Need A Cleanse

I'd like to do a cleanse, but I'm not sure what to do. Anyone have any suggestions or successes? Main goal here is to try to reduce some belly fat. Thanks in advance!
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  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
    Won't do anything for your belly fat.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Get in the shower and turn it on.
  • ziggy2006
    ziggy2006 Posts: 255 Member
    Your post sounds like you are looking for a shortcut for losing weight.

    I have bad news for you - there are no shortcuts.

    I also have good news for you - by maintaining a modest, consistent calorie deficit, you can lose weight. You are in the right place to learn how to do that.
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    Do you have a fully functioning Liver and Kidneys? If so, you don't need a cleanse, your body does it just fine on its own.
  • Tweaking_Time
    Tweaking_Time Posts: 733 Member
    cityruss wrote: »
    Get in the shower and turn it on.

    ^^^this^^^

    All humor aside, it takes a long time to gain the weight - It can certainly take a while to lose it. Set a realistic goal and go for it - try it for 2 weeks and see the difference.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    Need a cleanse

    No you don't.
  • spuds151
    spuds151 Posts: 4 Member
    Heh, guess I fell for the hype. Good thing I didn't invest anything into it.

    BTW, I know it's going to take a while to reverse the moderate damage I've done to myself. I'm not looking for a quick out, I'm more interested in a way to not FEEL as bloated. I have a terrible habit of needing instant gratification that I am trying to break myself out of. I've lost about 8lb of fat and gained about 1lb of muscle in the last 7-8 weeks, so I am trying to do it right, slow and steady.

    Thanks everyone.
  • ClosetBayesian
    ClosetBayesian Posts: 836 Member
    spuds151 wrote: »
    Heh, guess I fell for the hype. Good thing I didn't invest anything into it.

    BTW, I know it's going to take a while to reverse the moderate damage I've done to myself. I'm not looking for a quick out, I'm more interested in a way to not FEEL as bloated. I have a terrible habit of needing instant gratification that I am trying to break myself out of. I've lost about 8lb of fat and gained about 1lb of muscle in the last 7-8 weeks, so I am trying to do it right, slow and steady.

    Thanks everyone.

    Eat more fiber. Drink more water. Wait.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited March 2016
    spuds151 wrote: »
    I'd like to do a cleanse, but I'm not sure what to do. Anyone have any suggestions or successes? Main goal here is to try to reduce some belly fat. Thanks in advance!

    A "Cleanse" helps cleans out your colon, maybe dehydrates you a bit. It has nothing to do with belly fat. There is no diet, no food, no exercise that will specifically helps you lose belly fat.

    Eat less, move more. Your body will drop the fat wherever it pleases (partly genetic anyway).
  • Afura
    Afura Posts: 2,054 Member
    spuds151 wrote: »
    Heh, guess I fell for the hype. Good thing I didn't invest anything into it.

    BTW, I know it's going to take a while to reverse the moderate damage I've done to myself. I'm not looking for a quick out, I'm more interested in a way to not FEEL as bloated. I have a terrible habit of needing instant gratification that I am trying to break myself out of. I've lost about 8lb of fat and gained about 1lb of muscle in the last 7-8 weeks, so I am trying to do it right, slow and steady.

    Thanks everyone.

    Weight loss is a great way to learn how to deal with non-instant gratification. :lol:
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    Afura wrote: »
    spuds151 wrote: »
    Heh, guess I fell for the hype. Good thing I didn't invest anything into it.

    BTW, I know it's going to take a while to reverse the moderate damage I've done to myself. I'm not looking for a quick out, I'm more interested in a way to not FEEL as bloated. I have a terrible habit of needing instant gratification that I am trying to break myself out of. I've lost about 8lb of fat and gained about 1lb of muscle in the last 7-8 weeks, so I am trying to do it right, slow and steady.

    Thanks everyone.

    Weight loss is a great way to learn how to deal with non-instant gratification. :lol:

    But I want to look like Heidi Klum right now!
  • bmayes2014
    bmayes2014 Posts: 232 Member
    cityruss wrote: »
    Get in the shower and turn it on.

    :D hilarious

    Good luck, OP. You've come to the right place to find some great knowledge on where to start and what works!
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    spuds151 wrote: »
    Heh, guess I fell for the hype. Good thing I didn't invest anything into it.

    BTW, I know it's going to take a while to reverse the moderate damage I've done to myself. I'm not looking for a quick out, I'm more interested in a way to not FEEL as bloated. I have a terrible habit of needing instant gratification that I am trying to break myself out of. I've lost about 8lb of fat and gained about 1lb of muscle in the last 7-8 weeks, so I am trying to do it right, slow and steady.

    Thanks everyone.

    Eat more fiber. Drink more water. Wait.

    i had a friend that ate a box of fiber1 brownie bar. It did not end well for that friend's toilet. friend was definitely cleansed
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    Sugar free gummy bears. Otherwise just have a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    moyer566 wrote: »
    spuds151 wrote: »
    Heh, guess I fell for the hype. Good thing I didn't invest anything into it.

    BTW, I know it's going to take a while to reverse the moderate damage I've done to myself. I'm not looking for a quick out, I'm more interested in a way to not FEEL as bloated. I have a terrible habit of needing instant gratification that I am trying to break myself out of. I've lost about 8lb of fat and gained about 1lb of muscle in the last 7-8 weeks, so I am trying to do it right, slow and steady.

    Thanks everyone.

    Eat more fiber. Drink more water. Wait.

    i had a friend that ate a box of fiber1 brownie bar. It did not end well for that friend's toilet. friend was definitely cleansed

    Yikes!

    Even one gives my stomach pains (chicory root). I can't imagine an entire box.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    edited March 2016
    If you are wanting to get rid of the bloated feeling, look through your diary and see if there is a correlation between what you eat, and when you feel bloated.

    If you can't pin point it. Start tracking the bloating in your notes section- time and what you ate, a pattern may evolve.

    Different things bloat different people.
    It could be the instant gratification just over fills you, it could be a particular food.

    Glad your not going to do a cleanse.

    Cheers, h.
    edit: make sure you are well hydrated. Liquids help move solids through your digestive system.
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    Sugar free gummy bears. Otherwise just have a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    I was going to say the same thing. Those bears are colon-cleaning machines (why haven't pharmacists caught onto it and prescribe green/yellow bears as colonoscopy prep?).
  • murlandpierre2016
    murlandpierre2016 Posts: 42 Member
    spuds151 wrote: »
    I'd like to do a cleanse, but I'm not sure what to do. Anyone have any suggestions or successes? Main goal here is to try to reduce some belly fat. Thanks in advance!

    Some comments on here are really not helping. People can be so mean.
    Hun just watch what you eat n yes it's hard to do. Drink lots of water every day. And exercise! I exercise 3-4 days out of the week. Get on the treadmill, once you start losing weight work on strength.
    Best of luck to you, add me for support :)
  • mattyc772014
    mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
    The St. Pattys Day cabbage cleanse is a great one. I am on it now. Great thing about it is you only have to do it one day a year.
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    spuds151 wrote: »
    I'd like to do a cleanse, but I'm not sure what to do. Anyone have any suggestions or successes? Main goal here is to try to reduce some belly fat. Thanks in advance!

    Some comments on here are really not helping. People can be so mean.
    Hun just watch what you eat n yes it's hard to do. Drink lots of water every day. And exercise! I exercise 3-4 days out of the week. Get on the treadmill, once you start losing weight work on strength.
    Best of luck to you, add me for support :)

    Your body doesn't need a cleanse though. If your liver, kidneys, and lungs are functioning properly, then you are properly excreting all the "toxins" your body accumulates.

    Seriously. Detoxing/Cleansing is a big sham created by the diet industry. The only medical detoxes that I have heard of (nursing student) is the stomach being pumped with charcoal for certain poisonings/overdoses (or being given the antagonist of a drug or inducing vomiting in someone who has orally overdosed on something) and dialysis for people with kidney disease.
  • ncbeachybum
    ncbeachybum Posts: 107 Member
    abatonfan wrote: »
    Sugar free gummy bears. Otherwise just have a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    I was going to say the same thing. Those bears are colon-cleaning machines (why haven't pharmacists caught onto it and prescribe green/yellow bears as colonoscopy prep?).

    Yes! ^^This! I found out the hard way after consuming some and then I thought I had a stomach virus. Not to be gross, but I was thoroughly clean from the inside out.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    spuds151 wrote: »
    I'd like to do a cleanse, but I'm not sure what to do. Anyone have any suggestions or successes? Main goal here is to try to reduce some belly fat. Thanks in advance!

    Some comments on here are really not helping. People can be so mean.
    Hun just watch what you eat n yes it's hard to do. Drink lots of water every day. And exercise! I exercise 3-4 days out of the week. Get on the treadmill, once you start losing weight work on strength.
    Best of luck to you, add me for support :)

    No one is being mean to the OP at all. Any fun being poked is at the "cleanse" and "detox" industry because it's a scam. OP has learned and now knows the truth. Kudos to the OP!
    spuds151 wrote: »
    Heh, guess I fell for the hype. Good thing I didn't invest anything into it.

    BTW, I know it's going to take a while to reverse the moderate damage I've done to myself. I'm not looking for a quick out, I'm more interested in a way to not FEEL as bloated. I have a terrible habit of needing instant gratification that I am trying to break myself out of. I've lost about 8lb of fat and gained about 1lb of muscle in the last 7-8 weeks, so I am trying to do it right, slow and steady.

    Thanks everyone.

    You have chosen the right path, well done! And BTW, I've been at this a year now, and while I am down to the last 10-ish pounds, it's all still in my belly. But I am patient and I will reign supreme over my stupid, annoying belly fat.
  • ClosetBayesian
    ClosetBayesian Posts: 836 Member
    spuds151 wrote: »
    I'd like to do a cleanse, but I'm not sure what to do. Anyone have any suggestions or successes? Main goal here is to try to reduce some belly fat. Thanks in advance!

    Some comments on here are really not helping. People can be so mean.
    Hun just watch what you eat n yes it's hard to do. Drink lots of water every day. And exercise! I exercise 3-4 days out of the week. Get on the treadmill, once you start losing weight work on strength.
    Best of luck to you, add me for support :)

    Please point out the mean comments.

    Additionally, exercise is not required for weight loss.

    OP, feel free to add me for facts and science.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    Diet and exercise. No easy way out of it.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited March 2016
    spuds151 wrote: »
    Heh, guess I fell for the hype. Good thing I didn't invest anything into it.

    BTW, I know it's going to take a while to reverse the moderate damage I've done to myself. I'm not looking for a quick out, I'm more interested in a way to not FEEL as bloated. I have a terrible habit of needing instant gratification that I am trying to break myself out of. I've lost about 8lb of fat and gained about 1lb of muscle in the last 7-8 weeks, so I am trying to do it right, slow and steady.

    Thanks everyone.

    Yay you!

    Are you really bloated, or is that another modern myth women are supposed to believe about ourselves that you've fallen for?

    ETA: Or are you trying to say you're constipated? "Bloated" is such an unhelpful term.
  • dolliesdaughter
    dolliesdaughter Posts: 544 Member
    Do you have a fully functioning Liver and Kidneys? If so, you don't need a cleanse, your body does it just fine on its own.
    AMEN

  • yogicarl
    yogicarl Posts: 1,260 Member
    spuds151 wrote: »
    I'd like to do a cleanse, but I'm not sure what to do.
    Shower - water - towel; job done.

  • mnicolebuen
    mnicolebuen Posts: 1 Member
    yogicarl wrote: »
    spuds151 wrote: »
    I'd like to do a cleanse, but I'm not sure what to do.
    Shower - water - towel; job done.

    Hi! I when I want to cleanse, I drink a glass of water upon waking up. Afterwhich I drink hot turmeric tea. During the day I hydrate with atleast 4L of lemon water with honey.

    Hope this helps.

    Nikki ☺
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    yogicarl wrote: »
    spuds151 wrote: »
    I'd like to do a cleanse, but I'm not sure what to do.
    Shower - water - towel; job done.

    Hi! I when I want to cleanse, I drink a glass of water upon waking up. Afterwhich I drink hot turmeric tea. During the day I hydrate with atleast 4L of lemon water with honey.

    Hope this helps.

    Nikki ☺

    What does this cleanse you of?