So I don't know how many of you heard about this back when I was researching it in the spring, but I am currently finishing up with a detox diet that a few of my friends have done and I was curious about. It's called the "Master Cleanse" but a lot of people know it as "The Lemonade Diet". Basically it is a liquid fast where for 10 days you drink nothing but a special mixture of fresh-squeezed lemon juice, grade B maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and obviously water. What it's supposed to achieve is giving your body a break from putting so much time and energy into digestion, so instead it uses that excess energy to boost your immune system, and more importantly, cleanse your digestive tract of all the icky build-up of toxins from all the crap that they put in the food we eat today. It has been, among many other things, an adventure. Who knew someone could survive on such a limited diet? Deedee was there when I first discovered that my tongue was covered in a white fuzz which happens when your body begins to tap into fat cells, resulting in a high level of ketones in the body (or something like that, you guys can do the scientific research if you want). The cool thing about it was that after the first couple days, I was energized, focused, sleeping well, and actually feeling really great! To be honest, it wasn't hunger that bothered me as much as the desire to just chew something, feel different textures and taste different tastes. But now I'm in the recovery period! Tonight Deedee and I are having our Jason Bourne extravaganza, and snacking on all the things that I can eat at this point - basically everything except dairy, meat and breads. and caffeine. and high sugar stuff.....so just fruits and vegetables and nuts for now but I'm getting there!
I think that the best thing about this whole experience was just proving to myself that I actually had the self-control to succeed. It was extraordinarily empowering. If that was the only thing that I got out it, that would be enough. I'm so proud of myself! I love food so much, and have definitely felt like I didn't have the self-control to stop myself from eating. It really is like an addiction, and this experience included a lot of feelings where I felt like I had the symptoms of someone breaking a serious addiction. I'm so proud of myself! I'm not sure I would do it again, mostly because of what I'm going through now which is the uncomfortable process of introducing food back to my system, but yeah -- yay me :)
I'm freaking out about retreat by the way, I can't believe how close it is! It's really scary being here in New York and knowing that I'll only have 2 weeks to prepare 2 different houses for all of your once I get home! It will all work out though, as it always does. Love you all and miss you terribly. Here is a picture that may or may not lift your spirts - but I found it on my phone earlier today.
I think it's from the night that keiji got horribly sick hehe. More on that later.....
2 comments:
i won't comment on the above comment, leaving it for everyone to analyze on their own.
i will, however, comment on the post, which is good times. that sounds really interesting- is there a website where one can read up on the diet and what exactly it does? is it intended primarily to be a detox or to do that and shed weight?
i love lemonade and all, but i could not in a million years do this. sounds like the concoction would taste horrible, too.
it tastes really good! you can ask deedee, she tried it hehe -- you can also read about the diet online by searching "lemonade diet" or "master cleanse" or some combination of those words
some people do it to lose weight fast, but it doesn't really work like that in the long run because your metabolism is so slow by the end that you gain back almost everything you lose - people who do it for real are doing it for the detox benfits
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