Group Cleanse Support Topic: Social Support from Family and Friends
This page is a Support Topic Page for The Social Support from Family and Friends for our Master Cleanse Group Cleanse. Please check that page for details on our Quarterly Cleanses and our Individual Cleanses.
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.
We have probably all experienced the “What’s wrong with you?” look when telling friends or family that we are trying the Master Cleanse. And equally, most of us have at least one person in our life who supports us. The Lemonade Diet is difficult, and (dis)approval by our peers can make all the difference.
In fact, that is why I started this Master Cleanse Group Experience diary; we can support each other.
Let us know about the people and experiences you have each and every day. Who made fun of you? Who showed compassion? Who understood the cleansing, and who thought you were nuts?
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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Lemonade Day 4
When we get home from work every night. As we enter the house, I start dinner for Sergio and I. We eat, chat. I take a shower, do dishes and we go to bed.
This cleanse has pretty much done away with that pattern. Last night, there were leftovers from what I cooked previously. But Sergio didn’t eat. He had some soda and a couple pieces of fruit. He said he wasn’t hungry. So I told him it was ok, it happens. I joked with him that I understood…”I haven’t eaten in three days and I’m not hungry either!” LOL…
I know that my need to eat, whether hungry or not, was and will affect his eating patterns too. No wonder he gained some weight in the past six months. I’ve been feeding him! And I know that he eats even without being hungry just to keep me company. We will both need to break that dynamic in future and I will tell him that it’s ok if we don’t eat a “formal dinner” when we get home. We need to eat when hungry only.
I know how the social pressure to eat has made me sabotage my own best intentions. We are planning to get together with my family for my sister’s birthday on the 26th. It will probably be at a restaurant. The timing would be perfect for me since the last day of ease-out would be on the 26th. And I’m still considering extending my cleanse up to then and maybe even further, given my success so far.
But I won’t decide until next week. I will only continue the cleanse and give myself the extra challenge of a social gathering if I feel strong enough.
Lemonade day 3 8:18pm
Haven’t been super social these days, my daughter has been away with family so I’m getting touch with me and my needs and wants, in passed times I would have gone into social, party, ignore myself and my feelings mode. This time I jumped on the cleanse an have really been catching up on me;) I’ve been trying to hit lots of classes and meditation an such so far the cleanse hasn’t come up in conversation, it might if I have to apologize for my grumbaling tummy at some point, don’t think that will happen as my tummy is getting used to no food now, just get the funny feeling when hungry:) I feel bad for declining dinner with a friend as she is going through a rough time an it’s nice to be with friends. I keep saying to friends who know, let’s do tea, at least we can drink tea;)
Happy healing
day 3 of the mc I haven’t said anything about being on the lemonade diet but that’s all I drink and nobody has offered me any food which is very nice of them but I think they no and the other times I was trying to do it they brought everything they thought I liked in the house and I fell for it but not this time I tired of being tired
Lemonade Day 3
I found a scale in the house and took it to my room last night. Sergio noticed it and hopped right on to see where he was. He’s gained some weight in the last six months which is great because he was entirely too skinny before. He’s at a healthy weight now (187).
I was embarrassed to jump on while he was watching but he gave me “Oh come on!” face so I got on. Needless to say I was not happy with the number but (270) but I was elated that it was about 15 lbs less than a couple of months ago.
I was most happy that Sergio didn’t make a big deal about my weight. He never has and he met me while fat so hey, at least I know he loves me regardless.
He seems to be getting comfortable with me being on this cleanse but still shakes his head at me when he sees me making my “concoctions” as he puts it. But he sees that I am ok, still alive and happy so he doesn’t say much about it.
I did tell a co-worker of mine that I was doing a de-tox cleanse and was surprised because he said a cousin of his does something similar. He was truly supportive and I was gratified that he didn’t get judgmental.
So if it comes up in normal conversation and it’s appropriate I will let more people know.
Newbie Cleanser Lemondae Cleanse Day 2
I like this place I wish I could stay here the whole cleanse and never leave, I need this support reading you guys comments gave me strength after my swf came back up I crawled for my laptop just to see if anyone made the same mistake as me, no one did but I feel all pumped up again and can continue the cleanse because I saw what Mike said about todays warnings then on top of that, I have a inner peace I have to find so I can get rid of all of my junk and let things go, this cleanse is changing my life, My husband is really supportive he was a little worried about my physical health but when I ran down all the benefits and nutritution he said ok and now supports me mentally. My thing is that when Im hungary I get cranky really really cranky and I cant think its like a car that ran out of fuel man I done. So you can only imagine who is catching it right, yeah cuz’ I dishes it even though its only been two days someone has caught a saucy look or response. I don’t let my class mates see that Im not having dinner with them I just heat up my water and walk away and enjoy my lemonade elsewhere one girl was able to identity what it was off the back because she used todo them years ago she did her for 20 days and she said she lost 30 pounds that awesome right, well I got her number for when I feel like there is acid in my tummy he he :D
Lemonade day 3 8pm
I am feeling really lucky to have this online community as I am really enjoying the comments and reading people’s stories, it really gives me a nice sense of not being alone, as I am not telling people in my day-day unless I really have to. But it’s nice having this as my regular thing to do, an somewhere to check in when it’s needed or not. I’m still considering if I should have a night out at the whole dance/bar scene, it’s ok cause I live so close, I could go for a bit an see how I feel, I like to have some fun an dance an am happy that’s it’s not going to be about alcohol for me! I don’t want this to impede on my sociability although I really am trying to make it easy on myself by staying away from food functions! Happy healing everyone! Goodnight, sleep happy! I am off to sleepy land very soon! Early night- finally! Yay
Have made it through Day 2 with no complications, however I do worry about tomorrow as I work a 12 hour shift in an environment where everyone is constantly snacking and putting food in your face. I get one 30 min break, hope I can just go for a nice walk. Coworkers – not very supportive. wish me luck and stamina.
Good luck and lots of strength to you! Just remember how much you care about your health in the times that are hard
Thanks! Made it through Day 3 at my crazy work! Feeling more confident I can get through this!
Lemonade diet day two
Only my husband and two of my grown children know I am doing this. They are all fairly supportive but I think they doubt I will carry this through. My husband is keeping busy and is fending for himself so I have not been tempted to eat today. I am even having to remind myself to drink my lemonade.
day 2 of mc my daughter and grandkids had bake a cake and when she brought them over the next morning she made a commit don’t eat my babies cake and I tole her every time I try to eat right here yall come with the things I love to eat so I told her I don’t want cake I am doing the lemonade diet and she said yeah right
Lemonade Day 2
Yesterday, my mom made some traditional Mexican gorditas. They smelled and looked delicious. She, of course, offers me food all the time. Luckily, she has gotten ok with me refusing her food most of the time. You do not refuse your mom’s food in our culture. It’s almost like a slap in the face.
Although we live in the same house, I haven’t told her about the cleanse. I prefer not to because I know she would give me the same strange look and unsolicited advice and warn me against fad dieting. The good thing is that Sergio have our own studio with our kitchen/bath and she lives in the main part of the house. I walk through her kitchen to get our room, so I do have to smell her wonderful food every day. Funny how last week, when I could have her food at any time, I didn’t really want it. Now that I am restricted to lemonade, it all looks delicious.
The only person that knows about the cleanse is my boyfriend Sergio. He’s been at the front lines of my battles and has handled himself rather well. He watches me suspiciously or with concern sometimes as I make my “concoctions” but doesn’t say much. I think mostly he misses my companionship at the table.