I still have a desire to lose weight, but I feel like I need to try something new before I continue with what I was doing. I am at a point in my life where I am completely unhappy with how I feel and look. I am constantly exhausted and run down, and as far as I look goes... that's fairly obvious considering I weigh 262 pounds and am only 5'2". So I can't help but think that maybe a cleanse is what my body needs... a FRESH START!So I searched for a cleanse that I can make myself and that won't cost hundreds of dollars. What I found is the Lemonade Master Cleanse. When I looked up cleanses this seemed to be the most popular one on almost every site. You basically mix up this concoction of fresh squeezed lemon juice, rich maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water... and that is what you drink all day along with a lot of just plain old H2O. It also talked about doing a salt water flush (SWF) nightly, but I want to do some more research on that because I have read pros and cons of doing that.... but the SWF was optional, so I can choose. It is a 14 day process.... 11 days of the lemonade cleanse and then 3 days of "ease out". (day 1: orange juice, day 2: fruit and vegetable juice, day 3: live foods such as fruits and veggies). There is also an optional "ease in" that you can do before you start the lemonade cleanse (it is the "ease out" backwards) but I think I am going to skip that.
So from what I have read, the first 3 days are the hardest, but then after that it is much easier. I'm expecting that it will be super hard, but I hope that it will give my body the jumpstart it needs to get losing weight and also help me to shrink my stomach a bit so I don't have a desire to eat as much. So, first thing tomorrow morning I've got to go buy a ton of lemons and some "real" maple syrup.... I might even save money on my grocery bill over the next two weeks.
During this time I need to keep a daily journal (on here) so that I can write down my thoughts and feelings, but also so I can keep myself motivated. I think I will also record if I have had weight loss from day to day... because lets not lie, I will probably weigh myself every morning anyways. So tomorrow morning I will weigh myself and post on here what my starting weight before the Lemonade Cleanse was. It will be interesting to see the results as well as how much better/worse I will feel from day to day. I have a feeling that I will feel a TON better when all of this is over though.
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This sounds like a good idea. I will be reading so I help knowing this will motivate you. You should seriously think about spending the $$$ and get your thyroid checked out. It commomly goes out right after having a child. That is when it did with me.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steph. I think I will go to the Dr's Free Clinic while I'm in St. George and see if they will give me an order for a blood test. Then at least I hopefully won't have to pay for the actual Dr's visit. If nothing else it will give me peace of mind, and if it is my thyroid the prescriptions are relatively inexpensive because they have generics. Thanks for reading, it does give me motivation!
ReplyDeleteI love you! I am proud of you, I know being fat is hard and I am right there with you!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to write and we WILL get out of this.
ReplyDeleteYes, we WILL! I saw Scott's blog when I clicked on "Fat and Broke" and he is doing really awesome. I hope he didn't mind me reading it. It is nice to know that other people are going through hard stuff too... but he seems to be doing amazing! Can't believe how much he has lost!
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