My First 4 Days on the Master Cleanse

I actually weighed in at a whopping 131.5 pounds the morning I started the Master Cleanse! The day before was a binge complete with a whole DiGiorno Rising Crust pizza several packs of sugar-free peeps and sugar-free chocolate. I was sick by the time I went to bed.

These were my starting numbers on the morning of Thursday the 28th of April, day 1 of my cleanse:

Weight: 131.5 lbs
Waist: 27 "
Hips: 39 "
Thighs: 22 "
Chest: 32 "
Biceps: 10 "

Blood pressure: 117/75 and resting heart rate: 69 beats per minute.

Day 1 was absolutely horrible. I was sick from the binge the day before, cranky, tired, hungry and craving all sorts of things. My head hurt all day from not having any caffeine. I threw up at the end of the day just after drinking my 5th lemonade of the day. I was so sick I thought about giving up already!

Day 2 was pretty miserable. I started the day throwing up just after drinking my morning salt water flush (32 oz of water with 2 TSP of sea salt) and thought maybe this fast was REALLY a bad idea. I went on with it, however, and went the whole day with a massive caffeine withdrawal headache, and called my sister at the end of the day (she's doing this with me) desperately needing "a good reason to continue". She was feeling just as bad, and couldn't give me a reason, but we persisted. Weight: 128.5 lb.

Day 3 saw my headache start to lift. I felt OK to exercise (went rollerblading with my husband), talked with friends on the phone, got some things done around the house. Started to feel a bit better, realized it might not be all horrible like days 1 and 2 were. Weight: 127.5 lb.

Today is day 4, and I am feeling very good! I cleaned the house, cleared the cupboards of old stale food, went shopping for healthy stuff for once I'm off the fast, spent some time in the sun, and had some good laughs with my husband. Life is good again. This morning I was down to 126.5 pounds, so a 5-pound loss for the first 3 days.

I will continue to report on my progress during this fast and of course will share my final results when I'm done on Sunday. I will then get back to my original weight tracking that started this blog. It's going on 1 year!