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.
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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.
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day two of the mc this morning I feel great but I couldn’t do the swf because it made me sick I did it with the ease in days and now I cant maybe later
Lemonade Day 2
I’ve found that trying new things, especially things like this cleanse, that are life-changing and truly important, come with a lot of anxiety. After reading the stories of some folks that had done the cleanse before, and some comments from others on this website; I was aware of what could happen, but not sure how the detoxing process would affect me personally.
On the one hand, reading about the experience of others is extremely helpful. The information, tips, revelations on the process they provided was priceless. On the other hand, it did lead to some anxiety and fear of the effect on my own body. I didn’t know the level of discomfort or pain I would experience because I knew my diet and food choices have been atrocious in the past. But I resolved to do the cleanse anyway. I can say I’m a “tough chick” or “mentally tough enough” to fight past any pain I might have. All I asked of my higher power was no headaches. I could deal with any other joint pain, intestinal/digestive summersaults, whatever–anything but headaches.
I have to say that my mental preparation in the previous month also helped tremendously to ease my fears. It allowed me to know that it was the right TIME for me to do the cleanse which is immeasurably conducive to success. Starting the cleanse in January (with the holidays long past) gave me permission to eat whatever I wanted for a while longer, not restrict, only to be more aware of my eating habits, and EASE-INTO making better food choices. It also gave me time to comparison shop amongst different health food stores in my area. I needed to know that eating organic food was economically feasible for me. Which I found it is. The practical side of me needed that.
Lemonade Diet Day 1 Evening – I traveled 4 hours in the car today and found the Lemonade Diet a nice relief from stopping at any of the fast food restaurants along the way. As I mentioned in my morning blog, I prepared the jugged because I knew that I would be on the road. I had a lot of energy and felt really good about the day. I generally am exhausted when I do this weekly drive, but I felt the opposite. I spent time reading and reflecting on some emotional times in my life. That is rare for me. I thanked God for the positive things in my life and felt peace with knowing that he will work everything else out.
BTW. I had more stops at the rest room on my journey. A small price to pay.
Oops, below comment is lemonade day 2
Psychologically im not feeling great after a horrible swf experience last night. I had my first lemonade though today and i feel ok.
Im the kind of person that has to eat regularly or i just get light headed and feel faint but i feel ok. I usually get very miserable if i try to skip a meal but again im not noticing that.
Looking forward to my next drink, i find the taste quite comforting, id definitely drink it in the future! Do you think its ok to mix as a warm drink? Not into boiling water but maybe into boiling water that has cooled to that perfect tea temperature? Its so cold here again today i think drinking it hot would be lovely!
Lemonade day 1 @ 10:15pm
Ok yet another late night:( boo…but that’s ok, after work I went to a open house meditation at the local shambhala meditation centre, that’s my first group meditation (a lot of firsts these last few days;)) I was feeling good except for my starving belly, and that wasn’t bothering me, just the last thing I wanted was to make a bunch of growling noises with my tummy in the middle of a room full of people silently meditating. I shugged a lemonade on my way down there, to help full me up, then a ton of h20.
And I seemed to make it through;)
I seemed to have gotten through this day pretty good, in a good mood which is the most common for me as I’ve been accepting a long time diagnosis of depression this past year, an accepting I need to work on a lot.
I’ve been excited about this day, but also know that I’ve had hard times on this cleanse before, taking it easy on myself, setting goals though, an being open to experiences. Emotionally it’s been a good day;)
Happy healing everyone;)
Lemonade day 1 – I have already noticed a psychological game being played on myself. My eating habits are to not eat at all or only once in the evening when my husband gets home from work. Usually its frozen pizza or something out of a box. I have been diagnosed with chronic depression and have no energy. I lost the energy to eat! My biggest consumption everyday is 2 trenta (24 oz.) iced coffees from Starbucks. For a long time now, that has replaced my food. I can only imagine what that much caffeine has done to me. I also have had several people tell me I’m crazy for trying this but my response to them is…I will be putting more into my body than I usually do. This being my first day, I have already been craving food all day but know it’s in my head because otherwise I wouldn’t be eating anyway.
Lemonade diet day one. This is my first time on the MC. I feel very strong and determined right now to stick for the whole ten days. Not much support from family and haven’t said anything to friends. I have a few who will tell me I am crazy and this is not healthy. I have been trying to eat mainly vegan for about nine months along with my husband who has health and weight issues (and almost no self-control at all), I have yo-yo dieted since I was twelve and still haven’t got control of my psycological eating. I am hoping this experience will give me a boost in gaining control of my emotional eating.
Lemonade Day 1
After 1 month of pre-cleansing and 3 Days of Ease-In…I felt 95% ready for the Lemonade only phase this morning. That other 5% wass just fear and anxiety about not being able to fight through cravings or any resulting pain associated with de-tox.
Last night I went to bed mildly hungry after I had my “dinner” of veggie and fruit juice (2 cups). Before going to bed I made sure I drank at least 1 liter of water to stave on any night-time dehydration. It really helped me feel safer in the knowledge that I wouldn’t wake up with a headache.
This morning I woke up feeling good. Although Sergio got a text that his dad had passed away which turned out to be a complete misunderstanding. It turns out his grandfather who had been sick was the one that passed. After some emotional trauma this past month, any news from back home seems to be all bad. Although he still felt his grandfather’s passing, it was not unexpected.
As far as my emotional state: I was ready to batten down the hatches and be, once again, the most supportive girlfriend I could be. I gathered my thoughts and assessed how I felt. I was ok but worried about him. I then thought, “I need my lemonade stat! I didn’t think, “this is a great excuse to get off this crazy cleanse thing”…..I am actually very proud of myself for handling things this well. Although I am once removed from the actual circumstances, all of my grandparents are long gone, I could have easily offered to feed him (and me) a yummy fatty breakfast in order to calm down.
Hi! I’m on day 3 of the lemonade. I skipped the ease in process. Not purposely. It just happened. My first two days were a breeze. Today(my third day) I woke up feelin horrible. I vomitted twice. I can’t keep the lemonade nor water down. I won’t give up. I’m relying on my strength and blogs to get me through to the 10 days. I plan to do the ease out correctly. Good luck to all. Keep us posted.