Group Cleanse Support Topic: Psychological and Emotional Effects (My Experience)
This page is a Support Topic Page for The Psychological and Emotional Effects for our Master Cleanse Group Cleanse. Please check that page for details on our Quarterly Cleanses and our Individual Cleanses.
To learn more about the value of Group Cleansing, check out this report.
The Group Cleanse will not only give us the forum to support each other, doing The Master Cleanse together, but it also enables us to track our experiences by setting standards to the conversation. If we all just posted random thoughts we would get a lot less value from the comments. But if the comments are structured, and relevant by time and topic, we can gain even more insight, more quickly and more effectively. Therefore we ask participants to start and finish the Master Cleanse on the same dates.
This page is the place for participants in the The Master Cleanse Group Experience to post their daily entries. To post, simply leave a comment. You don’t have to be logged in to post. Please provide 100 words each day – don’t worry; that’s not that much. The paragraph below, for example, is 100 words.
What is going through your mind? We have thoughts that seem out of control when we are in our daily grind – many of these revolve around food. We may also feel stress that in turn causes us to eat, to have emotional reactions. Many people report feeling in more control while doing The Master Cleanse – alongside a sense of clarity. Do commercials about food drive you crazy? Are you more patient than ever?
If you are not participating, you can follow the post to get inspiration to try the cleanse or answer the most basic question: Is The Master Cleanse right for me?
Keep it simple, just talk in your own language about your daily experience. The more you are yourself, the more others will connect with you – and the more you can connect with what they are saying – which is what we want after all, a strong support network through a group experience.
If you haven’t yet, go ahead and register for the Group Cleanse to get our “Guided Cleanse Experience” email sequence timed to correspond with your registration and the important days as the come up during our scheduled group cleanses.
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Master Cleanse end of day 7…Wow I have made it seven WHOLE days! I am super proud of myself. Today was a good day for me I didn’t have a strenuous schedule today just took care of some things around the house. As far as the cleanse it was a pretty good day for that as well I wasn’t really hungry and didn’t think about food either although I was at home all day. I’m actually thinking about extending it another four days after the fast officially ends. I feel good because I am in control of my choices and I am longer a slave to food, to cravings
Master Cleanse Day 6…As far as physical and emotional I was pretty much even tempered, and physically I felt really good. I went to Kickbutt class and had an enormous amount of energy. I sweated so much!! I even had energy to do my strength training. I thought about doing a 9 mile walk but I used my better judgement and decided against it. I was even able to make my daughters dinner without one iota of temptation, longing yes, but no temptation :) Tomorrow is my day of rest and I’ll just laze around and get ready for the rest of my week and the conclusion of this fast.
The end of day 5…Today was much easier as far as my psychological and emotional stability. I was much more at ease than the other days. The only thing that bothered about this day, and I must say that I did it to myself; I did my normal Friday routine and walked my nine miles. I didn’t know how this walk would affect me but by the end I found out. I was very cranky and I was thinking about food more than ever. I was finally able to calm down when I made it home and was able to drink my lemonade drink which made me feel much better, I was not as hungry anymore.
The end of day 4…Today was not so bad but it was not as good as I expected. I’ve read other people experiences and I expected day 4 to be a breeze but I was still a little cranky and very, very tired. I guess people have different experiences while on this cleanse. As far as psychological, I must say that I feel very alert in my senses. My sense of smell seems to be really keen, and my sense of hearing seems to be really sensitive. After not watching television all day I came home and turned on my TV and it sounded really loud.
The end of day 3…Today was a pretty good day for me. I stayed busy so my mind wasn’t on food. I was offered salad for lunch today since I turned down lunch at my favorite burger joint yesterday. Once again I turned it down but it wasn’t hard. I also was able to cook dinner for my kids without temptation. I’m a pretty determined person once I put my mind to something I have to see it to the end especially if I know someone else has done it before me. I’m all like, “If they can do it, why can’t I?” Also I like to see if I will have the same results as the people before me.
The first three days and the last two days are the worst for me. I have to stay focused as to not give up. but I’m feeling that I’m turning the corner here on the eve of day 3. Feeling very energized almost like I’m speeding with SO much energy it’s crazy. I’m tackling all the jobs in the house that I have put off. It feels really good on all levels.
So today is the end of day two. I can say at this moment while I’m typing this journal entry I feel very accomplished. I can’t say that for earlier today. I was very angry today and it seemed like everywhere I went people were offering me food, even after a staff meeting today I was offered lunch at one of my FAVORITE restaurants that would’ve been paid for…. ARGHHH!!! I politely turned it down and then when I got back to my office there was a whole vegetable/fruit/muffin platter, double ARGHHH!! Once again declined. I think another thing that was upsetting me was that no one would’ve understood if I told them that I was doing a cleanse, so I had to keep my frustrations to myself. I did go work out and that helped ease my stress a little but not much because when I got home I was very short with my kids. I did drink a lemonade and that helped tremendously I felt satisfied.
This is day one for me, I tried to do the ease in but was not successful due to the fact my mind kept saying, “ten days, ten long days!” I found myself eating things I don’t normally eat, things like fast food, processed meats, cheese, etc. I put these cleanse schedule on my phone with inspirational sayings such as, “You can do it! Keep going! You’re almost there! I woke up this morning excited although I didn’t ease in I did have that motivation on my phone to inspire me to get started. I started out feeling very hungry but I figured that was just fear, fear from having this feeling all the time and not being able to quell it. I drunk my saltwater flush mixture and felt much better afterwards. Today was a good day It was not the emotional tug of war I was expecting it to be.
Master cleanse Ease in day 1. I have read all the material and book so I am mentally ready, I think. I did not eat anything all day just drank water to my hearts content as suggested in the book Then I ate a regular dinner. It was not a bad day wasn’t really hungry until 5 ish that evening.That morning I Exercised my usual routine plus some extra hours from 6 am till 1130. I knew I would feel weak during the cleanse so I was enjoying the energy. I did mess up however by not taking the laxative the night before nor that day. I went shopping at Buckle and bought a few pairs of jeans that I was hoping to fit into at the end of the cleanse for motivation. The jeans are now hanging in my closet for inspiration!!!!!! I made it through the day and feel good.
Master Cleanse Day 9
I am beginning to feel that peace that people speak of when doing this cleanse. Times have been rough and edgy, but I do feel peace now, and it feels good. I feel that a long walk would be very beneficial and would probably add to my overall happiness, too. I can’t really explain what has changed, but there is a sense that everything is OK. It isn’t an emptiness or a fullness, really, but an acceptance. I no longer feel that I need to rush everything in my life, nor do I feel that I am not doing enough to make the changes that I need. I have a trust that all is well and that everything will unfold exactly how it is supposed to. I am not stressed. I do not feel tension. I just feel Universal flow, and it is gentle at the moment. Thank you.