Master Cleanse! aka Lemonade Diet .. My 30 day story.

Hello There (:

I made this profile a long time ago but now I'm only going to start using it to share/receive information with fellow people like you guys!

ANYWAYS.. let me tell you guys about the Master Cleanse when I was on it! I started at 162 lbs

So.. I gave it a try for 5 days lost 7 lbs and then failed.. when I failed it was uncontrollable binge eating.. seriously. At first I would only eat one chicken wing and danggg... I would be SOO FULL! The next day however.... I ate Chinese Food and everything.. a lot more than I usually would have.. 2 weeks shortly after I gained even more than my original weight at 164 and feeling a lot more sluggish and bloated.

I then gave it another try.. and this time I did a whole 30 days and lost 17 lbs leaving me at 143 !!! I was going to go for 40 but for a whole week.. I stopped losing weight and felt very fatigue so I decided to see the doctor and nutritionist at my university. When I got off the cleanse.. I had such a hard time adjusting my body to food again.. I would eat a little and my stomach would be hard and stick out as if I was pregnant. I also had problems where I couldn't poop (lol) because my body was so used to that Detox Senna Leaf Tea so my body basically shut down in it's bowel movements... I couldn't have peristalsis which is that wavelike squeezing movements of your intestines to get your poop out.. lol ANYWAYS.. I also took Nutrition class and did a lot of research to find out that my body was also going through ketosis because of the lack of carbs I had in my body... which is like the (no carb diet) .. which is why I now believe that you need to have a balance of everything when you want a healthy lifestyle.. If I had just ate healthy.. and did my exercises consistently that whole month instead of the master cleanse.. I would have lost 10 pounds, gained instead of losing muscle.. as well as kept it off. Although I went from 164 - 143.. I eventually gained it back and now I am at 160 and feel healthy again .. It took a long time to get back to square one and for the longest time I wasn't worried about my weight anymore but actually all the damage I did to my body.

I just wanted to share this story with you guys that the cleanse.. was an easy weight loss.. but it doesn't last long..
the side effects outweighs the benefits by a long run. If you guys want me to post pictures of the youtube videos I made a long the way I can do that... although it's kind of embarrassing Just trying to help as many people avoid this situation as possible. :noway:

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AFTER (I was not sticking my stomach out.. It was very painful and I panicked and prayed for my body to come back to normal)



Conclusion:
Everyone wants an easy way out.. I heard 1/10 stories that it was successful.. that there was a small chance I could keep off the weight I lost.. BUT you just have to remember that no matter how hard you try.. no matter how hard everyone else tries.. you can't always think you can be the exception. I WAS IN COMPLETE DENIAL.. that this wouldn't work.. when I clicked on Youtube videos.. I would just x out the videos that were negative.. because I didn't want to believe that it didn't work. I wanted to test it out for myself.. so that I could be the exception. There's no exceptions. Diet & Exercise all the way I'm glad I can work out again.. because back then I was too fatigue to even carry out a conversation.