When Life Gives You Lemons...

...go on a freshly squeezed lemonade cleanse.



The Master Cleanse consists of only drinking lemon juice, cayenne pepper, and grade B maple syrup. It's quite tasty. You eat nothing while you are cleansing. Yes, you heard me- nothing, zip, nada, zilch.

I'd advise anyone who's serious about doing The Master Cleanse to get yourself a copy of the book. It's good to know what you're doing and why you're doing it. Why I'm doing it is that I've had some pretty serious upper respiratory infections during the past 6 months- and I had what I believe was probably strep throat (I had a sore throat from Christmas up until 3 days ago). I wasn't into taking antibiotics again. The first night of the cleanse my sore throat was gone.

I'd tried doing The Master Cleanse in August when Baldwin did it. I only lasted 3 days. This time I "eased in" using green smoothies from recipes in this book that my friend gave me. I think easing into the cleanse this time has made all the difference- my cleanse has been relatively easy and pleasant.

The Master Cleanse tells you that first thing every morning you must drink 4 cups of sea salt water, and then wait until your body "eliminates" all that it has until you can have your first lemon drink of the day. Drinking the salt water is my least favorite part of the cleanse. It just tastes gross.

This is your brain.

This is your brain on a cleanse.

I've felt very light. Very silly. Very aloof. Granted, having not eaten since last week I have nothing to weigh me down. The hunger is intense at times- I'll admit that. If I hadn't felt dramatic results within the first day I would probably not have the gusto to continue. My first day of cleansing I felt like I'd received an entire face lift in my sleep. Complete with brand new, supple skin. My hair is shinier than it's been in years. I no longer have bags under my eyes. I've also been given a bionic sense of smell that's a direct result of the cleanse.

I feel like doing this cleanse is giving me a really good perspective on my health and my diet. Even though I don't eat processed or artificial foods (no way, baby, slow foods here at The Lost Planet) I haven't been eating enough raw food in my diet. I too often rely upon bread and cheese to fill out meals. I also see that I don't have to succumb to having a middle aged woman's body. I've already lost an entire inch off of my ass. I could have worked out for a year and never had that result. I'm not doing the cleanse for weight loss, but I'm certainly not going to turn my nose up at losing a few inches here and there.
And the face lift doesn't hurt either.

In other news: this, my friends, is a berry stand...made of playdoh.
Seems Babba's cleanse induced berry farming mania continues.