I have been on the master cleanse. The drink you drink apparantly contains all the nutrients and vitamins you need to survive borderline healthy. It's extremely difficult and if works, but it's meant to be a fast and not an option to lose weight. I was on it for three days and lost 10lbs. However during those days the hunger was incredible, plus the drink tastes horrible. Through my research it was said that two weeks on the diet is fine, anymore is to much on your body and you do lose both water weight and ALOT of muscle tone.

I have read that once you start fasting, liquids only--that after 3 or four days you actually no longer have hunger pains and there are those who have gone 30+ days then find it hard to return to food.

I don't know how true any of this is since I enjoy the chewing of food, as much as the taste and would hate to give up both

nancy

but 10lbs is still a lot.  I'm going to try it and see what happens.  Thanks for explaining it to me.

Thanks I won't forget.  I'm fasting now too anyways, although I ate after sunset and before sunrise, but my stomach has shrunk, so I can't handle much food, not more than a fist.

Husky, you said you did the master cleanse, did you gain the weight back? And in the 3 days that you did it, did the weight come off right away or did you have to wait a few more days?

thank you for the help amber1217

Neither do I! It's a quick solution and you feel so hungry during it.

I could not do only liquids for any diet or detox   I don't have that kind of will power I even have receipe somewhere for the "hollywood" diet drink that you do for two days and it is supose to be the equivlqant of the csd for jump starting your metabolism....

Bring on the food I need to chew LOL

csd novice, the drink is as follows:
2 tblsp lemon or lime juice
2 tblsp genuine maple syrup
1/10 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
and 8 oz. water

My math was never good, I'm wondering how much is 1/10? I know it's like 0.1, is that like half of the teaspoon?

I'm also wondering if I should work out while doing this diet, or will I not have the energy to do that, I just want to lose as much weight as possible.  I'm thinking of maybe doing it for a week, and then I'll do it again before my wedding in August.

The Cayenne pepper is to taste. Some people like more than others. When I did it, I literally just put a pinch in. 1/10 of a tsp is basicall 0.5ml. I started noticing the weight loss after the second day. I think it is all dependant on where you keep your "fat". I know some people store the fat on their thighs, I store it around my middle. After I did the diet (Started on a Monday and finished it on a Thursday) the weight loss was rather apparant for me physically. I began losing the weight almost immediately on my sides and my stomach slimmed down a lot.

Another thing being you don't always have to drink the sea salt flush everymorning. It is said you need to take it on the first morning to kick start the detox. Also throughout this detox you can drink decaffinated herbal teas to help with the flush.

It won't be hard to lose 10lbs on this diet. I know if four/five days I basically had that off. My advice is to try and do some sort of toning exercises while on the detox. Avoid it for the first two or so days as you will be weak and your body will be readjusting to the new in take.

You can ask away and I will give you my take on things, but I will state for the record that I am not a professional and I haven't done this detox many times, this is all just from my personal expierence.


Good luck with it though. 5lbs is nothing to be laughed at.

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