The Master Cleanse

Lemonade Diet – Day 10 – Time to Quit?

Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Mike.

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Day 10 is here, and you are feeling one of two things. You either have had enough, and are SO EXCITED to start drinking orange juice that you couldn’t stand to think of doing it one more day. You are proud of yourself, but still, you’ve had enough. You are ready to call it a [...]

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Lemonade Diet – Day 9 – Almost Done

Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by Mike.

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As the Lemonade Diet begins to wrap up, we generally begin to see the effects coming into focus. A few of us don’t experience the effects – whether weight loss, or improved skin, or lost inches, or a sense of well-being – until later in the cleanse. Each of us feels them in different ways [...]

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Lemonade Diet – Day 8

Posted on 23. Apr, 2009 by Mike.

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Day 8. By now, you’ll know it can be an emotional rollercoaster. Each day feels like a continuous cycle of falling in love followed by depression because you were dumped. Sometimes I feel a deep loss for the food, like I will never eat again. Thankfully I realize, of course, that this is not true [...]

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Lemonade Diet – Day 7 – Don’t Quit Now

Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Mike.

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Sometimes you will miss eating and crave eating again. The psychology of this process can be strange. You may occasionally, or even frequently, have thoughts of quitting. But you also know you can do it. Perhaps, to distract your mind, you move on to something else, playing mental gymnastics to calculate how much longer you [...]

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Lemonade Diet – Day 6 – Hitting Your Stride

Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Mike.

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Day 6 of the Lemonade Diet often begins to feel easier; like you’re really beginning to hit your stride. Day 6 is a turning point on the weekend, marching confidently towards the goal. Next Friday, we start on the orange juice. I chose this timing to highlight the milestones. You can be psychologically complete on [...]

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Lemonade Diet – Day 5 – Half Done

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Mike.

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Gazing down the home stretch of the Lemonade Diet can be incredibly empowering. You can feel the momentum building towards the finish line, which at the same time can seem so far away. “Those last few days were hard, I’ve got five more to go.” “I’m getting in the zone, I feel like I can [...]

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Lemonade Diet – Day 4 – Healing Events

Posted on 19. Apr, 2009 by Mike.

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Day 4 may bring a clearing on several fronts. Often, you begin to get over the physical symptoms of what people call “Healing Events” (although they are reported to come throughout the cleanse, at any time). You may also get over the psychological need for food (although you do often feel a little tweak of [...]

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Lemonade Diet – Day 3 – Hump Day

Posted on 18. Apr, 2009 by Mike.

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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 [...]

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Lemonade Diet – Day 2 – The Wall

Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 by Mike.

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The false bravado of day 1 often comes crashing down on day 2. The first time I did the cleanse, I went flying into day 2 like the king of the world. I figured I got through day 1 so easily that this would be no problem. By the time lunch rolled around on day [...]

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Lemonade Diet – Day 1 – First Day on Lemonade

Posted on 16. Apr, 2009 by Mike.

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Well, we are past the Ease-in (if you did one at all), and we are onto the main event – The Lemonade Diet. Whether you are a Master Cleanser in the true sense, doing your fifth or even tenth Master Cleanse, or you are a rookie going at it for the first time, the first [...]