Day 0-Saturday, March 21, 2009

"one big fart waiting to happen"

that's what i told a friend of mine i was just a few months ago. for years i have battled "belly" issues and even though i knew [know] what i should be doing, i was a tad stubborn. *don't judge* anyway, for the last three months i have been back and forth to physician after physician about stomach pains and the only thing i've gotten out of it is about $1200 in medical bills. that's not cool. so, i finally said enough is enough and agreed to try and solve these problems on my own.

about three years ago i learned about detoxing and even tried a few different ones. the only one i enjoyed most was a two-week detox that still allowed me to eat and cleanse at the same time. *score* the downfall was taking eighteen pills per day. six in the morning, six in the afternoon, and six in the evening. talk about being hard to swallow. but, in two weeks, i felt better and had lost about nine pounds. but secretly, i was dying to try the master cleanse. many people know it as the "lemonade diet" that beyonce did to lose weight for her role as deena in "dreamgirls." either way, i wanted to get my hands on this cleanse and fast. so, i ordered the original book by stanley burroughs as well as an updated book by peter glickman. i read and read. i looked up online journals from people who had already done the cleanse. i was pumped! i was also not trying to do this alone. i wanted someone to join me on this great journey to better health. but, as soon as i got to the "you can't anything for tens days..." everything came to a screeching hault.
fast forward to march 10, 2009 and you have meredith. i am seriously convinced that she is my twin soul or at least a distant cousin i never knew about. either way, us meeting was the beginning to a beautiful friendship and journey.

i don't exactly remember how we began talking about it but the master cleanse came up in conversation. "let's do it!" was pretty much all it took. now, i had a partner. someone who was willing to give up their love of food with me. yay! because we had to mentally and physically prepare ourselves for the cleanse, we agreed that we should start sunday, march 22, 2009. this way, we'd have time to cut certain foods our of our diets, as well as eat up whatever was in the refrigerator. hey, it's a recession. can't have food just going to waste, lol.

with all that said...welcome to my blog. this particular part of my blog is going to be about the ten day master cleanse. here, i plan to journal what the cleanse will do to/for me. not only do i want to remember this moment but i hope to help someone else who may be thinking about detoxing.

so, i guess i'll start now.

saturday, march, 21, 2009-almost midnight

I just drank my smooth move tea and according the book, when i wake up, i will drink the salt water flush. eww! the flush is 32 ounces of spring water mixed with 2 teaspoons of sea salt. yum! not so much.

for the rest of the day, i will drink my lemonade concoction. (i'll be back later to share the recipe and fill in any gaps. oh, and i'll be posting "before" pics as well. fun.

ok, i'm off to uh, "sleep" and wait for this tea to do its job. "sleep" better come soon or it's gonna be wrap!

until tomorrow.

~tenisha