The Master Cleanser....

Hello all! I realize that it has been awhile since I updated here. I am so sorry for the lack of updates. I have had a little girl that has had a round with the flu. Then I managed to get it and then it has been a rough week afterwards. It is amazing how much stuff needed caught up.
I am going to change the route of this blog a bit for the next few weeks. I am starting something called The Master Cleanser. It is a cleansing and detox program. I am hoping it will help with some of my issues. I learned about it from my Young Living Essential Oils desk reference book. You can learn more about it at; http://healthandlight.com/TheMasterCleanse.pdf I am hoping that it will help with some of my issues. (Bloating, swelling, exhaustion, skin disorder) I am going to take some before pictures of my legs (the swelling and skin issue) I am going to post them side by side after I complete the cleanse. I am going to update this blog 3x's a day while on this cleanse. I am going to do the cleanse for the recommended 10 days but I may go longer if I feel like it. AM: So lets get to the first update! Last night I started with a cup of laxative tea as recommended. I did have some stomach gurgling but nothing else. This am 5/13/08 I drank my 32 oz of salt water as recommended. I have now ran to the bathroom twice in the last hour. I am feeling a little weak and a bit dizzy but I am sure it is the lack of the caffeine that my body is used to. I am already amazed at the amount of mucus releasing from my sinuses. I haven been blowing my nose a ton and swallowing back HUGE mucus balls. I am like an hour and a half into the cleanse and I can already feel huge things moving! Hurray! Oh real quick at the start of this cleanse I am weighing in at 230 lbs. Look for my afternoon update! NOON: Whew.... I am surprized! I thought this would be waaaayyy worse! I am having some issues with wanting to 'snack' I am not hungry but when I cut the kids an apple it was so hard to resist taking one of the slices for myself. Also when Clayton brings me things like his crackers to open I have a really hard time not just putting a few in my mouth. (Hmmm...maybe it's my kids that are making me fat??? :) ) I really just want to chew something. But it is more like an emotional release. I am having some with drawls of things like coffee and tea. The hardest was nearly automatically reaching the the fridge to get a slice of cheese. I am beginning to think I was really addicted to cheese. NOT GOOD! I wonder if I will even like cheese when I am done with this cleanse. A few notes about the drink.....I loved the taste of my first one! However the second batch I mixed up I put a little too much Cayenne pepper in it and it nearly lit flames all the way down! I chugged it so that it would burn as much *hopefully. However it made me need to lay down. I am wondering if it is the too much pepper or the chugging? I felt the need to get in the shower around 1 pm. Mostly because I was so cold I couldn't stop shivering. I am sure that is just a detox. Look for more tonight! PM: Well the rest of the afternoon was ROUGH! I got ill (detox) and then I had to lay down for a nap. I don't even remember my husband coming home. I have drank 7 of the lemonade mixtures and am going to put the kids to bed and drink my laxative tea. With any luck I won't be up all night, however my guts have been protesting pretty loudly this afternoon. I stayed cold for most of the day and then I warmed up this evening. However I am starting to feel a little weak and shaky. I am sure it is detox. The desire to eat is one of the strongest I have ever felt, I will not cave! However it is so tempting to just grab up the box of the kids crackers and jam them in my mouth. I just need to chew something!!!!!! I think I will get over it.