Lemonade Diet – Day 3 – Hump Day

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Lemonade Diet – Day 3 – Hump Day

Posted on 18. Apr, 2009 by Mike in My Experience, The Master Cleanse

If Wednesday is hump day of the work week, day 3 is the hump day of the Lemonade Diet. Most people describe day 2 and day 3 as the very worst for cravings. By day 4, your body has adapted to its new routine and is no longer expecting meals at the usual times and the familiar stuffed bellies provided by processed foods.

While this may be hump day for cravings, I don’t believe it is the same for the detox. Starting on day 4, many people describe getting headaches, rashes, slight colds and runny noses, and I believe this is due to the expulsion of toxins in our bodies, as they leave our system. Sick in, sick out. When we ingest toxins, we often have similar reactions – a sneeze, a stuffed nose, even a temperature. All of those things are reactions to contaminants detected by our immune system.

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116 Responses to “Lemonade Diet – Day 3 – Hump Day”

LISH

12. Mar, 2010

hi, i’m on day 3. i started without much confidence that i would even last the first day but it was easier than i expected( with a little pep-talking whenever i spied something i wanted to eat!) i’m actually already feeling lighter(have already lost 4-5 lbs) and actually enjoying not having to think about food and the rubbish i normally eat. would recommend giving it a go and sticking with it. i plan to cleanse for 10 days and then start to eat healthy and hopefully stick with it. wish me luck! and good luck to all those trying!

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- Angela
  
  12. Mar, 2010
  
  Lemonade Diet Day 3
  
  Just found this site – it’s nice to read other comments and encouragements! This has been a challenge! Although, except for a scary bout of cramping yesterday, actually not as hard as I thought it would be. I walked 4 miles on the 1st day and went to the gym for circuit training yesterday – but today I’m feeling achy, so I’m taking the day off from exercising.
  
  I do have a medical question though. I’ve called the Dr’s office, but they haven’t called me back yet, so I thought I’d throw it out here. I was diagnosed with Colon Cancer in October and had surgery to remove 12″ of my colon, along with my gallbladder since I also had gallstones. My Husband and Mom think I’m crazy stupid to be doing this so soon and yesterday I had a half hour of horrible cramping, sweating, shaking and light-headedness – so bad I literally thought I was going to pass out on the toilet! I didn’t know what to do to feel better, so I had my poor 6 year old bring me a glass of skim milk and a blanket so I could lay down on the floor in the bathroom in between BM’s (sorry to be graphic, but they were not runny). After about 30 min., I was able to leave the bathroom. I did have a milder case of cramps and very loose stools later in the evening (again please forgive the details) and a sore stomach where I just walked around hunched over and holding it. So far today, no stools at all, but I have also not had my “Soothing Chamomile” tea (yes, I’m scared!) Oh, I also got pink eye late in the afternoon of the 1st day (coincidence?)
  
  So, my question is – Has anyone else had this experience or do you think maybe it’s too soon to be doing this to my colon? Today I feel 100% better than the cramping incident, but I’m also achy all over and a little rumbly in my tumbly… but nothing happening…
  
  Thanks for reading my “book” and for any helpful comments! God bless & good luck!
  
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scott

04. Mar, 2010

Lemonade Diet Day 3

I thought on day 3 I would boost my mental stamina in the cleansing process by reading more aboutthe cleanse and people who have gone through it. So far I have barely had any hunger cravings and have felt really good. Some how I have the feeling once this dau has passed it will be a breeze to day ten. What I have done is really mentally prepare myself for quite awhile, I quit smoking months and months ago, I went through various stages of lite eating through several weeks. Meaning some days would only be fruit and other I ate several times a day very small amounts.
I really enjoy this process it is great for humans to realize we don’t have to live in a fast food world.

Be strong all if you’ve come this far keep on going.

Peace

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Ray

02. Mar, 2010

I am on day 3 and feeling pretty good. I have a young family and I actually look forward to preparing dinner…I think its because it takes up time, I can create it, smell it and know my family will appreciate it, as most times I dont like my own cooking! Ive had 2 cups of the salt drink…eeeeeek and contemplating another 2…
Im not going for the 10 days..ive made small goals…3 days…5 days…7 days..and so on…I find smaller goals far easier than the shock horror of 10 days of no food and yucky salt water flushes…its a mental thing and it works! :)

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April

18. Jan, 2010

It good to know that I’m not the only one of who is thinking of food while on this fast. I’m only on day 2 of the lemonade diet but I’ve realized just how much my life is built around food (and mostly unhealthy food at that!)

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Nancy

14. Jan, 2010

Today is day 3 for me. Struggling a lot. Love the comment about porn! All I see is food everywhere. I have 3 small children and mealtime is torcher. Head hurts bad and also have been sleeping as much as I can. Does is really get better?

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Reggie

14. Jan, 2010

I thought this was a 16 day group cleanse with three days easing in and out. Am I alone in that. Today is my official day one and feel so not with the group. Any other folks starting the “Lemonade” part of the cleanse today?

Can we get some group in this group thing here? What’s up? If people have opted out of the ease in, I’d love to hear why? That was a tricky aspect of this puppy that I skipped the last time out of ignorance. Or did people just not know that was the structure that was discussed? How can this site make it more clear to people what exactly the group aspect is about and how and where to post comments (that’s been really confusing).

Peace all and thanks for the support.

Reg

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- Evita
  
  14. Jan, 2010
  
  I know the admin is working hard at making things easier to navigate here. The tab ‘Group Cleanse’ is for this group experience. A few people post over there quite a bit. Don’t get discouraged. I’m around and I like to encourage people quite a bit. Some people opt out of the ease-in because they just want to start. The ease-in is optional. The ease-out is not optional. You’ll all be within a few days of each other. I started my cleanse 10 days ago today. I didn’t find this site until 2-3 days ago. I was on another site and still go there but I also come here. Right now they are only an operation of 2 so they’re looking to expand and have the site become easier. Don’t get discouraged. I really try and pay attention to what’s going on. There’s a lady named Anna who contributes a lot during the day and she’s on Day 4.
  
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- Natasha
  
  14. Jan, 2010
  
  Hi Reg!
  i also started on the 11th and did 3 days of ease in
  today is also my first day so i would love to be in a group with you since we are on the same page ! :)
  HOPE YOUR DAY IS GOOD!
  
  Natasha
  
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Jay

14. Jan, 2010

well i am 37 minutes into day 3. i found myself sticking my head and sniffing in a bag of scream cheese nachos today (friends who is staying at our place for a week)…pathetic! smells are seriously heightened. thought numerous times of just throwing in the towel. hope i can keep myself busy enough today (big key for me). love this site, its a real encouragement!

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- anna
  
  14. Jan, 2010
  
  Good to know I’m not the only one who’s considered throwing in the towel. I’m usually much more motivated than this when I cleanse :(
  Bit we’ve come too far to quit now. One more week to go!
  Good luck to you!
  
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Mellie

11. Jan, 2010

Today is my day 3. I woke up on Day 2 with the worst headache which lasted all day!! I pretty much laid down most of the day. I have been on the laptop quite a bit too though writing a paper, so that could be part of the headache. I still have it though it’s not quite as bad. The sight and smell of food hasn’t been affecting me one way or the other, until my bf baked some biscuits. Someone mentioned that her sense of smell was heightened on day 2 and i think it was the same for me, not just food, everything.
I have read some contradicting things about doing the swf in the afternoon. I’ll be back at work on Thurs. early morning so doing an a.m flush is pretty much out of the question. I don’t want to skip it altogether though. I know it should be on an empty stomach. Any suggestions?? Thanks!!

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- Evita
  
  11. Jan, 2010
  
  What you could do is finish your LA for the day at around 7 and do your flush around 9. Mind you that’s two hours for it to do it’s thing. You could just do lax tea in morning and in the evening but that produces slower eliminations throughout the day. You could also space out a time when say you come home from work at 5, you stop drinking the LA at 3. Do SWF at 5 and then continue with your LA after the SWF is complete.
  
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kasey

10. Jan, 2010

Day three I definitely hit a wall so far my worst day and been sleeping alot. I lost another 2.5 lbs for a total of almost 5 lbs. I havent figured out the flush and when to drink the la but I think I will have it figured out tomorrow fast food just smells greasy to me and my nose has started draining a lil down my throat headache on and off but not as bad as the first 2 days.

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- Evita
  
  10. Jan, 2010
  
  Recommended that you do the flush in the morning. Don’t have your first LA until at least an hour after you start the flush. Have a minimum of 6 and you can go up to 12. It’s your body so don’t be afraid to have the right number for you. Lax tea at night. Trick for the SWF: first 16 oz put the sea salt in and chug, 2nd 16 oz just plain water. Make sure the water is warm to very warm. Makes it a million times easier. Yep, the first few days are rough but the SWF eliminates detox symptoms or at least eases them. Hang in there. The best is yet to come!
  
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Theanniebird

09. Jan, 2010

I bought a vegan cook book today. It’s like porn, sadly enough. I am sticking with the cleanse though.

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- Evita
  
  10. Jan, 2010
  
  LOL.. it’s like PORN! LOVE that! Yeah, the weird thing is is all we MC’ers do is talk about food while on the MC. I think it’s normal. Thinking about new ways to look at food and spending a lot of time looking at the food. The good thing is you’re looking at the healthy foods!
  
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