..... just read all 5 days and find it quite incredible how well and positive you are about the whole thing! Congratulations and may the next 5 days go just as well or even better!
A good way to get around the food craving, is telling yourself (which you´ve been doing very well!!) you can eat "all" that in a couple of days time and its not going away.... tho of course you probably want to be eating healthy once the MC is over!
I´d love to do an MC again (that´d be the 3rd; first was only 3 days, second one I managed 9 days!) but my excuse is waiting for the weather to warm up again.
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- Re: Day 5 by johndagasman
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| As you know, you tell yourself all these things like "You can eat in a couple of days" "It's all in your head" "Your going to feel great" but it's not until you hear it from someone else do you get the verification you need to make it all really sink in. Thank you so much for your support, with your words I am that much more motivated to stay positive and finish this cleanse strong and with a smile.
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