Return Schedule
In Tom Woloshyn’s book, which has been my primary guide to this cleanse, he has two schedules for coming off the cleanse. They are 4 and 3 days in duration. The four day schedule is more gradual and probably more ideal, but I’ve gone with the 3 day plan in order to be back to eating solid food on Saturday which is our first parade for Chinese New Year. Abiding by the schedule, yesterday was a day of oranges, orange juice, and more oranges. Today I am drinking orange juice all day, with the privilege of a vegetable broth for lunch and, oh yes, vegetable soup for dinner!
Anticipating Solid Foods
I can’t describe the excitement and anticipation with which I await fresh steamed vegetables and brown rice for tomorrow’s dinner. Even tonight’s dinner will be amazing: vegetable soup with whole vegetables! I can’t wait to bite into them and feel the texture of the food in my mouth. Not to mention the feeling of fullness that comes from fiber instead of liquid. Today I have the ultimate privilege and honor of drinking a homemade vegetable broth with a few vegetables for lunch. Wow. Here’s one guy that is beside himself with joy.
Mood & Emotion
Yesterday for the vast majority of the day my mood was ebullient. I was having a great time, and so happy to be drinking my orange juice. I have to admit that by the end of the day, I was feeling a bit frustrated and grumpy. I’m not sure exactly how to place this, but I think part of it I will assign to hunger. It seems that I am great about maintaining my ‘food’ intake during the day, but the end of day transition from the office to home is where I lose it. I tend to let myself go a little too long and then I turn a bit sour. But, this was nothing that a few oranges and a little mindfulness couldn’t rememdy. It wasn’t long before I was once again counting my many blessings with gratitude.
I also gave myself a pat on the back for completing 7 days of the master cleanse. The minimum recommended duration is 10 days, and so I have a little bit of remorse for not ‘going the distance’ there. That feeling is compounded a bit by reading the testimonials of the people in the back of the book who were able to run 7 miles a day while on the cleanse. That information really makes me curious about the limits of my own ability to subsist on the cleanse.
But the true and lasting feeling that I have is gratitude that this experience came into my life. I think of this as the 3rd of many cleanses to come. The Master Cleanse, all in all, was a rewarding and pleasant experience. I think that later in the spring I will set my sights on the 10 day goal once more. Perhaps at that time I will document the intensity and type of exercise which I complete each day as well.
I would imagine that exercise would assist in the body’s cleansing activities. I know that physical activity, by elevating heart rate, moving the lymph, increasing respiration and perspiration greatly helps in eliminating toxins from the body. I believe it also eliminates toxic thoughts from the mind.
Yesterday’s Totals
- 6 big glasses half and half OJ
- 2 cups half and half OJ
- 4 oranges
- 1 glass hot water
- 1 cup chamomile mint tea
Tags: cleansing, health, master cleanse