Cleanse/Fasting Programs

I plan on giving up Alcohol for 40 days starting in March. I also plan on doing a cleanse to detoxify my body, and hopefully boost my immune system (for those that know me, know how sick I am all the time, or so it seems).

What have you tried and actually stuck to? Have you been able to stick to it and actually follow the cleanse? How did you feel before/during/after?

I have tried a 7 day diet in the past, something similar to the link....

http://www.3fatchicks.com/diets/cabbage-soup-diet.php

Suggestions, recommendations?

[kiMMie]

I tried this one not too long ago for about 5 days.

Detoxifying with the Lemon Diet

How did you do on it?

Did you have a hard time sticking to it?

Did you find you were redonkulously hungry on it?

[b0ld]

this is exactly what I need to do.... Haven't really been touching any junk food... drinking water.... but I need a cleansing/detoxization so I can continue shedding these pounds....


Did you see how jack osbourse lost all those points.... he went through an intense program...

[g!ggles]

a few ppl in my office tried the cayenne pepper cleanse.

http://www.naturalways.com/master-cleanser.htm

It sounds worse then it actually is :)

[Clayton.]

I'm 51 days clean and sober and notice a huge differance in the way i feel and look, i'm much more healthy now. I'm not on any cleansing program i just eat better and more drink 2 or 3 litres of water a day and take lots of vitamins and supplaments reccomended by my doctor.

So glad i decided to do this.

[LeeBrat]

Originally Posted by Ever666

I'm 51 days clean and sober and notice a huge differance in the way i feel and look, i'm much more healthy now. I'm not on any cleansing program i just eat better and more drink 2 or 3 litres of water a day and take lots of vitamins and supplaments reccomended by my doctor.

So glad i decided to do this.

=) im so proud of you hun, youve done such a good job!

[mindgurl]

my friend is doing wild rose herbal detox.

she's on day 2 and feels like ass.

[Clayton.]

Originally Posted by LeeBrat

=) im so proud of you hun, youve done such a good job!

Thanks!:276:



House music has also bin a big help.

Originally Posted by mindgurl

my friend is doing wild rose herbal detox.

she's on day 2 and feels like ass.

Do you have a link for that program?

[kiMMie]

Originally Posted by mindgurl

my friend is doing wild rose herbal detox.

she's on day 2 and feels like ass.

Your friend is probably feeling like ass because her body is in the primary stages of detoxifying.

There is actually a kit you can buy. Wild Rose Detox is a 12 day step program >> Wild Rose Detox Kit

There is also the "Raw Food Detox" :)

[LIME Reunion]

UPON RISING

• 1/2 lemon squeezed into a glass of warm water
• 1 tablespoon of bentonite clay and 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseeds in a glass of water

BREAKFAST

• breakfast smoothie made with pear, rice milk and rice protein powder
• supplements: vitamin C

SNACKS

• apple juice diluted with water
• water
• vegetable broth
• supplements: milk thistle
• celery sticks and hummus

LUNCH

• chunky vegetable soup made with vegetable stock and your choice of vegetables
• steamed broccoli with sesame seeds and beets sprinkled with lemon juice on brown rice
• apple sauce
• supplements: multivitamin

SNACKS

• dandelion root tea
• carrot sticks with hummus dip
• water
• supplements: milk thistle

DINNER

• curried lentils on quinoa
• salad with mixed greens, red peppers, artichokes and sprouts drizzled with salad dressing of garlic, lemon juice and olive oil
• vegetable broth

BEFORE BED

• 1 tablespoon of bentonite clay and 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseeds in a glass of water

this one is great I have done it twice already and plan to again in March if you like it you can continue with 7 days of juice fast and feel like a new woman on the other side... you need ALOT of willpower for that though.

AND..... Ahem... no starting ANY cleanses until after the 2nd of MARCH!!!

[TrixX]

Originally Posted by g!ggles

a few ppl in my office tried the cayenne pepper cleanse.

http://www.naturalways.com/master-cleanser.htm

It sounds worse then it actually is :)

sounds like a shit cleanser to me....pun intended :)

you need a toilet within 2 feet or what???

[g!ggles]

Originally Posted by TrixX

sounds like a shit cleanser to me....pun intended :)

you need a toilet within 2 feet or what???

haha yeah but it totallly works! And the pounds come flying off too!

[Carrie]

i'd rather not spend my time on the toilet at work.

FEEDBACK PEOPLE, I NEED FEEDBACK!!!!! ACTUAL TESTIMONIALS!

pretty please!?!?!

[miss.myra]

I got a book yesterday on detoxes avanner! it is choc'full of lots of helpful info!

reccomends 1-2 24h cleanses a month or one 2 day cleanse a month or one three day cleanse every 1-2 months, obviously the latter is much more challenging..I'm going to try a 24h one this sunday, I'll let you know how it goes!

[Ragga_Wh0re]

do a colon clense,you can get radistic ones form the health food store they vary in price.Also get a colonic done,i havent had one done personally but i have friends that have and it makes a huge difference.

[nabs]

keep yourself occupied. I fast one month every year, im used to it. but the first two weeks will be the hardest, after that you should be used to it.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by kiMMie

Your friend is probably feeling like ass because her body is in the primary stages of detoxifying.

There is actually a kit you can buy. Wild Rose Detox is a 12 day step program >> Wild Rose Detox Kit

I would recommend this for a first time cleanser as it does allow solid foods, although restricted. A lady at work did it and she found it easy enough to follow.

Originally Posted by LDUB

I would recommend this for a first time cleanser as it does allow solid foods, although restricted. A lady at work did it and she found it easy enough to follow.

I have done a few fasts/detox's before, I didn't find them too hard to follow the first time around.

It was the second time that nearly killed me...

[Ree Fresh]

*My biggest advice is to break your habbits/diet into steps one at a time. Going all at once will only bring you back. Example in my first week of a cleanse I stoped sugar and fried foods/saturated.
Week 2 I cut out all dairy and alcohol.
Week 3 was the hardest as I thought I could never cut out caffine.

Basicly it was like I set a short goal for the week... when the week came up and I managed to succeed I realised how easy it was and was use to it... therefore I kept with cutting out the one thing and added on to the next.

*You have to have the big NO power. Once you alow your self to cheet then youll find yourself cheeting more and more. You have to be willing to say no, no matter what. Even if its your best friends wedding or if your meet mr bling who offers to buy non stop dirnks at the bar.

*Quiting alcohole is probly one of the hardest if your a partyer. I only seem to find it super hard the first couple of times out... after that Im use to it and could stop dinking for months. You also realise how much money your saving :D

*When it came to quiting caffine it was nice how I started forcing myelf to bed earlyer. I enjoyed hot water and lime juice instead for coffee break. I think quiting caffine gave me more energy than taking caffine for energy.

*To avoid a sugar craving understand that there are good sugars you can get away with such as fruit (sunrype fruit bars sooo sweet and good), raw sugar, and malasis are all great nanural sugars that dont harm your body like refined sugars or aspertine. Also watch out for juices... read the labels and must say 100% juice on them. Punch/cocktail/drink are full of refined sugars!!!

*I found when I went on a long term cleanse diet I completely lost my sex drive... therefore I no longer had a craving for chocolate either... wasnt untill I started having a chocolate bar or two a week I finaly got it back :p

*Not having Convient food is very hard to deal with since youll be eating mostly fresh food and have to prepare it. I sugest haveing alot of easy snack food available. Have a prepared salad ready, snack on grapes and other fruit, spend the extra cash on the pakeged cleaned veggies, imitation crab meat, organic rice crackers, yogart, whole wheat bread, dried fruit, nuts, make yoruself super healthy muffins... becuase I know ill never eat healthy if it means I have to clean/cut/cook ect when I could just buy chips at the corner store. Also if your living on your own make enough for 2-3 ppl and store the left overs for lunch or dinner the next night. Im willing to pay the little extra for the organic soups in the box's... ready in seconds and soo good.

* For me a cleansing diet was easy after the first few days. Make it into a game and have fun resurching and trying foods that are super good for you.
Again it helps to reduce any craving to just say NO to everything your not allowed. Understand youll run into work partys with cake, really fun crazy nights at the bar, or have no time too cook... be ready to say No and find a healthyer salution.

[Liqwid]

to the gym!

[brokencrayon]

Originally Posted by mindgurl

my friend is doing wild rose herbal detox.

she's on day 2 and feels like ass.

I just completed the Wild rose Herbal D-tox a couple of days ago! Seriously, the first 2-4 days are the worst.. even after the 3rd day I felt wayyy better. and after that you get this huge rush of energy because you are so clean inside. It basically cleans out your liver, kidneys, adn your digestive tract. Very good cleanse/detox espcially for people with diabetes/athsma/exima/etc. I strongly recommend it. It is also only 12 days and they give you a list of many different things you can still eat. If you really want to do it well you can also buy their cook book for pretty cheap that has tons of great recipes while you are cleansing and for afterwards aswell.

edit: once you get past the first few days you can start working out on it as well which gives you even healthier results =)

[angst]

Master Cleanse

http://www.therawfoodsite.com/mastercleanse.htm